Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

[mimico_polak]

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3) Three tab shingle overlays on a low slope gable end roof is a practical DIY. Next to no rubble. Sadly no Gucci Awards.

You’ve seen my roof…nothing special and it looks exactly like your roof. I’d happily DIY but am worried about DIE because I have a healthy respect and fear of heights.

I’ve now seen 2 neighbours do their own roof DIY, one took 2 years. The other took 4 days.

4 day guy did one side at a time. Stripped the shingles, laid the waterproof membrane, put on new shingles to the edge, next day same thing. Rinse and repeat.

 

[GreyGhost]

You’ve seen my roof…nothing special and it looks exactly like your roof. I’d happily DIY but am worried about DIE because I have a healthy respect and fear of heights.

I’ve now seen 2 neighbours do their own roof DIY, one took 2 years. The other took 4 days.

4 day guy did one side at a time. Stripped the shingles, laid the waterproof membrane, put on new shingles to the edge, next day same thing. Rinse and repeat.

Scaffold rental will be much cheaper than the labour/profit you pay a contractor. Scaffold the bottom of pitches so you can't slide to the ground. Use fall restraint so you can't fall off the side. Feels safer and is safe. The scaffolding is an unnecessary expense as the rope can do the job (once anchor is set) but if that feeling is what you need, it's not that expensive. Also gives you a place to stage material and if you're feeling fancy, you could put stairs in to ease roof access.

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