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Roofing Question DerbyDad03 04-05-2008
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Posted by DerbyDad03 on April 5, 2008, 10:25 pm
On Apr 5, 10:25=A0pm, Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ?
> DerbyDad03 wrote:
> > My wife got a quote to replace our roof. Since I haven't spoken to the
> > guy yet, I've got question about one thing he quoted:
>
> > "Additional cost of $45/sheet for 1/2" plywood."
>
> > I have 3/4" tongue & groove under the shingles, not plywood. He didn't
> > look in the attic, so I doubt he knows this.
>
> > Can I assume that the easy answer is - When I tell him it's 3/4"
> > tongue & groove he'll just quote me a higher price for 3/4" ply?
>
> Why replace the whole roof if all you need is shingles?
>
> --
> Blattus Slafaly =A0? 3 =A0 =A0 :) =A07/8

That's not a serious question is it?

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Posted by aemeijers on April 5, 2008, 10:27 pm
Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ? wrote:
> DerbyDad03 wrote:
>> My wife got a quote to replace our roof. Since I haven't spoken to the
>> guy yet, I've got question about one thing he quoted:
>>
>> "Additional cost of $45/sheet for 1/2" plywood."
>>
>> I have 3/4" tongue & groove under the shingles, not plywood. He didn't
>> look in the attic, so I doubt he knows this.
>>
>> Can I assume that the easy answer is - When I tell him it's 3/4"
>> tongue & groove he'll just quote me a higher price for 3/4" ply?
>>
>
> Why replace the whole roof if all you need is shingles?
>
Who said anything about replacing the whole roof? A proper roof includes
a full tear-off, inspection, and thumping to look for soft spots. Having
to replace a few mushy spots (like around chimney where flashing often
fails) is quite routine.

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aem sends...

Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Blattus_Slafaly on April 6, 2008, 8:47 am
aemeijers wrote:
> Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ? wrote:
>> DerbyDad03 wrote:
>>> My wife got a quote to replace our roof. Since I haven't spoken to the
>>> guy yet, I've got question about one thing he quoted:
>>>
>>> "Additional cost of $45/sheet for 1/2" plywood."
>>>
>>> I have 3/4" tongue & groove under the shingles, not plywood. He didn't
>>> look in the attic, so I doubt he knows this.
>>>
>>> Can I assume that the easy answer is - When I tell him it's 3/4"
>>> tongue & groove he'll just quote me a higher price for 3/4" ply?
>>>
>>
>> Why replace the whole roof if all you need is shingles?
>>
> Who said anything about replacing the whole roof? A proper roof includes
> a full tear-off, inspection, and thumping to look for soft spots. Having
> to replace a few mushy spots (like around chimney where flashing often
> fails) is quite routine.
>
> --
> aem sends...
Well why in hell does he need half inch plywood to shingle a roof?

--
Blattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on April 6, 2008, 9:10 am

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>>>> My wife got a quote to replace our roof.
> Well why in hell does he need half inch plywood to shingle a roof?

He's going to stand on while shingling so he does not get the decking dirty
from his work boots



Posted by Harry K on April 6, 2008, 11:38 am
On Apr 5, 7:25=A0pm, Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ?
> DerbyDad03 wrote:
> > My wife got a quote to replace our roof. Since I haven't spoken to the
> > guy yet, I've got question about one thing he quoted:
>
> > "Additional cost of $45/sheet for 1/2" plywood."
>
> > I have 3/4" tongue & groove under the shingles, not plywood. He didn't
> > look in the attic, so I doubt he knows this.
>
> > Can I assume that the easy answer is - When I tell him it's 3/4"
> > tongue & groove he'll just quote me a higher price for 3/4" ply?
>
> Why replace the whole roof if all you need is shingles?
>
> --
> Blattus Slafaly =A0? 3 =A0 =A0 :) =A07/8

The whole thing sounds dubious to me. Why would a contractor be
delivering a pile of ply if they haven't even started the tear-off
yet. It costs money and time to deliver and then remove uneeded
material

I would not deal, or even talk, to a "contractor' that "happened to be
in the area". Well maybe I would depending on the looks of the
equipment and crew but it would only be to get a bid for comparing to
other companies.

Harry K

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