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Post by calgaryscrapper on Jul 27, 2023 4:30:05 GMT
Just a thought. What kind of insurance do you have? A few years ago dh wanted to put new shingles on the house and garage. I replied that we are getting too old to do it ourselves like in the past. I asked him to wait two years for a storm. I got my storm and full replacement done by roofers. Our Insurance company is now with a different company and they pro rate the damage. It wouldn’t hurt for you to ask your company.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 27, 2023 16:48:35 GMT
Is your roof leaking? Even small leaks?
If yes, replace asap as the underlying structural damage can be catastrophic
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Post by SweetieBugs on Jul 27, 2023 18:11:22 GMT
Is your roof leaking? Even small leaks? If yes, replace asap as the underlying structural damage can be catastrophic
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Post by gina on Jul 27, 2023 18:49:09 GMT
My husband is a home inspector and we sold our last house with leaky roof (we fixed it first). You will have to disclose before selling and like someone else said (I only read the first 2-3 replies), an inspector is not going to pass your house with the leaks.
If you are staying another 2-3 years, I would definitely replace the roof and gutters now.
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Post by bunnyhug on Jul 27, 2023 19:16:46 GMT
We got to a point with our cedar shake shingles where the insurance company would no longer cover them at all. No leaks, no damage, just old, over 30 years. We let them be for a couple of years and then it felt like we were pushing our luck, so we replaced them with ashphalt (because I hated the shakes when we bought our house!). Dh pointed out to me that there was no point in getting expensive "lifetime" or "30 year" roof coverings because we definitely won't be around to enjoy that roof longevity--our house is two stories plus a basement and has a big yard, and it's not somewhere we can age in place ... he was right, of course, but I was in my mid-40s at the time and it was my first realization that we had, indeed, reached middle age  |
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