On Apr 6, 11:38*am, Harry K wrote:
On Apr 5, 7:25*pm, Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ?
wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
My wife got a quote to replace our roof. Since I haven't spoken to the
guy yet, I've got question about one thing he quoted:
"Additional cost of $45/sheet for 1/2" plywood."
I have 3/4" tongue & groove under the shingles, not plywood. He didn't
look in the attic, so I doubt he knows this.
Can I assume that the easy answer is - When I tell him it's 3/4"
tongue & groove he'll just quote me a higher price for 3/4" ply?
Why replace the whole roof if all you need is shingles?
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Blattus Slafaly *? 3 * * 
*7/8
The whole thing sounds dubious to me. *Why would a contractor be
delivering a pile of ply if they haven't even started the tear-off
yet. *It costs money and time to deliver and then remove uneeded
material
In the case of the neighbor's house (where the ply was delivered along
with the shingles) my wife tells me that they had water damage to the
bedroom ceilings due to the leaky roof. I can only assume that a more
through inspection was done before the material was delivered and the
work started. I won't know that until I've had a chance to speak to
the neighbor.
I would not deal, or even talk, to a "contractor' that "happened to be
in the area". *Well maybe I would depending on the looks of the
equipment and crew but it would only be to get a bid for comparing to
other companies.
Let me clarify something that you might have deduced by putting a
couple of different things in this thread together, although maybe
not. g
Yes, he was "in the neighborhood" but he was also roofing a neighbor's
house, a family we have known and liked for over 20 years. I've
trusted the nieghbor's judgement on other things in the past, so I
trust that he did his homework before hiring this particular roofer.
I can't say for sure until I talk to him, but that's my guess.
So this wasn't just a "Hey Look - a roofer - let's get an estimate."
It was more like "Hey that roofer's doing Richard's house - let's get
an estimate."
And yes, regardless of what his crew and equipment looked like, this
will be just one of at least 3 estimates I get.
Thanks for the advice.
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