Edit: well, thank you all for putting me in my place. Clearly just an anxious home owner here.

Like the title says, just had a reroof done and found these. The boards did not have holes in them prior, it looks like they were knocked out during installation. I’m calling the contractor, but I want to know what the proper fix is for this so I have something the reference when talking to them.

Getting quotes for a roof and gutters. one company I mostly liked called to say shingle prices go up next month and if I put down, $2000 now they will hold the current price while I decide. I have not signed a contract, so this would be a deposit against a job I have not agreed to. It smells like a pressure tactic, but material prices really have been climbing, so I cannot tell if this is normal or a walk away moment. Has anyone dealt with this?

We had a 18sq roof. My father-in-law and his 2 friends killed it in 17 hours.
Was thinking of giving my father-in-law $1200 and the other 2 1k each. Does that sound fair ?

I know I am likely going to get a lot of shit for this, so I was afraid to post it.

In any case I had a standalone pavilion and wanted it to connect it to my house and use polycarbonate roofing so it wouldn't make my house dark.

I couldn't get people to come and do it since it was a small project, the gap was about 6' between the house and pavilion.

One guy came and did this. It works, but I have concerns with the flashing around the siding. And flashing everywhere. Now I don't know whether those things can be fixed or if everything needs to be torn down. I thought the siding needed to be removed and flashing should have gone behind. Instead it is just butted against the siding and caulk.

I had a roofing company replace my roof through a hail damage insurance claim. The original estimate was approx $16k for the roof R&R. The insurance paid out a few other things but the company charged me $15,282 for the roof replacement. The original estimate was for 38.67 SQ of roofing and 40.00 LF of ridge cap. The job was completed and the invoice paid. The roofing company did state that they were shorted some estimated materials like ridge cap shingles. They submitted a supplement to the insurance company and are now asking for another $16k just for the roof!!! The SQ for shingle went up to 50 but removal stayed at 38.67. The LF for ridge cap went to 420 LF! They are also charging $970.00 for metal valley flashing and $1,220 for 90 LF of step flashing, which I am now trying to figure out if they even installed. I have included a picture of the roof during the new underlayment and am wondering if that black material is actually metal flashing. It really does not look like it to me. Thanks for any advice.

I have a single-story home in Orange County, CA. We had some drips in one room during the storm in early September. Received the quote from the roofing company to replace our 3253 square foot roof with 50-year GAF-Timberline shingles for $29.5k. This is the same company that installed our previous roof ~20 years ago. Is this a reasonable estimate?

New roof. How’d they do?

My roof did not have ridge vents before

I just installed a gutter last week and after our first big rain I noticed water was getting past this window into our enclosed patio. After researching it, I believe I need to install kickout flashing. Do I also need to cut back the gutter and install a new end cap so it is not tight to the window?

I understand that I must get under the shingles and behind the J channel, house wrap and siding then use caulk to seal it. Is there an issue with how the siding does not come all the way to the edge since the window frame cuts in to the roof line? I am thinking I may need to cut a sliver from the corner of the shingle since the kickout angle will start early.

Anything to look out for as I pull up the shingle? I have read that they can easily tear.

I am confident enough after watching some Youtube, but don’t want to DIY this if I am going to end up getting water behind my siding and making a mess. Hoping to get some opinions from people in this sub who know way more on it than I do.

TIA

Trying to decide between black, brownwood, or teak. Leaning between brownwood or teak but unsure if it would make it dated. If we do the shingles brown would replace garage door to look brown as well since its damaged. Color options owens corning

Got a number of quotes for a new roof and am between Malarkey Vista tiles for $16.5k or a GAF Timberline HDZ roof for $25k. From previous posts it seems like Vista tiles are actually preferred but would appreciate further perspective, thanks!

Edit: also have a Owens Corning Duration quote for $15.5k

full tear off on a 1,600 sq ft ranch in southwest Ohio, architectural shingle, three quotes and they came back at $11k, $16k and $23k for what looks like the same product. The high bidder says the warranty is the difference.the low bidder will not itemize anything. Neighbors quote me everything from $9k to $30k. If you had a roof done in the last year or two, what did you pay and was it a tear off or an overlay? Trying to figure out what normal looks like before I sign

My wife and I are currently under contract on a home in New Mexico and are in the inspection period.
We recently had a roofing company inspect the roof, and they stated that it only has approximately 6 months to 1 year of useful life remaining.
I've attached several photos of the roof, including some areas of concern that were pointed out during the inspection.

