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Posted by Al on February 14, 2005, 6:22 pm
I don't know what it was other than not shingles. If I knew,
I wouldn't be as concerned. If I knew I could get more of
it, I wouldn't worry at all.
I don't know if it is still there or not. I'll find out
this summer.
bumtracks wrote:
> Curious / What kind of roofing material is on it now & what was there?
>
> fwiw;
> I'm in a mid 50's Florida home with about 2:12 pitch roof which originally
> was tar and gravel, which is still available no problem.
> I see low slope roofs around your pitch all over the place and its not
> unusual to use asphalt shingles which this homes roof is now but you only
> expect about 15 yrs service
Wasn't asphalt shingles.
- Torch-Down modified bitootem(sic) is popular
> on roofs too,, kind of like an asphalt roll roofing except thicker with the
> overlaps melted together. Put it on about a 24'x 32' oversized two car
> garage a couple yrs ago $2000 total for strip/install and that was a high
> priced job as everybody were too busy after some severe gusty weather.
Could be this
>
http://www.certainteed.com/CertainTeed/Pro/Property+Owner+Manager/Roofing/Installation/LowSlope/
>
>
>>I live in a house my parents bought in the
>>late 1940's. In the back is a low-slope
>>roof. The low-slope portion has been untouched
>>since at least the 1960's if not the 1950's.
>>
>>This summer I had a new roof installed on the
>>rest of the house. The roofer told me he would
>>not do the low-slope part. I told him that suited
>>me just fine because it never gave me any trouble
>>and had been zero maintenance.
>>
>>It turned out that he sub-contracted out the
>>entire job. He didn't watch "his guys" and
>>they roofed the entire roof including the low-
>>slope portion.
>>
>>The manufacturer said they
>>would not warrant the low-slope portion because
>>of insufficient slope. Another roofer told me
>>the roof will not last.
>>
>>Problem: No one knows how to put the roof
>>back the way it was. Everyone I have consulted
>>about the roof says that the technology is lost
>>and that any roof that is put there will have
>>to be coated every three years.
>>
>>Have we regressed that much?
>>Is it impossible to construct a low-slope roof
>>(1.75 in 12) so that it does not need to be
>>maintained?
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