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| I made it so far, now I'll go for more  |
We are looking at a house. Some of the roof shingles are raised at the edges. Is there a way to repair (glue?) them back down? Thinking of wind damage that may happen. The shingles are less than 10 years old. Having the owner replace the roof is out of the question. Bob I am no expert, but think I am sometimes. | ||
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You could try an adhesive, but that roofing needs to be replaced. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
We are having our roof replaced as I write this. As a (retired) contractor I am not aware of any way to glue the corners down.. Depending on what shingles were installed they may need to be replaced. When I built our home 23 years ago I installed 30 year architectural shingles. Well they needed to be replaced way before their advertised length of service. The new ones we’re installing now are “Lifetime” HA! ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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How many is “some”? Less than ten years old there may still be a warranty on the roof. Have the owner call the company that did the work and see what they say. A repair may be free or cheaper than you think. | |||
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Yep. Our 30 year shingles made it 14 years before the wind and hail had deteriorated them to the point of needing replacement. | |||
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| I made it so far, now I'll go for more |
Can't say we are in Mass and the house is in SC. Buying a house at this time does present some challenges. The agent down there is really. earning her salary. Also my son is down there to do a close up. Bob I am no expert, but think I am sometimes. | |||
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Why would anyone want to move to South Carolina.... have you tried a summer there? as for shingles... you can 'glue' them back down but use a really good roofing caulk, not the cheap stuff.... my side note... still can't figure out why people put standard shingles on a house... metal is the way to go. My Native American Name: "Runs with Scissors" | |||
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| I made it so far, now I'll go for more |
Have you tried the winters up here? I like ac and no snow. Abbeville is in our very near future. Bob I am no expert, but think I am sometimes. | |||
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Built my house in 1976. Original shingles lasted 25 years. Put a new roof on. 2nd lasted 11 years and they started to curl up. Have a friend in the roofing business. He said they put to much crap in the asphalt mix nowadays and the quality of the mix is not the best. The 3rd roof I put on is a steel roof. It will last longer than I will. | |||
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^^^^^ Yes. The other thing I learned is that there is no such thing as a 30 year shingle and that the wind ratings are FANTASY. State Farm usually picks up the tab(Hurricanes). Roof leaks really suck. Buy the best shingles you can find and someone who does the job properly if it needs replacement. | |||
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^^^^^ Probably will unless you live on the Coast in hurricane country. They get blown off in a major hurricane and curled up at the edges due to strong winds. Seen it happen. | |||
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Yes, you can reseal them with roofing sealant, like what is produced by Henry. Premature failure is usually a sign of insufficient attic venting. Older homes often don’t have enough venting, and should have additional vents added to the structure. I personally installed Tamko dimensional shingles on a property in 2000.Twenty years later and they still look like new. Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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We put a steel roof on my Nana’s house in Tampa in the 90’s, it’s still there. Not one leak, no worries, still looks great. And all it took was securing furring strips to the original roof and hen screwing down the steel panels. So easy even I could do it. Wear gloves. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Metal is great, but expensive. We had a nice metal roof on our last house. Loved it. Despite the durability, they can get banged up, and in order to save on our insurance, we had to waive "cosmetic" damage. Ours was very heavy gauge and I never had an issue, but I have seen some really banged up that insurance wouldn't replace. "I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here." -- Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, Jan. 11, 1989 Si vis pacem para bellum There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Feeding Trolls Since 1995 | |||
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Your roof is actually dying from the bottom up. You don’t have good ventilation in the attic. Put on a new roof and have a roof line vent installed. You’ll be surprised how much heat these release from the top of the house which that is the problem with shingles edges curling up. | |||
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We had IKO shingles from their infamous bad lot numbers in the 2000 timeframe do that. We replaced with a standing seam metal roof. We were able to take advantage of an opening in the roofer's schedule and got a better price. The other thing with shingles is when you go to sell your house a prospective buyer will look at the roof - even if only a few years old - and think, "I'm going to have to replace that some day." A metal roof doesn't trigger those thoughts. Harshest Dream, Reality | |||
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