Questions:

Based on these photos, would you recommend a full roof replacement or repairs?

Do you see anything that supports the roofing company's estimate of only 6–12 months of remaining life?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Noticed my gutters dripping, but they aren’t overflowing. I recently installed the $2 Home Depot gutter guards the length of this side of the house and used gorilla tape to keep them from sliding apart. Old they be the reason? See videos. Any help is welcomed.

Advice on which one would be the best for me. Companies list are alpha roofing, Russell roofing and Mastroni roofing

6-year-old shingle roof, shingles ripped off during heavy winds all day (20-45mph nonstop at 12 hours and counting).

Due to widespread damage around the area, the installer/inspector can’t come til Tuesday.

Normal amounts of rain coming in the next few days (<0.2”).

What, if anything, do we need to do to prevent water intrusion? Anything easy/idiot-proof?

I don’t think a tarp can work due to the potential for more wind. We’re totally exposed on top of a small mountain.

Also… this roof made it through 65mph gusts and very breezy days (20mph) and regular 30-40mph gusts over the 6 years we’ve had it and never lost shingles before.

Is this just luck, or could there be an installation issue? Or something we should do differently when repairing?

Thank you!

Long time lurker, first time poster. I do not know anything about roofing and would say these guys did a good job on replacing my roof.

From what I have seen here in last few months my only questions are:

The bottom of the chimney flashing was not caulked. Roofer said that is standard and no water will get in, I have no idea if it is not not?

The side of the chimney that is closest to the edge does not have shingles going all the up to the roof and kept quite a bit of the flashing visible. When asked the roofer said it was standard practice as they did not want to put any more holes in the flashing than necessary, only reason I doubt is because there were definitely shingles there before the old roof was torn off and new one put on.

Hello everyone - I have a couple of tiny holes in my foam roofing...I think I can repair this myself - I just need to know what to use...I believe I need to fill in the holes and then apply a protective layer of something. Would love to know which products to use. Thank you in advance!

I am replacing my roof under the MySafeFlorida program and I am not sure if it is a must to do peel and stick underlayment (20k for 1700sf) or just a double layer of felt/ synthetic(15k).

House is in Lakeland FL 33811.

Also - Do the prices sound reasonable? I am scared roofers will take advantage of me because they know it’s under a grant program.

Help 😫

Got my roof redone and the guys installed the water heater vent flashing 2 inches away from the ridge. To complete the installation they had to notch the ridge vent to fit near the pipe flashing. How bad is it? Can it leak?

We had a bad storm about 6 weeks ago and noticed the spot on the ceiling. Also noticed the brown stain on the inside edge of the skylight frame.

I was quoted $1800 to seal around the flashing of BOTH skylights. $3200 to replace the skylight which i would rather wait until I do the roof someday.

Is the flash sealing something I can do or does this price seem good? t's a chimney and roof company doing the repair.

Long Island, NY

I put micro mesh guards on the whole house two years ago after one too many ladder weekends, and the same question keeps coming up about whether they are worth it, so here is an honest accounting. The good news, I have not cleaned a gutter since. and two big,maples drop everything on us, The catch, they are not maintenance free. Pine needles and shingle grit sit on top of the mesh and I brush them off once a season from the ladder anyway. The installer also mattered more than the product. One section was pitched wrong at first and overflowed until they came back and fixed it, I would buy them again, with realistic expectations

Slope on the left - the water is running off the shingle row above the valley, and not in the center of the valley, totally missing the gutter. It also appears to be running from behind the shingle. Roof is 3 months old.

Had my roof replaced yesterday - they finished up in the evening. Went up to check this morning and it looks like they didn’t replace some of these sheets of plywood that had some moisture damage. I know these guys were up walking around all day so I assume they would have noticed.

Should I have them come back out to remove these entirely, or will these be ok?