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OT, New Roof Part Trois

Gulfcoastguy
Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
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I was sincerely told yesterday that the metal crew would start installing Monday. This Monday?

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
    Big spainish speaking squirrels on my roof this morning. Pics in an hour or two.
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  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 2,018
    Bueno!  :)
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
    At least the bedroom that I use will have metal over it tonight. They keep using my ladders, the other end of the house has my 20 foot multipurpose ladder on it.
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  • billt01
    billt01 Posts: 1,979
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    At least the bedroom that I use will have metal over it tonight. They keep using my ladders, the other end of the house has my 20 foot multipurpose ladder on it.
    Ladder rentals gotta go for a couple of hundy....
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
    At this point anything to speed them up.
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  • SaintJohnsEgger
    SaintJohnsEgger Posts: 1,826
    How does the cost compare to a traditional shingle roof?
    Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
    SaintJohnsEgger said:
    How does the cost compare to a traditional shingle roof?
    A bit over double. At that point though: there is a $220 a year reduction in house insurance costs, a reduction of up to 40% of electricity bill during air-conditioning months, an estimated 40 year life span with a written warrantee. Metal shingle/tile , like in the photo underneath, has the same benefits and at 1.5 times asphalt shingle costs. 
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    SaintJohnsEgger said:
    How does the cost compare to a traditional shingle roof?
    A bit over double. At that point though: there is a $220 a year reduction in house insurance costs, a reduction of up to 40% of electricity bill during air-conditioning months, an estimated 40 year life span with a written warrantee. Metal shingle/tile , like in the photo underneath, has the same benefits and at 1.5 times asphalt shingle costs. 
    With the issues you have had just getting this far and the fact that this is a paying job...how do you feel about the chances of getting warrantee work done?
    Even if you provide the ladders.lol
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
    Well it is in one of the rainiest summers that I can remember and also during hurricane season. Plus I paid to have new plywood installed and a lot of carpenter ant damaged wood replaced. The metal crew is working a lot faster. As they say about a lifetime warranty “whose life?” I supervised the installation of an identical roof, other than color, at my former place of employment in 1997. It is still leakfree even after Katrina. I will be fortunate if I see 30 more trips around the sun. If I do, after 20 of them or less I would be paying to reshingle it with asphalt shingles again if I had gone that route. 
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    Well it is in one of the rainiest summers that I can remember and also during hurricane season. Plus I paid to have new plywood installed and a lot of carpenter ant damaged wood replaced. The metal crew is working a lot faster. As they say about a lifetime warranty “whose life?” I supervised the installation of an identical roof, other than color, at my former place of employment in 1997. It is still leakfree even after Katrina. I will be fortunate if I see 30 more trips around the sun. If I do, after 20 of them or less I would be paying to reshingle it with asphalt shingles again if I had gone that route. 
    I'm sure it will also help the resale of the house if that were to ever come up.
    I hope it all goes well.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
    3/4s of the backside up. They would have finished the front up today but the metal fabricator didn’t include the transition piece for the slope change up front. If I understood the Spainglish right , one more day on the house and one day on the garage.
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 9,198
    edited September 2018
    Let them borrow the ladder to get up there then yank it and tell them they can have it back when they are done!
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
    Meanwhile all done but the ridge cap and the cleanup. Should be done tomorrow.

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  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 2,018
    Did the garage get done too?
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,601
    Same stage, just the ridge cap, some caulking and placing the new boots over the penetrations . And writing the check of course.
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  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 2,018
    Wait for the next rainstorm before you write that final check.  =)
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 9,198
    Tell them you will pay them on Monday... 
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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