What kind of shingles are you using?
Originally Posted by: DakotaT
Architectural.
http://roofing.owenscorning.com/professional/shingles/trudef-duration-designer-ar.aspx Aged copper.
My neighbor's buddy ( the commie/union neighbor) is a big-time roofer. I can get 'em at 22. a bundle ! --- ON THE ROOF !
Not even hot or 2nds. OC duration is all his co. will throw down. I tend to agree with that assessment after research.
This is what they cost at Lowes:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_267167-278-TDAC_4294745065__?productId=3538750&Ns=p_product_avg_rating |1
HD sells GAF-- Not feelin' GAF I can also get TAMCO architecturals for the same money on my own, but TAMCO are ass-shingles in comparison, based on everything I've read.
Shingles are almost twice as much here in the mid-Atlantic compared to the mid-west, btw.
My existing roof is 3-tab. The workmanship is absolutely flawless. Everything is straight as an arrow, and I have the last 3 tab in my neighborhood that I can see, and frankly, my shingles are STILL in better shape than some. The people that built this house gave a shit.
There aren't many times I have been able to say that as regards previous properties I've owned.
Top of the line materials, top of the line install.
These existing shingles are 45 years old. You could never even tell I need a new roof from the ground. No shit.
e.g.-- I didn't lose shingle one from Hurricane Sandy (My shed roof got creamed, totally different construction/builder, etc)
Many of my neighbors lost their roofs, and my install pre-dates theirs by decades, and as said, those are architecturals vs. my 3 tabs.
(Yet another indicator that tear-off will be a bitch 🤣 These shingles may be
welded to the sheathing, lol)