Posted: 12/3/2010 7:42:13 AM EDT
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I tried researching this myself but the only things I can find are 1) people selling it and 2) forums with the most positive comments coming from accounts with a max of 5 posts. I'm hoping you guys know.
I have a few annoying leaks in my roof. They aren't obvious holes and require quite a lot of saturation to occur. I was looking at the coatings that you basically paint over your shingles to re-seal everything but I can't tell if this is a gimmick or not. Given the number of gimmicks I see sold in my industry I am always weary of things like this. Is something like this doable or do I really need to pull the whole damn thing off and start over? |
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I tried researching this myself but the only things I can find are 1) people selling it and 2) forums with the most positive comments coming from accounts with a max of 5 posts. I'm hoping you guys know. I have a few annoying leaks in my roof. They aren't obvious holes and require quite a lot of saturation to occur. I was looking at the coatings that you basically paint over your shingles to re-seal everything but I can't tell if this is a gimmick or not. Given the number of gimmicks I see sold in my industry I am always weary of things like this. Is something like this doable or do I really need to pull the whole damn thing off and start over? cant you just pull and replace shingles and paper in the affected area? Also I had some roofing problems and called Allstate and had a new roof in less than a month. It only takes 15 spots on the roof for a full replacement. |
| Have you considered doing an insurance claim? A lot of roofing companies will do free inspections, and help with filing the claim. You might even end up with some left over cash at the end if it works out. Though I'm assuming something like hail damage... is the roof just old? Sorry I don't know anything about coatings. |
| I hadn't even thought about insurance. This is just wear and tear. The shingles are in pretty good shape otherwise. Finding where the actual leaks are would be a bastard because the attic is about 3 1/2 feet in the middle making it about 8 to 12 inches in that area. |
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I hadn't even thought about insurance. This is just wear and tear. The shingles are in pretty good shape otherwise. Finding where the actual leaks are would be a bastard because the attic is about 3 1/2 feet in the middle making it about 8 to 12 inches in that area. Call out a roofer, having replaced under insurance is way easier than you think. |
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I hadn't even thought about insurance. This is just wear and tear. The shingles are in pretty good shape otherwise. Finding where the actual leaks are would be a bastard because the attic is about 3 1/2 feet in the middle making it about 8 to 12 inches in that area. Call out a roofer, having replaced under insurance is way easier than you think. Perfect. That is exactly what I needed to hear. That never even occurred to me. I am way too used to trying to do things myself. Thanks! Edit:Grammar crackers |
| Definitely check insurance or warranty. I just had my roof replaced. I got quotes from two roofers and they never even mentioned an insurance hail damage claim. My next door neighbor just replaced their roof 100% out of pocket. Luckily I spoke to an acquaintance that had re-roofed several of my wife's co-workers roofs - all covered by insurance. He was adamant from the beginning that my insurance would pay for the whole roof. I almost didn't proceed with it because I thought he was crazy; my roof was 25 years old and near its end of life. He met the insurance adjuster at my house and climbed all over my roof with a camera and a stick of chalk circling every spot of hail damage. My insurance covered everything - even the copper over my three dormer windows - less my $2,500 deductible. My roof is extremely large, multi-sectioned/angled, and made of cedar shakes; the price tag on the replacement roof was astronomical (think about 5 times the cost to replace a normal roof). I honestly did not believe that my home owners insurance was going to cover it until the check showed up in my mailbox. Georgia Farm Bureau and Bird Home Improvement kick ass. |
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Definitely check insurance or warranty. I just had my roof replaced. I got quotes from two roofers and they never even mentioned an insurance hail damage claim. My next door neighbor just replaced their roof 100% out of pocket. Luckily I spoke to an acquaintance that had re-roofed several of my wife's co-workers roofs - all covered by insurance. He was adamant from the beginning that my insurance would pay for the whole roof. I almost didn't proceed with it because I thought he was crazy; my roof was 25 years old and near its end of life. He met the insurance adjuster at my house and climbed all over my roof with a camera and a stick of chalk circling every spot of hail damage. My insurance covered everything - even the copper over my three dormer windows - less my $2,500 deductible. My roof is extremely large, multi-sectioned/angled, and made of cedar shakes; the price tag on the replacement roof was astronomical (think about 5 times the cost to replace a normal roof). I honestly did not believe that my home owners insurance was going to cover it until the check showed up in my mailbox. Georgia Farm Bureau and Bird Home Improvement kick ass. This is how mine went, we knew we needed a new roof so we called a roofer. Roofer scheduled a adjuster to meet him at our house. Roofer walked roof with a piece of chalk and the adjuster just looked at roof with binos, when roofer got to 15 spots adjuster said "go ahead and stop, its a full replacement." Adjuster got in his car and printed us out a check on the spot less the deductible which was still enough to cover the roof, with the upgraded shingles and have $300 left over that I bought a grill with. |