Do a water test.

The usual way is to do a water test. the basic tool is a water hose. You start below the suspected area, and slowly work you way up the slope whi...

over 5 years by pgriz

1

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FinAll Aluminum shingle roof

ceemae, do you KNOW the product or are you speculating? I install various metal roofing including aluminum shingles, and Interlock (Finall) is one...

over 5 years by pgriz

3

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106

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Ice Dams

DWEinst, I have written a document for my customers to give them some background to the roofing and ventilation issues we have to deal with. If yo...

over 7 years by pgriz

1

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879

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Pay the man

You can never tell what you will find until you start the work. The amount he is charging you is very reasonable. Pay the man and thank him for d...

over 7 years by pgriz

2

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211

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Ondura

Well, videorov, why don't you try it and let us know the results, after a few years? Personally, I have seen Ondura used on homes, and I don't kno...

over 8 years by pgriz

6

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514

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Porch Roof...

Since your porch was an add-on, it may have been meanth originally as a 3-season porch, without any insulation. If the use of it changed to 4-seas...

over 8 years by pgriz

4

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290

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Porch roof and insulation

Your enclosed porch probably has some warm air from the house entering the porch area and the moisture in this air will condense on the closest col...

over 8 years by pgriz

4

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862

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Porch roof and condensation/leakage

Your enclosed porch probably has some warm air from the house entering the porch area and the moisture in this air will condense on the closest col...

over 8 years by pgriz

0

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996

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Common practice

What you see is common practice. It's easier to put new plywood over old, than to remove the wood down to the rafters. When we have to resheath, ...

over 8 years by pgriz

1

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985

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Roof structure

As a roofer, if I had a customer in your situation, I would bring in a structural engineer and have him/her do a load analysis and see how many cha...

over 8 years by pgriz

1

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779

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Cheap roof repairs.

A cheap roof repair is one that works. An expensive roof repair is a cheap one that doesn't. First find out why there is a leak in the first plac...

almost 9 years by pgriz

2

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222

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Stucco Roof

Never seen a stucco roof. So ask your stucco guy for examples of stucco roofs that he has done, referably older than 3 years, and ask to talk with...

almost 9 years by pgriz

2

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236

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Asphalt/Aluminum

A competent installer will be able to do a good job with either. Asphalt shingles will last 10-20 years, depending on your location, degree of ven...

almost 9 years by pgriz

1

answers

565

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Laying new sheathing over old

It is relatively common practice to lay new sheathing over old, but I don't like it, and whenever we are faced with this, we remove the old and ins...

almost 9 years by pgriz

4

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131

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Granules on shingles

The granules are there to protect the mat. Once the granules are gone, the felt deteriorates very quickly, starts to absorb water, which then caus...

almost 9 years by pgriz

1

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654

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Sag

If the sag is over a load-bearing wall, then you need a structural engineer to have a look, just in case the problem is with the foundations or the...

almost 9 years by pgriz

3

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961

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