Archive for October, 2009


Do I need to replace a cracked roof tile right away?

How necessary is it to replace cracked roof tiles (spanish style)? We just bought a house that has a few cracked roof tiles and I want to know if I should do this right away. Nah, just ignore. It might leak a little but sooner or later the framing will rot & collapse & you [...]

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Installing a metal roof…gable flashing meets eave trim?

The material I got this past week did not come with adequate instructions. I’m looking for a picture where the gable flashing meets the eave trim and drip edge. From this pdf it’s combining figure 8 and figure 10. http://www.metalroofingsource.com/Absolute%20Roofing%20Instructions.pdf But from what I’m trying to figure out is there still a gap on the [...]

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I have a medium size home.Over the carport is a flat roof and along the back is also flat.?

My wife wants metal and I want black paper,tar and stone. You DIYers out there and roofers. We are talking 11×25 and 11×45. Tell me what you would charge me for labor and materials. Lots of answers please. Spend the money and put a truss roof on it with normal pitch. New roofing will then [...]

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If you are in the roofing/tiling/construction industry, what time would you need to be at work?

I’m chatting with this guy and he says he works in the roofing industry, but he looks pretty free most of the time. He’s either chatting with me or looking out the window to see if his friends are coming to pick him up to play football. Does anyone know? right now i go in [...]

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