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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:54:06 -0500, Vic Smith
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I probably pull at least a pound of shingle gravel out of my gutters
every year when I clear leaves.

Same here.

I"ll tell you one thing - I did our roof ten years ago - 45 square on
a gambrel roof.

I will NEVER do that again.

35 years ago I did the roof on the house I owned then. A couple years ago,
paid $10k for a new roof. Too old to do the roofing.

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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:55:47 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:54:06 -0500, Vic Smith
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I probably pull at least a pound of shingle gravel out of my gutters
every year when I clear leaves.

Same here.

I"ll tell you one thing - I did our roof ten years ago - 45 square on
a gambrel roof.

I will NEVER do that again.

35 years ago I did the roof on the house I owned then. A couple years
ago,
paid $10k for a new roof. Too old to do the roofing.



I had a square and a half to put on a little porch I built and I
bought a gun.
It is not that bad with a gun.

My house is 2500 sq feet. Just humping all that paper and shingles is too
much anymore on the knees, etc. I redid a deck at mom's house this year
with the gun. but it was flat and only 160'sq.

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:20:57 -0300, "Don White"
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"Tim" wrote in message
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Mine was pretty good. Excellent weatheer and I was really busy in the
shop, but still took time to watch the some of the shoe-throwing
contests in here.


Life is goooood!

?;^ )


I had the roofers in to strip & re-shingle my roof.
They are finishing up today.

Had mine done about 6 years ago with 40-year shingles.
Hip roof, standard bungalow, about 40'X30'.
Tear-off, and they put about 4' of membrane on the edges.
New power vent. $4k.
Saw the guy and his crew doing a house in the neighborhood when I was
coming home from work and nabbed him.
No complaints. But I found out later a work mate who lives by me had
trouble getting the same guy back to fix something done wrong on his
split-level.
BTW, I worked at a major insurance company and was surprised to find
that 3 guys I worked with had got free reroofing from that company by
calling out an adjuster after hailstorms.
Gravel in the gutter? Hail damage, reroof.
Unbelievable. But true.
Not saying that if I carried that homeowners I wouldn't give it a shot
myself. $4k is $4k. And theirs roofs were bigger than mine.
One was going to redo his roof and already had estimates of $10k when
he received a godsend. Hail. He wasn't even thinking of the roof,
but had a couple dings in the siding so he called out the adjuster.
Adjuster went over the house. Gravel in the gutter, free roof.
Don't know what influence being a company employee had on this, but
it sure didn't strike me as wise business practice.
I probably pull at least a pound of shingle gravel out of my gutters
every year when I clear leaves.

--Vic


Converted to yankee dollahs...I'll be paying about what you did.
My main roof isn't big but it's a full two story with a 8" in 12" slope. A
bit much for anyone not comfortable with heights and fairly steep roofs.
They did three small roofs ................one over the front doorway & two
captain windows also.
The roof on 'moms addition' is only 7 years old, so I'll wait for a year or
two to do that....... at least until after I paint the back next year.
I went with fibreglass 'architectural' shingles this time...instead of the
usual three tab, felt based standards.

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:43:37 -0300, "Don White"
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Converted to yankee dollahs...I'll be paying about what you did.
My main roof isn't big but it's a full two story with a 8" in 12" slope. A
bit much for anyone not comfortable with heights and fairly steep roofs.
They did three small roofs ................one over the front doorway & two
captain windows also.

I did my ma's roof, which a 2-story and pitched real steep. Made a
"chicken ladder" to hook over the ridge. Roll roofing.
I was young and strong but it was a real PITA anyway.

The roof on 'moms addition' is only 7 years old, so I'll wait for a year or
two to do that....... at least until after I paint the back next year.
I went with fibreglass 'architectural' shingles this time...instead of the
usual three tab, felt based standards.

