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When we bought this place in 1986, to the best of my knowledge the shake roof was 13 years old, put on when the house was first built in 1973. It had never been any problem short of the occasional maintenance and a few shingles every now and then. When my homeowner's policy was cancelled due to the company moving it's business out of California, I found out just how hard it was to insure a home with a shake roof. I finally found one, but pay a premium because of it.
We don't plan on staying here much longer, and most banks won't loan on a home with shakes around here. With my mother's passing, leaving us with a little extra in the coffers this year, we decided to protect our investment and put a new roof on the house. A customer of mine for the past 20 someodd years is in the business, so I called him over and told him to get it done. He took the measurements, showed my wife the samples to get the color she'd want, and put us on the schedule. His crew showed up Wednesday morning. 2000+ sq. ft. house, 500+ sq. ft. garage. Here's the "before" photo:
It took most of the day to remove the old shakes and tar paper. After the ridge caps were off, it was mostly pitchforks and manual labor. They had quite the load in the truck when they left that evening. Here's what was left Thursday morning.
They brought the sheeting Thursday, and had it about 99% finished at the end of the day. I used my forklift to set the lifts on the roof to make their job a lot easier. There was a little additional repair they came across, and took care of it. I took this photo after the new shingles and paper were delivered.
They spent Friday finishing the sheeting, vents, etc., and put all new gutters on, then started laying paper and shingles. Saturday they returned for more, and worked until they ran out of shingles. Here's what it looks like now:
So tomorrow they'll finish the shingles, do the downspouts, and it'll be finished. I hated to spend the money (about $12,000.00), but it will pay off big time when we sell. The guys are a crew of 3 brothers, and they do nice work.
Best of all, no more leaks, and wifey is happy!!!!:thmbsp:
We don't plan on staying here much longer, and most banks won't loan on a home with shakes around here. With my mother's passing, leaving us with a little extra in the coffers this year, we decided to protect our investment and put a new roof on the house. A customer of mine for the past 20 someodd years is in the business, so I called him over and told him to get it done. He took the measurements, showed my wife the samples to get the color she'd want, and put us on the schedule. His crew showed up Wednesday morning. 2000+ sq. ft. house, 500+ sq. ft. garage. Here's the "before" photo:
It took most of the day to remove the old shakes and tar paper. After the ridge caps were off, it was mostly pitchforks and manual labor. They had quite the load in the truck when they left that evening. Here's what was left Thursday morning.
They brought the sheeting Thursday, and had it about 99% finished at the end of the day. I used my forklift to set the lifts on the roof to make their job a lot easier. There was a little additional repair they came across, and took care of it. I took this photo after the new shingles and paper were delivered.
They spent Friday finishing the sheeting, vents, etc., and put all new gutters on, then started laying paper and shingles. Saturday they returned for more, and worked until they ran out of shingles. Here's what it looks like now:
So tomorrow they'll finish the shingles, do the downspouts, and it'll be finished. I hated to spend the money (about $12,000.00), but it will pay off big time when we sell. The guys are a crew of 3 brothers, and they do nice work.
Best of all, no more leaks, and wifey is happy!!!!:thmbsp:
