The second roofer was at our place at 12:30 and I had an estimate by 3:45 same day. I guess I just have good luck with contractors. That's a lie - a roofer I got via word-of-mouth asked me to text him details and he never got back to me. I'll take 2/3, though.
He recommended against patch work because it will be noticeable and the roof doesn't have that much life left. They don't really do patches like ours, because they don't feel it's very cost effective. He said a quote under $2000 to patch it was reasonable, but he personally wouldn't do it. Of course he's got financial interests in selling me a whole new roof. The nice thing about this company is they'll also do the gutters, which is one less contractor to deal with.
Anyway, he quoted $9900 for a new roof (including cutting gables back), another $1800 for new gutters, and $300 to add roof vents that got flagged during our initial inspection (and has been on my list to do since then). The roof includes a 20 year transferable warranty.
I think I'd rather have a new roof for an extra $8,000... especially since they'll do the gutters too. Both these companies are highly rated, so neurotic me wants a third opinion so I can triangulate what the roof really should cost. I'm starting a new job tomorrow so I'll probably just say fuck it and have the second company do the whole thing.
He recommended against patch work because it will be noticeable and the roof doesn't have that much life left. They don't really do patches like ours, because they don't feel it's very cost effective. He said a quote under $2000 to patch it was reasonable, but he personally wouldn't do it. Of course he's got financial interests in selling me a whole new roof. The nice thing about this company is they'll also do the gutters, which is one less contractor to deal with.
Anyway, he quoted $9900 for a new roof (including cutting gables back), another $1800 for new gutters, and $300 to add roof vents that got flagged during our initial inspection (and has been on my list to do since then). The roof includes a 20 year transferable warranty.
I think I'd rather have a new roof for an extra $8,000... especially since they'll do the gutters too. Both these companies are highly rated, so neurotic me wants a third opinion so I can triangulate what the roof really should cost. I'm starting a new job tomorrow so I'll probably just say fuck it and have the second company do the whole thing.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth