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Posted by woods on April 4, 2009, 10:25 am
The inspection of my new house reveiled some exposed nails on the
shingles. How serious of a problem is this, and how far should I go
with the contractor to fix it? Right now he is saying it is not a
problem.
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Posted by cshenk on April 4, 2009, 10:48 am
"woods" wrote
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> The inspection of my new house reveiled some exposed nails on the
> shingles. How serious of a problem is this, and how far should I go
> with the contractor to fix it? Right now he is saying it is not a
> problem.
Depends on how bad it is. Is the 'contractor' related to the seller in any
way? If not, he means it's just the normal roofing nails and a few need to
be tapped down probably.
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Posted by Joe on April 4, 2009, 1:55 pm
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> The inspection of my new house reveiled some exposed nails on the
> shingles. =A0How serious of a problem is this, and how far should I go
> with the contractor to fix it? =A0 Right now he is saying it is not a
> problem.
You might find exposed nails on a flashing or vent adapter, but a
competent inspector wouldn't blink at that. It does have some earmarks
of a less than expert roofing job. Get a second opinion from a non
related roofer with a good reputation if you can. Good luck.
Joe
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Posted by norminn@earthlink.net on April 4, 2009, 2:25 pm
woods wrote:
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> The inspection of my new house reveiled some exposed nails on the
> shingles. How serious of a problem is this, and how far should I go
> with the contractor to fix it? Right now he is saying it is not a
> problem.
Give some details, photo if possible. Are the exposed nails only in
certain locations or throughout the roof? What part of the shingle?
What kind of shingle?
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Posted by woods on April 5, 2009, 10:42 am
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> woods wrote:
> > The inspection of my new house reveiled some exposed nails on the
> > shingles. =A0How serious of a problem is this, and how far should I go
> > with the contractor to fix it? =A0 Right now he is saying it is not a
> > problem.
> Give some details, photo if possible. =A0Are the exposed nails only in
> certain locations or throughout the roof? =A0What part of the shingle?
> What kind of shingle?
They are 30 yr. Cetainteed asphalt shingles. There are 17 exposed
nails in the middle of the roof right below where the shingle above it
ends.
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> shingles. How serious of a problem is this, and how far should I go
> with the contractor to fix it? Right now he is saying it is not a
> problem.