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Roofer wants to sell me his tiles MiamiCuse 06-13-2007
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Posted by dadiOH on June 14, 2007, 9:33 am
MiamiCuse wrote:
> My house has a new barrel tiled roof put on in 2004. At the time
> the previous owner paid $40000 for the new roof.
>
> Since then a few tiles (about six) were damaged badly and I need to
> replace them. I called around and found that the tiles are still
> being manufactured but the specific color has been discontinued.
> The tiles are called Vanguarf Roll:
>
>
http://www.monierlifetile.com/products/products_detail.cfm?regionid=7&
producttype=standard&profileid=38
>
> I finally located the roofer who installed the roof and he told me
> he did a few jobs with that tile in 2004 and still have lots of
> left over tiles. In fact he said he has a whole pallate of it,
> like 500 pieces. He asked me if I want to buy it form him. I told
> him I needed 10-12 pieces but he was not interested to sell me
> 10-12.
>
> He said if I get another hurricane it would be wise to get as many
> tiles as I can, but do I really need 500 pieces? This will take up
> a good part of my garage. He said to give him a price...now I am
> wondering first, should I get it and if so, how much should it be?

When I did my roof in 1996 I used Monier - 70 squares (7,000 sq.ft.)
at about $6,000.
_______________

> If not I can always order the 10-12 I need in another color and try
> to stain it to match.

1. I doubt staining would work

2. Have you checked with Monier in other parts of the country for the
color you need? Just because it is discontinued in Florida doesn't
mean it has been elsewhere. Hawaii might be a good starting point...


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Posted by dpb on June 14, 2007, 9:48 am
dadiOH wrote:
> MiamiCuse wrote:
>> My house has a new barrel tiled roof put on in 2004. At the time
>> the previous owner paid $40000 for the new roof.
>>
>> Since then a few tiles (about six) were damaged badly and I need to
>> replace them. I called around and found that the tiles are still
>> being manufactured but the specific color has been discontinued.
...
> 2. Have you checked with Monier in other parts of the country for the
> color you need? Just because it is discontinued in Florida doesn't
> mean it has been elsewhere. Hawaii might be a good starting point...

I'm sure he could ship them in from Hawaii cheaper than buying matching
originals second-hand locally... :)

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Posted by dpb on June 14, 2007, 9:54 am
MiamiCuse wrote:
...
> I finally located the roofer who installed the roof and he told me he did a
> few jobs with that tile in 2004 and still have lots of left over tiles. In
> fact he said he has a whole pallate of it, like 500 pieces. He asked me if
> I want to buy it form him. I told him I needed 10-12 pieces but he was not
> interested to sell me 10-12.
>
> He said if I get another hurricane it would be wise to get as many tiles as
> I can, but do I really need 500 pieces? ...
> Any thoughts and comments?

If you really have hurricane damage, chances are you'll need either just
a few or a whole lot -- I'd presume 500 aren't but a meager fraction of
the whole roof or even one section, are they?

OTOH, as someone else says, they can be stored outside so if you have a
back corner on the lot somewhere out of the way, nothing really lost and
you would then have a match for any routine damage for as long as you're
probably going to be there. And, if anything, they're only going to get
harder to find in all likelihood.

Given the kind of house you've described, seems like reasonable to me --
this ain't a 1-br cheapie kind o' place, so may as well do it right...

imo, ymmv, $0.02, etc., etc., etc., ...

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Posted by Tom G on June 14, 2007, 11:43 am

> My house has a new barrel tiled roof put on in 2004. At the time the
> previous owner paid $40000 for the new roof.
>
> Since then a few tiles (about six) were damaged badly and I need to
> replace them. I called around and found that the tiles are still being
> manufactured but the specific color has been discontinued. The tiles are
> called Vanguarf Roll:
>
>
http://www.monierlifetile.com/products/products_detail.cfm?regionid=7&producttype=standard&profileid=38
>
> I finally located the roofer who installed the roof and he told me he did
> a few jobs with that tile in 2004 and still have lots of left over tiles.
> In fact he said he has a whole pallate of it, like 500 pieces. He asked
> me if I want to buy it form him. I told him I needed 10-12 pieces but he
> was not interested to sell me 10-12.
>
> He said if I get another hurricane it would be wise to get as many tiles
> as I can, but do I really need 500 pieces? This will take up a good part
> of my garage. He said to give him a price...now I am wondering first,
> should I get it and if so, how much should it be?
>
> If not I can always order the 10-12 I need in another color and try to
> stain it to match.
>
> Any thoughts and comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC
>
If the price is right, buy them and take what you want and sell the rest.
I'll bet an ad in the paper will find buyers to buy them a few at a time,
probably for more than you paid for the lot. Maybe some guy is looking to
roof a small shed.

Tom G.




Posted by Goedjn on June 14, 2007, 11:52 am
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:37:14 -0400, "MiamiCuse"

>My house has a new barrel tiled roof put on in 2004. At the time the
>previous owner paid $40000 for the new roof.
>
>Since then a few tiles (about six) were damaged badly and I need to replace
>them. I called around and found that the tiles are still being manufactured
>but the specific color has been discontinued. The tiles are called Vanguarf
...[much deleted]....
>If not I can always order the 10-12 I need in another color and try to stain
>it to match.
>


Well, you could buy the pallet, and sell the excess on ebay,
or you could get contrasting tiles, and swap them around with
other tiles on the roof so that the new ones are in some sort
of regular pattern.


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