Roofin'

[Tom Slick]

My house was due for a new roof so now that nice weather is here is was time to pull the trigger. I have a professional roofer coming in to do the underlayment, flashing, and asphalt "architectural" shingles.

It had the original worn out cedar shingle roof under the worn out asphalt three tab shingles.



I hired my general contractor friends to tear off the old layers of roof and to install new sheathing. I helped with the tear off and clean up. I left the sheathing to the pros.
Here you can see the original skip sheathing 1x6's. They were in good condition so we left them in place



The pros at work



Here is the new 1/2" OSB installed. With the 1x6's under the OSB the roof deck is very rigid. It took 58 sheets to cover the roof.



More events to unfold tomorrow; the inspector shows up to check the sheathing and the roofer is going to "dry it in" with "Titanium UDL 30" underlayment.
The entire project should be done by the end of the week.


This is the other roof-er, at least that's what he says all the time!

[iceman61]

For some reason I can't see the pics but I'm guessing about 19 squares of architecturals & 2-3 squares of 3-tab shingles depending on how cut up the roof is. I did a roof almost identical to yours 2 years ago. (contractor here)

Better get that roof done quick because lately shingles have been going up $5-$10 a square every 2 weeks.

[Tom Slick]

good guess! the roofing contractor estimated 21 squares. I was warned of price increases and purchased them a month ago. they are certainly a product directly connected to the price of oil.
GAF-Elk Timberline prestique 40 year singles are going up. We are also adding 4 dormer vents.

[Hellrazor]

That would have been a good DIY job...

Shingle prices are going crazy. My supplier sent out a notice that all shingle and vinyl products will be going up 10-20% in July.

[Tom Slick]

Finished

The roof project is all finished up. Took about a week with the small crews that were used (roofer is a one man band).

Roof wrapped with synthetic underlayment, no flashing or drip edge installed


Roof finished with almost everything painted to match. I just have to finish painting the new flashing under the tiny gable.


19 squares was a dead-on guess. The roofer ordered 21 and took 2 back with him. His cost is $68 a square for the shingles.

[cgallery]

The color of the new roof is a BIG improvement to your curb appeal. But you never thought you'd hear that, did you?

[jhart]

Always nice to have a project like that done. Looks great. As cgallery said, adds a lot to the curb appeal

[iceman61]

Good deal on purchasing those shingles early. Last week I checked on GAF-Elk Timberline 30 year singles & the price had jumped from $55/SQ to $75/SQ in 2 days. I didn't think to ask what the 40yr shingles had gone up to.
Good looking job!

[ragswl4]

Very, very nice looking roof. The house looks beautiful after all work completed. Amazing what a new roof will do for the look.