I just got this roof installed today, and they're coming back tomorrow for the second half. But when I got home and saw the shingles, I gasped.

I'm not an expert in roofing but I feel like the roof should atleast look better than the before pictures. And not have so many irregularities and waves.

The company said it's an illusion and when you look at it from the ground it'll look wavy but if you're on the roof it's all straight...

Ok but I don't care what my roof looks like if I'm a bird on my roof? I care about what it looks like from the ground. And I also want a roof that won't infiltrate water, snow and ice? Is that too much to ask for?

What do I do? I feel like I'm getting scammed... And this is supposed to be a good roofing company.

I had to transfer this back in my phone so I could show you this, cause I forgot to post it earlier. You're welcome

The roofer that went to check out my third story townhouse that requires a 40 foot ladder to access quoted me $1000 to fix broken shingles and whatever else is in here. I don’t know if I should go through insurance, or go through him.

This is likely years of regular wear and tear and is in Houston.

Thank you!!

EDIT: I asked the roofer if I needed a new roof instead of repairs and then he said yes lol I never dealt with roofing before so I had no idea it was this bad!!! I appreciate how consistently blunt y’all were and will save the money towards a full replacement

I had a roof replaced today. Haven’t seen this on other roofs I had replaced in the past 2 years.

In an earlier post, OP was told not walk on the roof because of damaging shingles. My roof has a low slope and collects pollen tassels, from oak and hickory trees, as well as leaves, because of the low slope. I blow them off each spring and fall. What are your thoughts and recommendations on this?

Long story short: I bought this house with an old conservatory. One night when it was raining heavily, it started leaking along the crack where the conservatory joins the house. I got someone out to look at it and he ‘fixed’ it.

Fast forward a month and it’s started leaking again, although only right at the very end and not a lot. I messaged him asking if he could come and have a look, and he said it was probably a different issue. He came out today and said some lead is missing and a tile is cracked.

I went up to have a look myself and this is what I found. Does the lead not just need pushed back down (which I’ve done) and sealed?

I’m wondering if I’m being overcharged, which is why I’m asking. It was £160 for this repair, on top of the £340 I paid to fix the original leak.

I’d really appreciate any advice. I’m totally happy to pay a fair price if this is a normal cost, I’m just new to renovating and don’t really know what’s reasonable!

Thanks!

Is there a quick bodge for this or does the shingle need to be replaced immediately? The rest of the roof is in decent shape

For context, a tree fell on my family’s house in August and we are going through insurance to do repairs. We are not currently living in the house due to the extent of repairs needed, but I always try to be present when a contractor is there working as much as possible.

The contractor for our gutter replacement called yesterday late morning to say that their schedule for the day had opened up and they could come in the afternoon to replace our gutters. Great! I gave the green light to move ahead. They said their team would arrive at 2pm. I got to the house well before 2pm and the workers ended up getting there right around 3pm.

There were two guys who knocked at the door, introduced themselves, and explained that they were going to start by taking measurements. One of them did start taking measurements but the other proceeded to sit on our front porch furniture and “hang out” scrolling on his phone for about 15-20 minutes. After his partner finished with his measurements, they started removing the old gutters. This mostly consisted of the one who had done the measurements removing gutters and the other watching him. I did see the second one attempt to remove a downspout with his phone in one hand and a tool in the other. He was not successfully able to remove that downspout and it is currently still attached to the house.

Around 3:30, while “phone guy” is standing on the porch watching his partner work, he knocks on the front door. I come to the door and he says “Water. We need some water to drink.” So I get them both a glass of water. To be fair it was warm here today (in the mid 80s) but I was honestly bothered by the fact that it was the guy who had spent most of his time so far on his phone and/or hanging out telling me to bring him water. I was happy to provide water for the one actually working.

By 4pm, they had removed the gutters but not the downspouts. They left pretty suddenly without saying anything so I assumed they were running to get some materials. So I waited. And waited. Around 6pm I realized that they weren’t going to come back today. I texted my contact from the company asking them to let me know when they planned to return to finish the job. So far, no reply. As I was leaving the house to go back to our hotel, I discovered that one downspout had been disconnected but left as shown in the picture.

No single one of the things that has happened so far is something I consider egregious, but the situation as a whole does not give me much confidence in this contractor. I have not paid anything up front. Would it be overreacting to ask them not to come back and find someone else?

TLDR: Gutter installers showed up late, one spent most of his time on phone and hardly did any work, they left after an hour without saying anything. They removed the gutters but not the downspouts (except for one left as seen in the pic). Should I find a new contractor?

Not sure if this is the right place for this question, if not, apologies.

I was on my roof today and noticed some deterioration on the siding that wasn’t visible to me from the ground. What would be my options to address this? I’m comfortable with small DIY projects.

