PVC pipe roof boot

Posted by Jack on October 7, 2009, 1:10 pm

All the estimates I am seeing are $200.00+ the roof is 25 feet up. I need
to get someone who is licensed and insured in case they fall off onto their
heads.

>> Regarding install costs for a real flashing boot. In RI, I'm getting
>> $200.00+ installed for a two-story colonial.

> You're getting ripped off.

Posted by tom on October 7, 2009, 3:32 pm

> All the estimates I am seeing are $200.00+ the roof is 25 feet up. I need
> to get someone who is licensed and insured in case they fall off onto their
> heads.

Looks like I picked the wrong decade to quit roofing...I used to
charge about a 1/4 of that back in the early 90's. Tom

Posted by RicodJour on October 7, 2009, 4:53 pm

> All the estimates I am seeing are $200.00+ =A0the roof is 25 feet up. =A0=

I need

> to get someone who is licensed and insured in case they fall off onto the=

> heads.

You also have to factor in some other things, like life expectancy,
how it affects reroofing, etc.

You're getting high prices for the vent flashing as you're probably
asking the contractor to just do the one item. What would normally be
a half hour job for someone already working on your house becomes a
2-4 hour job for someone having to make a special trip.

If you don't yet have a contract with the radon guy, I'd tell him that
you're going to get some more quotes as you don't want that type of
vent flashing. More than likely he'd bite the bullet and find his way
up on the roof. If not, I'm sure you could show another radon guy the
first guy's numbers and get the standard time-tested flashing for the
same overall price.

R

Posted by Van Chocstraw on October 7, 2009, 12:29 pm

Jack wrote:

> The radon guy is going to punch a hole in my roof for the radon exhaust
> pipe. I am OK with this.
>
> He told me he has a roof boot for the pipe that he can install from the
> inside of the attic. He doesn't have to get on the roof to install it.
> I have never heard of such a thing. I am really concerned something
> like this would leak. Have you ever seen such a thing?? What is it
> called so I can take a google? Thanks.

So why don't he just tie into the vent pipe in the basement and save
some money and holes in the roof?

Posted by Jack on October 7, 2009, 1:08 pm

In RI (probably most places) you need to exhaust the radon to the outside
above the eaves. There is a pipe from the basement to the attic. From
there, it needs to get outside. Also, code doesn't allow a tie-in to a
plumbing vent stack.

> Jack wrote:

>> The radon guy is going to punch a hole in my roof for the radon exhaust
>> pipe. I am OK with this.
>> He told me he has a roof boot for the pipe that he can install from the
>> inside of the attic. He doesn't have to get on the roof to install it.
>> I have never heard of such a thing. I am really concerned something like
>> this would leak. Have you ever seen such a thing?? What is it called so
>> I can take a google? Thanks.

> So why don't he just tie into the vent pipe in the basement and save some
> money and holes in the roof?

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