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.
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.
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.
I did an overlay. Working by myself I did one panel a day with there being seven panels. I did that in 1985 and had the next job by the pros in 2004 or 2005 for about $4K, stripping off the two previous layers.
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.
Go to Home Depot and pick up a 80 pound bundle of shingles, carry it down the aisle and back. Do it 90 more times. Still interested in DIY?
The cost of materials for my job was likely about half so doing it myself would have saved three or four grand. My life is worth more. If friends help what if someone hurts their back?
That's why I hired a WSIB covered contractor, done in a day.
I had my roof done in 2018 and quotes at the time were pretty high as that year had a few bad storms and roofers were anything but hungry. Top quotes were 20K and change. Mids were 10K and change, there were a couple of shifty ones in the 5K range... We ended up going with one of the mids. The roof is steep, combination of 12/12 and 9/12 pitch. I priced materials down to the nail, at home depot it came in around $2,500 at the time.
It was late in the season so shorter working hours... it took three days to complete.
Go to Home Depot and pick up a 80 pound bundle of shingles, carry it down the aisle and back. Do it 90 more times. Still interested in DIY?
The cost of materials for my job was likely about half so doing it myself would have saved three or four grand. My life is worth more. If friends help what if someone hurts their back?
That's why I hired a WSIB covered contractor, done in a day.
I'm posting this in romper room because of renovation discussions. However it belongs in politics. Do not reply in Romper Room. Take comments to the political forum.
I'm posting this in romper room because of renovation discussions. However it belongs in politics. Do not reply in Romper Room. Take comments to the political forum.
CRA does this only when it looks like a flip. From my experience (and I’ve done several of these), length of ownership at 3 years or less, and substantial reno (gut to studs), shaky occupancy evidence (DL at another address, living with a partner at another address but claiming principal residence exemption.) The big trigger is repeated buy-sell profit on houses in short periods.
Basically they identify tax flippers trying to evade income tax on real estate.
CRA does this only when it looks like a flip. From my experience (and I’ve done several of these), length of ownership at 3 years or less, and substantial reno (gut to studs), shaky occupancy evidence (DL at another address, living with a partner at another address but claiming principal residence exemption.) The big trigger is repeated buy-sell profit on houses in short periods.
Basically they identify tax flippers trying to evade income tax on real estate.
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