Okay, after 25 years our shingles need replaced. Trying to get a handle roughly what to expect price wise. I can't remember how many square it was when we built the house (27 square sticks in my mind). Any body want to venture a guess on how many by looking at the pictures? What is a good brand of shingle. We will have a complete tear off done. Not looking to skimp out on anything just want to be a little bit prepared. The main floor of the house has a footprint of about 1500 sq feet if that helps not including the garage. Thanks Gary
Is that the Presidential shake? I didn't see Resawn shake on their website? Would you mine sharing about how much per square for the shingles themselves? Gary
CertainTeed...Was part of a class action suit against them, CertainTeed Organic Shingles not for me! Owens Corning was my replacement!
steep roof pitch, may cost a little extra. porch roof should have full ice guard, low pitch. been a while but I would say 350-450 square.
took .33 seconds to google this All shingles CertainTeed sold after 2005 are fiberglass shingles. If your shingles are fiberglass, they are not part of this lawsuit.
I'll let you know shortly. Haven't picked them up yet I'm finishing a project started last year. Put on the back half when a leak developed. Doing the front now.
My original roof was in 1995ish! Fool me twice shame on me...They won't ever get another penny from me!
Certainteed Landmark Resawn Shake (lifetime warranty) $29.09 per bundle $87.27 per square. Thats contractors price.
Personally, I'll never use shingles again. In 2002 I put an A frame over my trailer at camp and decided to try metal roofing. I liked it! In '04 the house needed a new roof. After several weeks of arguing with the "Ex", I won and put a metal roof on the house. It was the first one in the neighbor and the compliments came in for several weeks after it was done. Materials cost me $1100 and 4 of us did it in one day. Now to be fair, there were no dormers on the house which made it very easy to do. I just had to cut out for a few vent pipes. Since then I have used metal for the small horse barn, the wood shed and my tool shed/workshop. When the house I'm in now is ready for a new roof, it will be metal. A metal roof is a once in a lifetime expense if you plan on staying in the house long term. JMHO.
When I built my garage 9 years ago, our estimator at work recommended shingles because at that time it was cheaper than metal. Now I am matching the house to the garage. I don't believe the color lasts as long as the manufacturers claim on the metal
I am sorry to hear you have shingles. From what I've been told it's very painful. Hopefully you'll feel better soon.
I'm a little confused, is the work being done on Gary's roof going to be asphalt shingles or cedar shakes?
Thanks...I was gonna say the price that was quoted was not for any cedar shakes. FWIW, my roofing subs get $50/sq no materials, labor only. $100/ sq to strip and replace with new.
I was looking at certainteeds site and I saw the ones your talking about. Premium stuff, definitely looks nice. I'd also consider metal if we have anything close to the winter we just had on a more frequent basis. I know all alot of homes in ME, VT and NH have metal roofs and don't have many ice dam issues like shingles produce.
I agree, using ice and water shield is a must when you live in prone areas. We typically use Grace products, I think they are superior than most box store brands and it does cost more but worth it to us. The only thing I can't stress enough with regards to ice dams is the gutters are killer when there is a thermal loss at the attic level. The gutters collect the thawed snow and refreezes in the gutters. In some cases the refrozen water will travel wherever it has to, and in some cases it will go under the play wood underlay on the roof, then the ice and water has no purpose. We got a lot of calls this year just for this, and it was hard tracing the ice back. In many cases when we were doing the roof repairs this spring we took the fascias and gutters off and ran the ice and water down behind the fascia so the ice couldn't penetrate under the underlayment again.
