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Banty

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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:35:08 -0400, Sid Carrol
wrote:

I had a 25 year roof installed after my roof was damaged by hail. The original
roof
had been on about 20 years and was in good shape up to the point the hail beat
it to
death. This new roof is about 9 years old and I see that its curling (upward) in
various sections on the south face of the roof. The roofers want $5700 to do the
whole roof and $3K to do the curled face about (20' by 20').

Now since there should be another 15 years left on the remaining 3/4s of the
roof and
I feel that the $3K is a rip off what I feel I should do is: to re shingle over
the
20 by 20 area,,, nailing down the curled corners of the original roof as I
shingle my
way up the roof shingling right over the existing roof. At $20 per bundle I
could do
the four square for about $240 bux.

I reason that it's not good practice to shingle over shingles but I have seen
lots
and lots of roofs shingled over shingles and since I'll have to do the rest of
the
roof in about 15 years, these need only last that 15 years. Doing it this way
also
allows me to do the roof at a leisurely pace. (I'm old and heavy) [yes,,,,fat!]

What do you think? Does the plan hold water? (No pun)

This should be covered under warrantee. Are there attic ventilation or
decking issues that contributed to the failure? Will the repair fail
prematurely for the same reason?

Yeah - south side failure, I'm thinking attic ventilation issues, too.

Banty