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 New
Roof Silver Spring Maryland: This
house is one of the "Ten Percenters"
that has an existing roof that is flat
enough to roof over. The
homeowner will get the same 30 year
roof with the same warranty -- and
save about 35% -- and today that's a
lot!
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The
existing roof is flat -- not curling --
with 20 year shingles (very thin) --
perfect for the roof over. |
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Heavy to
moderate granule loss is evident on many
of the shingles. |
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. and there are some missing shingles
as well.
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Here's a
nice leak! |
Chimney
flashing looks OK, but we'll replace
it. |
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Of
course all of the old leaky pipe collars
get replaced. |
There
are some plywood issues that will get
investigated and repaired if
necessary. |
OK,
we're ready for the shingle
delivery. You can see the chalk
lines on the upper left. |
Here is
the plywood issue; looks like a slight
leak in the ridge vent caused the OSB
(oriented strand board) to buckle a little
bit. We will replace it with 1/2"
CDX. |
Cutting
out the old plywood. |
Notice
that we cut it halfway on top of the
trusses. |
. . .
and now the new plywood is in place, ready
for synthetic underlayment and new Horizon
Shingles. |
The new
shingles are looking pretty good! |
Bird's
eye view from the roof across the street
(we're doing that one next). |
Nice,
straight California Cut in the valley;
looks great! |
Everything
on the new roof is nice and straight, and
perfectly flat. |
Pipe
collar and bathroom vent cover
(flashing). |
We
always remove the satellite dish,
reroof, and then put the dish brackets
back over the same holes so that there are
no connection issues. |
Shingle
Vent II ridge vent system: a truly "green"
ventilation product because it uses
natural convection and "venturi" action to
remove air and moisture from the attic --
no electrical energy necessary. In
fact, this system will move more air than
your average attic fan. |
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Ridge
vent nice and straight! |
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New
custom made aluminum flashing is always
installed where necessary. |
Now
that's a showcase roof. |
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Silver
Spring Md Roof Over
successfully completed.
Shingles are Certainteed's Horizon
Line, color graystone. Picture
taken from across the street on a
neighbor's roof that we also "roofed
over".
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