On May 27, 1:18 pm, Norminn wrote:
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Two other people on my street are interested in new roofs, that is, we
want to get them before hurricane season gets here though none of us
currently have leaky roofs. One man we know got a new roof this past
week and he got the heaviest one (110) offered and I heard the price
was $14,000. It was Owens-Corning.

One neighbor got an estimate in the mail yesterday from a company that
uses the CertainTeed kind. It was for the premium (80 mph I
think)...the estimate $8500. The company rep is coming out Tues. to
give me an estimate so I have been looking through my friend's
material to see how I liked it. I am getting another estimate later
in the week from a company that uses GAF everything. I got his name
off My Safe FL home web site but don't know anybody who has used him.
The company which uses CertainTeed has done a lot of work around my
neighborhood ... I see their trucks a lot. I've only talked to one
person who used them and he was satisfied with their work.

One clue is whether the particular shingle is approved for installation
in Miami/Dade. Shingle co. website should have that info. Miami/Dade
building dept. has data on thousands of products - shingles, windows,
shutters, etc. - which might provide more info about particular
shingles. I checked out the site for windows, but not for shingles.




If you still have the link for Miami-Dade I would love to have it. I
called our Pinellas Co. building dept and the man who talked to me
didn't have answers to many of my questions.

I am in the non-evac zone. We have been advised to brace the gable
end (one end only, the other has a cathedral ceiling and braces
itself) but nobody wants to do it....one person suggested we close up
the vents at each end of the house to keep the wind out. He thought
the air brought in by the soffit would be enough if we got a vent
ridge along the top of the house.

Our next door neighbor has two very large oak trees but there aren't
any in our yard. The limbs have been trimmed so they aren't directly
over my house. It's still "iffy".