"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:54:06 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

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.