Re: Has anyone reroofed their house recently?

nun ya · ‎03-09-2010

All roofing is expensive. We had an Amish crew put on a new metal roof 2 years ago They replaced old trusses too, so that added to the cost. But they didn't mess around, 2 days and they were done.

croemer · ‎03-10-2010

@cherry wrote:
I am wondering if anyone has used the rubber shingles instead of asphalt. It is supposed to last about 75 years. It won't crack, nor will hail damage it

It was a bit more costly than the asphalt, but we got a lifetime warranty intead of 25 years

If you have it are you happy with it?

We have not but my husband knows quite a bit about those roofs because of business and he has only said positive things about the product.

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cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@nun ya wrote:
All roofing is expensive. We had an Amish crew put on a new metal roof 2 years ago They replaced old trusses too, so that added to the cost. But they didn't mess around, 2 days and they were done.

Those Amish are hard workers and they do a good job

viva923 · ‎03-12-2010

We had a new roof put on our house last year May 015.

Our roof was leaking and the company that replaced our roof 10 yrs ago was awful and didn't know what they were doing. We were to have gotten a new roof, but these jokers reroofed our house. They never corrected any of the problems. We paid for a new roof back then and got a reroof. To bad we didn't find out till the roof began to leak.

We got a roofing company this time and they replaced bad wood and we had ice/snow black special sealent put on over the wood and then the 30 yrs shingles put on.

It was very expensive this time around. The roof cost us about 10 grand

PINKdogWOOD · ‎05-13-2010

I would never have anyone talk me into that ugly rubber sheeting, don't care what anyone would say tome about it. It's ugly, cheap looking despite of how much the job would cost. Makes the finished product look unfinished, like something is missing. Would never ever do this again. Maybe the shingles would be better and look more like a finished product.

I've been so tempted to have a better roofing company remove that rubber and re-do with shingles or leave it and shingle over it.

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@PINKdogWOOD wrote:
I would never have anyone talk me into that ugly rubber sheeting, don't care what anyone would say tome about it. It's ugly, cheap looking despite of how much the job would cost. Makes the finished product look unfinished, like something is missing. Would never ever do this again. Maybe the shingles would be better and look more like a finished product.

I've been so tempted to have a better roofing company remove that rubber and re-do with shingles or leave it and shingle over it.

These shingles are dimensional and look like wooden cedar shakes

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

I mentioned this roofing made from old tires to my DH and he said Gee - tires dry rot when exposed to the sun so that may be a bit scary. Food for thought.

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@151949 wrote:
I mentioned this roofing made from old tires to my DH and he said Gee - tires dry rot when exposed to the sun so that may be a bit scary. Food for thought.

This material has been treated

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

Rubber shingles

A relative newcomer to the roofing market, rubber roofing products are durable, attractive, eco-friendly and solve many common problems of other materials.

Rubber shingles resist exposure to hail, heat, wind, rain, and snow as well as rotting, cracking, mold, discoloration and moisture absorption. They are made as shingles and shakes that come in a variety of colors and textures.

In addition, rubber shingles provide an eco-friendly roofing solution for your home. An average home roof diverts 600 to 1,000 used tires from the landfill.

The cost of rubber shingles is only slightly more than asphalt roofing. But easy installation can reduce total project costs

Texasmouse · ‎09-27-2010

We just had our roof done recently, thanks to damage caused by the big hailstorm in our area in April. The roofers just tore off the old shingles and laid down the new ones, never checking for damage to the wood underneath. Now my husband is saying that the "dips" that were there before are still there, indicating that some of the boards underneath were damaged and should have been replaced but the new roof is already in place so there's not much we can do. We're not impressed.