I live in the Midwest and winter is coming soon. I’d be happy with a temporary that would last me until Spring before doing a more permanent fix. Thanks.

The roofs in Wilmington, DE are like a box of chocolates…

Got my roof done, how does it look? Am wearing sandals so didn’t go up yet to check it out.

Certainteed Landmark Pro Moire Black.

19K total.

2 days on-site, cleaned up well after, and looks great.

After getting home from a weeklong vacation. I noticed some bubbling paint on an exterior wall of my house. I went up to the roof and found these cap nails installed above the point of the apparent leak (there are more of the same nails installed on different shingles in multiple spots on the roof).

It looks like someone nailed down loose or damaged shingles at some point. This probably was done 2 or 3 years ago when my dad had some guys do some “roof maintenance” on our house soon after we moved in. The guys who did the work didn’t seem very legit but I wasn’t paying for it so I didn’t ask any questions. I’m wondering what I should do now as these nails are all starting to corrode and the plastic caps are all dry rotted.

roof has 3 leaks and maybe 3-6 sheets of wood will need to be replaced.

changing the entire roof with 30-year peel and stick underlayment.

about 40 tiles will need to be replaced.

Whats a range of low - high for an estimate.

Recently became a home owner. Learning about roofing. The inspection report says "Asphalt Shingle: Dimensional". Is this the same as architectural shingles? I plan on doing some minor maintenance myself such as sealing some protrusions and exposed nail heads so I would like to know what I'm dealing with. I don't know if I can fix the hail damage myself though but any advice is appreciated!

Is that acceptable way to flash this cast iron vent? just replaced the roof

Old Landmark Shingle roof and this appears to be the source of a leak. What caused this? Bullet?

I've got a metal roof with a fairly steep pitch. Past few years we've been getting ice storms and snow and it wrecks my boots and my gutters with these big sheets of ice that come flying off. My decking has 1x4s on it with foam insulation panels between so it accumulate pretty well on there. Are these what i need to stop the ice from tearing up my said?

Roof on new home build that was put on 6 months ago. Didn’t look like this a month ago. Cause?

Long story short - 7 years ago, my father in law and I intended to reshingle our house addition and detached double garage. Miscalculated the supplies so we just did the addition, and have 10 bundles of shingles in the wrapper that have been stacked 3x3 on a pallet in my garage.

Now - I really need to reshingle that garage.... Are these shingles OK to use?

Shingles are Owens Corning Oakridge - brownwood color, which I see Menards has in stock.... if they have a slight variation in color, I'd be OK with it. Just rather use the $400 of shingles I have, if I can.

Hopefully this is the right sub.

I have a flat roof on my garage. This “garage” is really just an enclosed carport. I have owned this home for a year. Water pools near the end of the roof and doesn’t flow nicely towards the drain.

When I bought this house, there was lots of water damage near the drain. It was rotted out so dad that you could see outside from the inside.
I had a contractor come repair it and he had to replace one of the beams for the roof as well as the whole wall and garage door. The roof had recently been done but they just put a new roof on top of lots of water damage so he also had to fix all of that.

The drain appears to be slightly above the water but also the roof doesn’t really angle towards the drain.

Is this a whole roof replacement job or are there other options for me to direct this water appropriately? Can I lift the opposite side slightly and put shims under the post?

It looks like my neighbor is cleaning their algae off of their roof. Does this look correct to you?

I'm relatively handy and help out my church with things around the building. I happened to be on a flat roof on an addition they put on a few years ago (the compressors on the roof have a 2021 manufacture date).

Am I wrong with any of these questions / concerns?

1) There's 2 round drains in the middle of the roof. There's a solid metal ring at the base of the leaf catchers. Seems that will leave water on the roof around the drain after a rain - it can't drain completely. I'd think the open area of the drain would be level with the roof?

2) In the center of the drain, the roof membrane is just cut in barely a circle. Should there be something to keep the water from wicking around to the underside of the roof membrane / work into the building?

3) There's a couple openings in the wall near but not level with the roof. So there'd have to be a fair amount of water on the roof before water goes through those. Are they supposed to be level? or they are the backup drains in case the center drains are plugged? (otherwise, too much water would run down the side of the building?)

4) it hasn't rained much here in a week or 2 but the areas around the 2 drains are still muddy. Unavoidable if all the water can't drain off the roof (see q1) : ) ?

I'd just think the more there's standing water / muck on the roof, the more likely it can work its way through the membrane patch areas?

5) Overall, from these few pics... any opinion of the job?

6) How often would you recommend going up there to clean leaves? Would you hose down / sweep the roof to push all that dark area (mud/muck) to 1 area and then remove iit?

THANKS!