New roof PIP

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Finally finished after months of begging roofers to come out!  Yea!

Before:



and after:





If I had to choose again, I MIGHT choose the lighter gray instead of the black (shade between the old roof and the new), but that ship has sailed   I love the shape.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Love it! (Andplusalso - I don't remember ever seeing the outside of your house before. It's really cute.)

[TBM]

I love the shape, and the color (more contrast).

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Thanks, especially for reassuring me about the color The antique black was a distant second to the grayer color when I took a GBCN poll. DH was pretty pro-black though, and I didn't feel strongly.

[house]

That looks really nice juno! I love the pattern! What's it called? I am clueless about these things. LOL!

[pitterwoo]

great texture and the deep color looks good.

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Thanks! I don't have a clue what the real name is. I found the shape in one of my restoration books and then Googled around for "diamond shaped shingles." There's only one company that I found that makes them, and they just have a TM name for them (Cascade). I really would have loved to go back to cedar shingles, but there's just no way we could afford it. Going with a reproduction shingle is about the best we can do.

The truly best thing about the new roof though is that I no longer have a leak in my living room LOL. Yea!

[ktzmoh]

Wow that is gorgeous! it really looks like more consistent with the house.

And your home is beautiful! I love that style - and that front window is to die for.

[FoxInFiji]

Love it Juno! The shape of those shingles are awesome and they will be much lower maintenance than cedar shingles anyway. I think the antique black looks great with your white trim. It definitely pops more.

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Thanks Fox. I truly, truly hope so on the maintenance. I'd love to never have to worry about this roof again in our life in the house. I don't know anyone with any experience with Pabco shingles, but I read mixed reviews online. Once he got his hands on them, the roofer said they felt great. I just couldn't stomach putting the ubiquitous GAF Timberlines up there.

Oh, oh, and while you're here.  We're going to see how many he has left and order whatever extra we think we need.  Do you have an estimate if how many you'd keep lying around in the crawlspace for future repairs?  I think it's about 1400 sq. feet of surface.  Also, for our detached garage, do you think we should order enough to redo that when the time comes (roofed with 3-tab in 2005), or just wait on that and see?

[bunnymendelbaum]

Jan 16, 2013 20:19:13 GMT -5 TBM said:

I love the shape, and the color (more contrast).

I agree! Looks great!

[sjh722]

I really like dark roofs - it looks great.

And your house is adorable, that window in the front? Sigh.

Back to my 70s brown-roofed ranch. ::kicks dirt::

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Yes, that window is a blessing and a curse. It's the only one that still needs rope repair, a piece of glass repaired, and a storm. I'm terrified of taking it apart because it is such a heavy, awkward beast. I'm fairly certain I may hire out replacing the one cracked piece in the leaded portion, even though I'm technically capable of fixing it (not sure about physically capable). I'm also wary of storming it because I don't want to block the beautiful window, so I'm thinking about leading the storm, which will be a pretty big job for me. First I want to practice leading the small storms next to the chimney. If you give a mouse a cookie...

[FoxInFiji]

Jan 17, 2013 9:54:23 GMT -5 @juno said:

Thanks Fox. I truly, truly hope so on the maintenance. I'd love to never have to worry about this roof again in our life in the house. I don't know anyone with any experience with Pabco shingles, but I read mixed reviews online. Once he got his hands on them, the roofer said they felt great. I just couldn't stomach putting the ubiquitous GAF Timberlines up there.

Oh, oh, and while you're here.  We're going to see how many he has left and order whatever extra we think we need.  Do you have an estimate if how many you'd keep lying around in the crawlspace for future repairs?  I think it's about 1400 sq. feet of surface.  Also, for our detached garage, do you think we should order enough to redo that when the time comes (roofed with 3-tab in 2005), or just wait on that and see?

On a typical roof you want a half a bundle or so for future repairs.  Usually it's just whatever opened bundle the roofers had left over.  How long are you thinking it will be before you get to the garage?  When we had our roof done re-roofing the shed was one of the first things we did so we we ordered extra shingles and had them left on the driveway.  It was a half a pallet of shingles just for a relatively small amount of roof (the size of a two car garage) so you probably don't have room to store them for an extended period of time.  Plus you're not supposed to keep them in an unconditional space because the tar strips on the back melt and fuse together when they are still packaged.  That is a big problem because they need that strip for when they are installed.  They loose their warranty if they are installed in that condition.  So I would wait unless you're looking to do the garage soon. 

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We're not re-roofing the garage until we have to (hoping it will last 15-20 years, so 2020, 2025?). I guess we'll just cross our fingers and hope the supplier is still in business and making that shape/color. Otherwise, I guess we can find a 3-tab that is close in color.