my new roof

[tinbanger]

Always interesting to see OFNRs projects so I thought I would share mine.

 

We bought our current house almost 2 years ago and knew it was in desperate need of a new roof .

we survived last winter although you will notice an area on the front were the december winds removed about 3 sq ft of shingles that I had to patch.

Old roof ,lots of missing shingles !

Luckily Simcoe Building centre will delivered the shingles to the roof for $1 a bundle ..at 92 lbs a bundle the best $76 dollars I ever spent

used about one and one half sheets of 4x8 ply to repair rot , mainly around edges but a couple large ones were discovered mid deck!

Original roof had no ice and water and very little protection in the eves .We placed ice and water around the perimter , ridges and hips as well as double wide in the valley .Synthetic underlay everywhere else .Metal valleys , new flashing as well . 30 year shingles.

Bit of an over kill maybe but for the few extra dollars I fiqure its worth it .

lots of supervision LOL

Finished product

Cost slightly over $4000 all in , we had estimates ranging from 3,800 to almost $6000 .Considering the extra underlay , 2 fall arrests I think we saved about $1,500 to $2,000. Took 5 days mostly on my own , or with my youngest.

Luckily the weather was perfect , not too warm and only threatned rain one day .

 

Would I do it again ... not likely

 

TB

[Fisherman]

Satisfaction from doing it yourself and saving a few clams at the same time. Nice job.

[blaque]

Been there, done that, all that work deserves a couple ooohs and ahhhhs! So ooooh and ahhhh

 

Mine was a straight gable roof. Staight run with a ridge vent.........pretty simple compared to yours, and i thought doing mine stunk. lol Feels good to pull up the driveway everyday dont it?? Nice choice on the architectural shingle

[motv8tr]

Not bad at all Dave, I'll likely be doing that myself in a year or two...on a 5 yr old roof What I like most is the price you paid for materials, my roof is quite a bit smaller and easier to do. Oh and in my opinion, on something like that there is no such thing as overkill

 

Maureen

[Joey]

That's awesome, excellent job

 

Us OFC'rs are a handy bunch aren't we

[fishnsled]

Nice job! I've heard it said that a roof is something that no one wants to spend the money on, who looks at it anyways!! However when it starts to leak it's money well spent. Had mine done 2 years ago after it started to leak, got it done before any there was any damage.

[Paully]

Looks good from here!

[tinbanger]

Mine was a straight gable roof. Staight run with a ridge vent.........pretty simple compared to yours, and i thought doing mine stunk. lol Feels good to pull up the driveway everyday dont it?? Nice choice on the architectural shingle

 

5 valleys and 12 different roof areas made for some slow progress . the architectural shingles are much easier and forgiving to install than the 3 tab type .

 

TB