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Don't know if it's made it that far north yet but a lot of people are going with pole barn tin. I don't mean shacks either. They butyl tape the seams and screw it down in the flats. Been doing it down south going on twenty years and I've seen a lot of it here the last five or ten

Yeh a few have, still typically more expensive than shingles. Plus i got a pyramid roof with a pretty good arc over the last 100+ years...
 

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Yeh a few have, still typically more expensive than shingles. Plus i got a pyramid roof with a pretty good arc over the last 100+ years...
Chit Red I put a roof on my place when I was your age. Got a bunch of buddies around and we had 30 square tore off and put back on in a weekend. But it wasn't my first rodeo and I had good help

If that's at all feasible for you it will save you a ton of money.

A little planning, a large dumpster, air nailer and a power ladder makes the job go pretty quickly.
 

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Chit Red I put a roof on my place when I was your age. Got a bunch of buddies around and we had 30 square tore off and put back on in a weekend. But it wasn't my first rodeo and I had good help

If that's at all feasible for you it will save you a ton of money.

A little planning, a large dumpster, air nailer and a power ladder makes the job go pretty quickly.

Some things are better left hired..

Dad has vertigo, wont get on a roof. dont blame him either...

Have a hard enough time getting my schedule in line, let alone arranging help lol.
 

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Next time I have to put a roof on my house it will be steel. Peeling shingles off is not fun.

I said the exact same thing 2 1/2 years ago.

The way my house is I have awful ice build up. I wanted steel in the worst way to shed the ice. I got two quotes for seamless and chit myself at those prices. I then talked to every local builder in our area to get a quote on putting on basic pole barn steel. After dang near 3o calls I finally had 2 guys show up to give a quote and they said they were so busy that they would rather not take the job.

Around here roofers are so busy that they only do shingles. If I wanted pole barn steel I had to call builders, all of them have been so swamped I kept getting the "we may be able to do it next year at best" (I couldn't make another winter with my roof)

I have a pretty steep roof and a lot of valleys. I didn't feel comfortable doing it myself so I ended up biting the bullet and getting a roofer to put shingles on.
 

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Mine should be good for another 15-20 years. When the time comes I'll likely climb my old ass up there and put the new one on.

I'm cheap and generally refuse to pay someone for something I can do myself. With a 10-12 pitch it's no joy to climb around on. I only go up there when I have to.
 

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Thank you. You too Todd, or evening. Whichever it is.






Who the hell knows? Apparently I was in a good mood this morning. I have a habit of saying whatever is on my mind. Sometimes it works...........
Iam either 12 or 13 hours ahead of you guys depending on your time zone
 
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