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Posted by HeyBub on February 26, 2007, 9:25 pm
Dan wrote:
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> 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?
I'm gonna guess at something just south of ten grand.
If you're thinking about living in a jurisdiction that allows cedar shake
roofs, don't. You neighbor's shake roof will cause your house to burn to the
ground - especially if your house, too, has a cedar roof. When dry, those
shakes burn like a flame thrower and toss burning sparks way into the air
that come down everywhere.
Alternatives? Sure. Composition shingles are inexpensive, last for decades,
and are easy to install.
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Posted by Dan on February 26, 2007, 11:55 pm
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> Dan wrote:
>> 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?
> I'm gonna guess at something just south of ten grand.
> If you're thinking about living in a jurisdiction that allows cedar shake
> roofs, don't. You neighbor's shake roof will cause your house to burn to
> the ground - especially if your house, too, has a cedar roof. When dry,
> those shakes burn like a flame thrower and toss burning sparks way into
> the air that come down everywhere.
> Alternatives? Sure. Composition shingles are inexpensive, last for
> decades, and are easy to install.
Bub & Deke-Thanks for the replies. I was thinking in the 10-15 range, so I
guess I wasn't too far off. I had always heard about the fire thing,
especially in Southern CA., an ember from one shake roof setting another
ablaze. Around here, they mostly just look like they're so wet you'd have
to turn a torch on them for half an hour just to dry the out ;-)
Dan
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Posted by HeyBub on February 27, 2007, 11:52 am
Dan wrote:
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>> If you're thinking about living in a jurisdiction that allows cedar
>> shake roofs, don't. You neighbor's shake roof will cause your house
>> to burn to the ground - especially if your house, too, has a cedar
>> roof. When dry, those shakes burn like a flame thrower and toss
>> burning sparks way into the air that come down everywhere.
>> Alternatives? Sure. Composition shingles are inexpensive, last for
>> decades, and are easy to install.
> Bub & Deke-Thanks for the replies. I was thinking in the 10-15 range,
> so I guess I wasn't too far off. I had always heard about the fire
> thing, especially in Southern CA., an ember from one shake roof
> setting another ablaze. Around here, they mostly just look like
> they're so wet you'd have to turn a torch on them for half an hour
> just to dry the out ;-)
There will come a time - next month, next year, sometime - when your area
will experience a drought. Then, all the careless practices and defective
equipment that's been harmless for possibly decades will envelope you with a
vengence.
I remember when a 300+ unit apartment house in my town had its cedar shake
roof catch on fire from some idiot's vat of boiling oil. The fire department
pulled SEVEN alarms - over fifty pieces of equipment, 200 firefighters.
Couldn't even save the cars in the parking lot!
And I'm in a city almost as humid as Seattle.
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Posted by Deke on February 26, 2007, 11:21 pm
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>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
14,000 should do it.
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Posted by Steve Barker on February 27, 2007, 10:25 am
I would never put a wood roof on anything. It's so primitive. There are
modern alternatives. Composition comes to mind. 30+ year timberline comes
to mind. Check them out at :
http://www.gaf.com/General/GafMain.asp?Silo=RES1&WS=GAF
--
Steve Barker
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> 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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> 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?