Roof is starting to show it’s age and dad brought this over…
Anyone use this or know anything about it?
Anyone use this or know anything about it?
Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Sounds questionable. Assuming it refreshes the look, it may ne good for a quick polish before a sale. If it were the roof of the house I planned on staying in for a while, I would install new roofing.
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This is just a coating sprayed over top, no granular replacement. The classy version of tarps. If it works, I suspect it is better to install on a schedule to protect the shingles then to spray on a roof that already hurting.
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AllistonGT
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Guy across the street from us got it done. All I know is that it was looking dirty from where the water runs down leaving a darker stain. Looks much better now. Cleaned up nicely. Will it last longer? Who knows.
Ours is about 18 years old. 50 year shingles. If I was convinced it was legit, I'd do it.
Ours is about 18 years old. 50 year shingles. If I was convinced it was legit, I'd do it.
Mikedezo44
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There was just a segment on Dragons den about this or similar product. I believe it was roughly 2 grand for standard home, depending on size of course...The one on the show said they will pay for new shingles if you re-apply according to their schedule(Forget how many years) and your shingles fail.
Random prices I saw were about 10% of the price of a re-roof with shingles. Does it extend the life by years? I have serious doubts (especially if only applied late in life).
AllistonGT
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I think have to reapply every 5 years.
This came up when I was told about my leaking flat roof. I went looking for solutions and there’s a treatment for flat roofs and one for shingles too. Everything I read suggested this is a bandaid just like the silicone spray treatments for flat roofs.
Slap a metal roof on and be done with it forever.
Many metal roofs have long life for the panels but technically need the fasteners replaced every decade or so. That's an expensive job and rarely done. Standing seam doesn't need that treatment but at 4x shingle price, outside of most budgets.
The gap between shingles and metal has really closed IF your staying a while . Labour on shingles goes up annually and if your staying twenty five ]]yrs ( two shingle jobs) metal starts to make sense . If it’s a cottage even more , snow comes off . I’d do a steel roof for durability and resale advantage .
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10+ years ago, a neughbour installed one of the fancy metal roof systems that looks similar to shingles. It was about $40K. Currently, many quotes for shingles are at or over that price. For kicks I got a price for rubber tile (looks like slate but laughs at hail) and it was about 4x shingles. Oof. Time value of money makes that a bad idea even if it may save you some dollars in the future. Investing the difference would pay for a new house over the lifetime of the roof.
Roofing has become a whore's market.
We were due for a new roof after 20 years. I did a part patch overlay to get another year. The previous roof was done around 2005 and cost about $4K, all legit. IIRC ~ 1800 SF.
The 20 24 replacement started out with a quote of $23,000 from a full of themselves wheeler dealer.
Then came a flurry of cash only con artists in the eight to twelve K range wanting $5K cash down and they might come back but if one of their workers falls and breaks his back you lose your house.
I finally got the job done by a legit contractor with WSIB coverage and working at heights training, for about $7,000. Done in a day.
Since my old shingles were three tab I could have saved a couple of grand by letting a different contractor just put on a second layer. The new roof has architectural shingles and I don't think that's an option going forward.
The spray rejuvenator seems to be similar in concept to the driveway coating stuff. If you like the colour it might make you feel good but does it actually pay for itself. I mentally prepare for a new driveway every 20 years. If I coat it every five years at $200 a shot my $4000 repave ends up costing $5000, 25% more. I don't think I'd get 25% longer life. And the stuff is IMO, slippery.
Does the roof rejuvenator make the roof slippery? I go up there to clean the eaves and even the modest slope can be a challenge.
As the roof is being hosed down with the stuff the excess ends up in the sewer (leading to Lake Ontario) or on your lawn. What's it do to those?
When I needed my roof done I called my fussy neighbour to find out who did his. Then called the guy and didn't get a second quote. Could not have been happier. Over time this guy has done my house and both my immediate neighbours. Shout out to Owen.
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