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aemeijers

wrote:
On Mar 2, 1:32�pm, "cshenk" wrote:
I know some people who couldnt afford a new roof. so they picked the
worst side and had 1/2 replaced the front. home looked good from
street, street side was worse anyway
the back they gooed with roof tar, and some cheap mobile home roof
coating. it looked bad but stopped most of the leaks.
2 or 3 years later they replaced the other side of the roof.
its something to consider when fiancially challenged.
Thats close to what we did but the back was done first, as it was in worse
shape, then later the front (which was overall in fairly good shape except a
few spots).

yeah it cuts cost by half.........

often the worst side is the one that gets the most sun... espically in
sunny areas, like the desert south west.

when buying a new roof your better off to go to a white or light
colored roof, shingles last longer summer roof temperatures lower. add
ventilation too

Pay now, or pay more later. In a re-roof, most of the cost is labor and
tippage fees for the ripoff material. A typical ranch house roof takes
3-4 days tops. Once the crew and materials are on site and set up, the
time difference from doing half or doing all is not that great, and the
roll-off costs just as much to have spotted. It does NOT cut the costs
by half, and will cost more than a complete re-roof once the other half
gets done in a year or three.

If you don't have the cash on hand, but have some equity, go see your
bank about a home improvement line of credit. For something like a roof,
that helps preserve the value of the security on the main loan, they
will be happy to work with you. 7-8 k is NOTHING to them compared to a
100k+ mortgage.

Besides, life is too short to mess with this more than once per house.

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