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Posted by Dan on February 26, 2007, 7:48 pm
My wife & I are looking at buying a house in the Seattle area which has an
older shake shingle roof. I am trying to get a rough idea of what it would
cost to replace this roof. I know it is impossible to come up with an exact
figure without a professional actually coming out & doing an estimate, but
at this point I'm just trying to get a ball park figure. The house has a
1st floor of ~ 1900 sq'. It has an attached garage of ~ 600 sq'. Both are
covered with a straightforward, run of the mill sloped roof ending in
gables. The house was built on the mid 70's, the owner has disclosed that
the roof has been "repaired", I'm guessing if the majority is 30+ years old,
a replacement is in order. Whether we have them do this as a sale condition
or use it as a bargaining point to reduce the cost, it would benefit us to
have some idea of replacement costs. Also, while you see a lot of these
roofs around here in certain areas, the notion of bare wood being the best
possible roofing material in such a rainy climate seems a bit illogical to
me. I've seen several that look awfully mossy/mildewed/waterlogged/rotten
Are there any newer alternatives worth considering, metal, perhaps?
TIA
Dan
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Posted by betsyb on February 26, 2007, 8:49 pm
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"Anybody can have more birthdays, but it takes balls to get old!"
BetsyB
> My wife & I are looking at buying a house in the Seattle area which has an
> older shake shingle roof. I am trying to get a rough idea of what it
> would cost to replace this roof. I know it is impossible to come up with
> an exact figure without a professional actually coming out & doing an
> estimate, but at this point I'm just trying to get a ball park figure.
> The house has a 1st floor of ~ 1900 sq'. It has an attached garage of ~
> 600 sq'. Both are covered with a straightforward, run of the mill sloped
> roof ending in gables. The house was built on the mid 70's, the owner has
> disclosed that the roof has been "repaired", I'm guessing if the majority
> is 30+ years old, a replacement is in order. Whether we have them do this
> as a sale condition or use it as a bargaining point to reduce the cost, it
> would benefit us to have some idea of replacement costs. Also, while you
> see a lot of these roofs around here in certain areas, the notion of bare
> wood being the best possible roofing material in such a rainy climate
> seems a bit illogical to me. I've seen several that look awfully
> mossy/mildewed/waterlogged/rotten Are there any newer alternatives worth
> considering, metal, perhaps?
> TIA
> Dan
Hi Dan, I am sitting here reading your note. I know nothing about the cost
of the replacement you would like. I do know you need to include the angle
of the roof in your numbers. Length X width and the measurements of both
sides. If this is incorrect someone will surely tell me.
Betsy
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Posted by Dan on February 26, 2007, 9:06 pm
> Hi Dan, I am sitting here reading your note. I know nothing about the cost
> of the replacement you would like. I do know you need to include the angle
> of the roof in your numbers. Length X width and the measurements of both
> sides. If this is incorrect someone will surely tell me.
> Betsy
I don't have those figures. I'm just looking for "ballpark" at this point.
It's a typical looking gabled sloped roof covering a space as I described.
Not steep, not flat, just "average".
Dan
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Posted by Steve B on February 26, 2007, 10:33 pm
> I don't have those figures. I'm just looking for "ballpark" at this
> point. It's a typical looking gabled sloped roof covering a space as I
> described. Not steep, not flat, just "average".
> Dan
That's easy. It will cost between $2 and $2,000,000.
What do I win?
Steve
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Posted by Dan on February 26, 2007, 11:51 pm
>> I don't have those figures. I'm just looking for "ballpark" at this
>> point. It's a typical looking gabled sloped roof covering a space as I
>> described. Not steep, not flat, just "average".
>> Dan
> That's easy. It will cost between $2 and $2,000,000.
> What do I win?
> Steve
The asshole award
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> older shake shingle roof. I am trying to get a rough idea of what it
> would cost to replace this roof. I know it is impossible to come up with
> an exact figure without a professional actually coming out & doing an
> estimate, but at this point I'm just trying to get a ball park figure.
> The house has a 1st floor of ~ 1900 sq'. It has an attached garage of ~
> 600 sq'. Both are covered with a straightforward, run of the mill sloped
> roof ending in gables. The house was built on the mid 70's, the owner has
> disclosed that the roof has been "repaired", I'm guessing if the majority
> is 30+ years old, a replacement is in order. Whether we have them do this
> as a sale condition or use it as a bargaining point to reduce the cost, it
> would benefit us to have some idea of replacement costs. Also, while you
> see a lot of these roofs around here in certain areas, the notion of bare
> wood being the best possible roofing material in such a rainy climate
> seems a bit illogical to me. I've seen several that look awfully
> mossy/mildewed/waterlogged/rotten Are there any newer alternatives worth
> considering, metal, perhaps?
> TIA
> Dan