Ripped of by a roofer
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Aneeda72
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Well, he returned my money so I am satisfied and he was put in his place by a peer. Hopefully, he mends his ways. He has only been in business 2 years. This is a learning experience for him.
Well... yes and no, Aneeda, playing stupid and learning slowly has it's rewards.
fmdog44
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I always look at the contractors trucks. If they are filthy I don't give them a minute of my time.
Robert59
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Aneeda72
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Well, all the roofers have come out in very nice expensive pick up trucks, so maybe I need someone with a dirty truck.
Aneeda72
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Got the quote and new information from Loweās. I have a planked roof. Didnāt know that before but I know it now. Our other house in this area also had a planked roof. We roofed that house ourself twice. Ten years ago we could have roofed this house, old age prevents that.
Anyhow, the Loweās guy says they have to pull off the planked roof and install a plywood roof or deck as they call it. The plywood costs 55 dollar a piece.
. No one else took into consideration or mentioned ripping the entire roof off. I actually got chest pains from the news.
The roof replacement estimate is 14,840 dollars. Iāll have to cash out my stocks. OH, WAIT, I don't have any stocks.
. Sooo
The second roofer has been really nice, Iāll call him the PRO. He sent me a quote last night that did not include replacing the whole roof. He was a 1000 over what the first roofer quoted. We didnāt like the first roofer, but he was up on our attic and he had to have seen the roof was planked. Instead of saying something at the time of the estimate, Iām sure once the shingles were off he would have acted āSurprisedā and given us the bad news.
Well, we canāt replace the roof. Iāve thought about it all night and even if I could make the payment, I canāt take that debt load. I have house debt, car debt, and the other house repair debt. I will ask PRO to recommend another roof repair roofer. There has to be more of them.
Every roofer agreed that the roof has about 5 years left on it. If worst comes to worst my son can patch, nail, and seal around the loose flashings on the roof. The broken truss is an issue, he canāt repair that. But we can keep keep the snow load very low by keeping it cleaned off, and it should be ok.
If worst comes to worst and the roof leaks, then we will just have to have the ceiling repaired as well. It is what is is. I am a bit depressed this morning.
Anyhow, the Loweās guy says they have to pull off the planked roof and install a plywood roof or deck as they call it. The plywood costs 55 dollar a piece.
. No one else took into consideration or mentioned ripping the entire roof off. I actually got chest pains from the news.The roof replacement estimate is 14,840 dollars. Iāll have to cash out my stocks. OH, WAIT, I don't have any stocks.
. SoooThe second roofer has been really nice, Iāll call him the PRO. He sent me a quote last night that did not include replacing the whole roof. He was a 1000 over what the first roofer quoted. We didnāt like the first roofer, but he was up on our attic and he had to have seen the roof was planked. Instead of saying something at the time of the estimate, Iām sure once the shingles were off he would have acted āSurprisedā and given us the bad news.
Well, we canāt replace the roof. Iāve thought about it all night and even if I could make the payment, I canāt take that debt load. I have house debt, car debt, and the other house repair debt. I will ask PRO to recommend another roof repair roofer. There has to be more of them.
Every roofer agreed that the roof has about 5 years left on it. If worst comes to worst my son can patch, nail, and seal around the loose flashings on the roof. The broken truss is an issue, he canāt repair that. But we can keep keep the snow load very low by keeping it cleaned off, and it should be ok.
If worst comes to worst and the roof leaks, then we will just have to have the ceiling repaired as well. It is what is is. I am a bit depressed this morning.
Aunt Bea
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Don't give up on the cracked/broken truss yet.
Go to YouTube and watch a few short videos on roof rafter/truss repair.
"Every expert was once a beginner." - Rutherford B. Hayes
Good luck!
Go to YouTube and watch a few short videos on roof rafter/truss repair.
"Every expert was once a beginner." - Rutherford B. Hayes
Good luck!
Sliverfox
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Aneeda72,, was curious about repairing a planked roof so did a search.
I found some products bonding seal & similar stuff advertised.
Am guess they would be used for quick repair.
That still doesn't help with the other roof problem.
Have you tried Googling repair a truss?
I think when we moved into this old house that a floor support needed fixed.
That another piece was nailed over the break , sort of a bandaid type repair.
I found some products bonding seal & similar stuff advertised.
Am guess they would be used for quick repair.
That still doesn't help with the other roof problem.
Have you tried Googling repair a truss?
I think when we moved into this old house that a floor support needed fixed.
That another piece was nailed over the break , sort of a bandaid type repair.
Aneeda72
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Yes, I have googled the truss repair and itās not that hard except for the get up into the attic part to do it. Our code requires it be sistered on both sides. But does not matter. My husband could not even fit through the attic access let alone climb the ladder to get up there.
None of this is hard, but it requires a level of physical ability that we donāt have. It is so frustrating!
squatting dog
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- Arkansas, and also Florida
I'm kind of the opposite. If they show up in a new, shiny, 60-70 thousand dollar truck, I feel my wallet starting to pucker.
When one works in the cement business, or well drilling, or septic work for instance, it's kind of hard to keep their truck spiffy. Kind of the same with me when I'm out repairing diesel equipment. After working butt deep in diesel fuel and or hydraulic oil, the last thing I'm concerned with is the cleanliness
of my rig.
Just me.
Aneeda72
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Oh, forgot, the issue with planked roofing is there are spaces between the planks, obviously. Once the roof is covered with the underlayment, those spaces, between the planks, are covered. Therefore, when they nail the singles down some of the nails will be going into the spaces between the planks so the shingles are not really nailed down.
The flipper replaced all the flashings. He did not nail the flashing down or seal them. Then he flipped the shingles over the flashings and nailed the shingles down, but used too short nails, so those nails pulled out. He did not seal those shingles either. My son with DS could have done a better job.
The flipper replaced all the flashings. He did not nail the flashing down or seal them. Then he flipped the shingles over the flashings and nailed the shingles down, but used too short nails, so those nails pulled out. He did not seal those shingles either. My son with DS could have done a better job.
Aneeda72
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Found a company to come out and look at my roof on Monday for repairs who has been in business 27 years and has a good BBB rating. They can not do the repair till October as they are booked until then, but that is fine.
They also do three tab asphalt roofs and she thinks they will reroof on a plank roof. Hopefully this is true. It will be a lot cheaper. But if I can at least get the repairs done for this year, that will be great.
They also do three tab asphalt roofs and she thinks they will reroof on a plank roof. Hopefully this is true. It will be a lot cheaper. But if I can at least get the repairs done for this year, that will be great.