New roof time

September 12, 2024, 12:30 PM

sig226fan

Oh it's ridiculous. Mine was 9 years, and to be honest, I never remember seeing hail the size that the insurance company said did the damage. One of my business partners, who has a good size house had 3 put on in 2 years, because of storms. It's so messed up. When I re- model, I am going to go with a 24 gauge metal roof. If it gets a few dings from giant hail, so be it.

September 12, 2024, 09:39 PM

MikeinNC

quote:
Originally posted by PASig:
You guys get hail so bad it takes out an 11 year old roof? Holy crap

We had a tornado pushing golfball sized hail over 100 mph. So yeah. The half pieces over the edges of the hip roof were cracked from the impact. When you look at the shingle and you can see tar and no gravel on it, it’s done.

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September 12, 2024, 10:02 PM

TBH

quote:
Originally posted by 08 Cayenne:
I purchased a 40 year roof in 1992, installed by my neighbor who had a roofing company his entire life. He still does minor repairs if I lose a couple shingles. He looked at it last fall and says it will last another 7~8 years. Problem is I am getting 30 solar panels installed on the roof soon. I would hate to have to take them down to install a new roof in the future, cost isn't that big, ($3,000 for the racking which most could be reused) but labor cost would probably be high. In addition I'm 65, for me and my wife no need for a 30 or 40 year roof. I don't know what to do.

Do you have a garage or other building you could mount solar on? That would be my first choice. Otherwise, if put the best shingles or steel I could afford! 10-15,000 is cheap compared to water damage.
Of course, it also depends on how long you plan on living there.