On Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:16:38 PM UTC-5, Red Green wrote:
"MLD" wrote in news:heQlj.6074$5h6.2123@trndny09:


"John Albert" wrote in message
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Red wrote:
The things you don't mention is about the rest of the job they
will do and
you should be asking them - new drip edge, drip edge width, rrof &
chimney flashing, WSU (waterproof shingle underlayment) on eaves and
vallys, roofing felt, tearoff vs another layer, disposal of old
shingles, galvanized nails vs. zinc, cost per underlayment sheet if
needed, etc. Some
things are climate dependent. All this should be in your written
estimate


The guy who looked at things did mention that he'd also reface the
chimney and install copper flashing (chimney currently has loose
bricks). He said something about an "ice guard" going up perhaps 3
feet from the drip edge. New gutters too (mine are falling apart).

The entire existing roof has to come off, down to the rafters
(currently has at least 2 layers of asphalt shingles on top of wood
shingles over batten strips).

He also mentioned that he'd install ridge vents (house has none).

This will be on a modest rectangular 2-story, main roof is peaked
gable, no dormers. Also a small "bay" (not window) on side, lean-to
type of porch on the back, plus the garage roof, which is worse than
the house.

This includes taking down a couple of small trees in the way.

His price was $10,450 for everything (including a couple of dumpsters
to haul everything away). I had figured at least $8,000 and up to 12.

I haven't called him back yet.

- John

Not a bad price. Instead of a ridge vent I went for roof vents--2 out
of the 3 roofers recommended them instead of the ridge vent. If
you're in a snowy winter climate try for a 6 ft. ice guard.
MLD


Think the recommendation I've heard is 2 ft up the roof from where the
insulation starts on the outside vertical wall. Typical overhang is a
foot so 3 ft (std width) gives you 2ft up.

2 ft past heated wall is code now in most areas subject to
snow/freezing. But I think a lot of roofers don't get the basic
idea and just put one 3 ft pass down the eaves regardless of how
long the eaves are. In the case of a front porch, it could be that
12 feet is what's needed to get from the eave to 2 ft past the
heated wall.