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I've mentioned a couple other times in the last few months that I need to do some work on my roof. It seems that there are some very knowledgeable people on this forum with some good suggestions, so I figured I'd start a thread about it.
The previous owner of the house did an add-on in the back, pretty sure what was originally the back patio. The roof over the addition has a lower slope that the rest of the house, and the previous owner put shingles on it which I'm told is wrong, wrong, wrong for a roof with a 2-in-12 pitch. There's been some leaking over the years, slight and mostly unseen. Once the rain stopped this year, I pulled the roof off and found a bit of a mess. $600 worth of lumber, plywood, and odds-and-ends later, I've got a good handle on the structural damage, about half done but shouldn't need any more supplies.
It would have been done sooner but I've been burning the candle at both ends, LOTS of overtime at work, getting in an hour or two in the evening and a few hours here and there on weekends. A good friend has been helping me when he has time, but he's busy with work and family too.
So, before too much longer, hopefully before it starts raining again, I'm going to be figuring out what kind of roof to put back on. The rest of the roof is pretty worn (no leaks or damage), but I don't think I'm quite up to replacing it this year, if I can avoid it. I simply cannot afford to pay a contractor at this time, so I'm essentially on my own. And then there's the ceiling in a room we didn't go in all winter, that will need completely replaced, but that's a story for a different day...
Anyone have suggestions on what to use on this roof, and where to buy it?
The previous owner of the house did an add-on in the back, pretty sure what was originally the back patio. The roof over the addition has a lower slope that the rest of the house, and the previous owner put shingles on it which I'm told is wrong, wrong, wrong for a roof with a 2-in-12 pitch. There's been some leaking over the years, slight and mostly unseen. Once the rain stopped this year, I pulled the roof off and found a bit of a mess. $600 worth of lumber, plywood, and odds-and-ends later, I've got a good handle on the structural damage, about half done but shouldn't need any more supplies.
It would have been done sooner but I've been burning the candle at both ends, LOTS of overtime at work, getting in an hour or two in the evening and a few hours here and there on weekends. A good friend has been helping me when he has time, but he's busy with work and family too.
So, before too much longer, hopefully before it starts raining again, I'm going to be figuring out what kind of roof to put back on. The rest of the roof is pretty worn (no leaks or damage), but I don't think I'm quite up to replacing it this year, if I can avoid it. I simply cannot afford to pay a contractor at this time, so I'm essentially on my own. And then there's the ceiling in a room we didn't go in all winter, that will need completely replaced, but that's a story for a different day...
Anyone have suggestions on what to use on this roof, and where to buy it?