Same here. Don't know about the fibreglass though, but they look
good. Oh, that included my detached garage, a 20"x22"
I really like those red 1/4 round tiles they use a lot of in Florida.
Wouldn't look good on my house though. Expensive too, I think.
If I knew I was going to be in a house for 100 years I'd go with
steel.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:43:37 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


Converted to yankee dollahs...I'll be paying about what you did.
My main roof isn't big but it's a full two story with a 8" in 12" slope. A
bit much for anyone not comfortable with heights and fairly steep roofs.
They did three small roofs ................one over the front doorway & two
captain windows also.

I did my ma's roof, which a 2-story and pitched real steep. Made a
"chicken ladder" to hook over the ridge. Roll roofing.
I was young and strong but it was a real PITA anyway.

The roof on 'moms addition' is only 7 years old, so I'll wait for a year or
two to do that....... at least until after I paint the back next year.
I went with fibreglass 'architectural' shingles this time...instead of the
usual three tab, felt based standards.

Same here. Don't know about the fibreglass though, but they look
good. Oh, that included my detached garage, a 20"x22"
I really like those red 1/4 round tiles they use a lot of in Florida.
Wouldn't look good on my house though. Expensive too, I think.
If I knew I was going to be in a house for 100 years I'd go with
steel.

--Vic


You can get metal panels that have that look. And the fiberglass just
takes the place of felt, holds up a little better, but certainly won't
solve the gravel problem.

Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:43:37 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


Converted to yankee dollahs...I'll be paying about what you did.
My main roof isn't big but it's a full two story with a 8" in 12" slope. A
bit much for anyone not comfortable with heights and fairly steep roofs.
They did three small roofs ................one over the front doorway & two
captain windows also.

I did my ma's roof, which a 2-story and pitched real steep. Made a
"chicken ladder" to hook over the ridge. Roll roofing.
I was young and strong but it was a real PITA anyway.

The roof on 'moms addition' is only 7 years old, so I'll wait for a year or
two to do that....... at least until after I paint the back next year.
I went with fibreglass 'architectural' shingles this time...instead of the
usual three tab, felt based standards.

Same here. Don't know about the fibreglass though, but they look
good. Oh, that included my detached garage, a 20"x22"
I really like those red 1/4 round tiles they use a lot of in Florida.
Wouldn't look good on my house though. Expensive too, I think.
If I knew I was going to be in a house for 100 years I'd go with
steel.

--Vic


They are expensive. $18,000 for a new roof on my house (40sq) the last
time I checked. Fortunately I won't need one for 10 years, or so. The
upside is they really last for 25+ years. Asphalt shingle warranties
are prorated for a reason!

On Sep 10, 9:06*am, Tim wrote:
Mine was pretty good. Excellent weatheer and I was really busy in the
shop, but still took time to watch the some of the shoe-throwing
contests in here.

Life is goooood!

?;^ )

but still took time to watch the some of the shoe-throwing
contests in here.

More like Political " Bitch-Slapping"

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:06:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Mine was pretty good. Excellent weatheer and I was really busy in the
shop, but still took time to watch the some of the shoe-throwing
contests in here.


Life is goooood!

?;^ )

Mine was great - riding from Port Jervis, NY to Woodstock, VT. Great
ride!
--

John H

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:31:51 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:06:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|Mine was pretty good. Excellent weatheer and I was really busy in the
|shop, but still took time to watch the some of the shoe-throwing
|contests in here.
|
|
|Life is goooood!
|
|?;^ )

Like Xmas! Just dumped a 800K request for NDI toys on the boss'
desk......

WHOO HOO!!

800K - WHOA!?!?!

What 'cha asking for?

wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:06:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Mine was pretty good. Excellent weatheer and I was really busy in the
shop, but still took time to watch the some of the shoe-throwing
contests in here.


Life is goooood!

?;^ )


Uneventful for me. I just paid some bills so I could write 9/9/9 on
the check. I thought about writing it upside down on the Comcast check
but I thought it would be redundant.



After four months of "romancing," I landed a new client yesterday, and
got the contract via an email .PDF this morning. :)


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Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All