"DJ" wrote in message
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Hello everyone:

This is the first time I'm ever going to have my roof replaced. This
is
also the first time posting to this newsgroup. Looks interesting;
I'll have
to catch up on reading some old posts. I hope that someone here with
the
experience will have time to answer my questions here. My house is
just a
small bi-level; one floor takes up about 600 sq. ft. Reading the
agreement
papers with the roofing contractor has me worried about a few things.

1. Noise. Really, how noisy is it? Is it enough to want to be out
of the
house?

2. Be home or not to be home? I'm inclined to be home when they're
working, but is there any reason why I shouldn't be?

3. Vibrations; I have no real valuables in the house, but do I really
need
to be worried about taking pictures down?

4. Our "attic" area is unfinished, and we don't store anything up
there.
There's just a sea of exposed insulation. Should I cover it before
they
open up the roof? Or can roof debris just drop into the insulation
and stay
there forever?

If you have any other observations that you think a novice to getting
a roof
replaced should know, please tell me! I really appreciate anyone's
insight
on the matter.

Thanks,
DJ

If you hired the type of riff raft like a couple of respondents did,
then hire full time security, and stay out of your home till they're
done.

Should you have chosen reputation over price, then you need not worry
about anything.

Reputable contractors hire professional roofers, they will cover any
bushes if they need covered. If the roof isn't steep, shouldn't be much
more than a handful of debris fall into bushes/shrubs. If it is steep
pitch, reputable roofers set jacks & boards along bottom edge to catch
debris, then toss onto tarp or straight into a dump truck. If you have
sheet goods for sheathing instead of 1"x material, only fine dust will
fall between the sheet goods.

If you chose price over reputation and quality, too bad. You could have
slept better, and Usenet will have one more horror story.