I'm not so certain of that. I can't tell from his photo, but he may have something like I have. This is my roof that was installed 5 years ago. These edge shingles come already bent to overlap the roof edge.
Dish installer damaged my roof!
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I'm not so certain of that. I can't tell from his photo, but he may have something like I have. This is my roof that was installed 5 years ago. These edge shingles come already bent to overlap the roof edge.
I've never seen an edge done like that. It's certainly not typical of anything around here in CT. How are you supposed to keep the water from getting under the shingles on the roof? The op deleted the picture he posted, but it was of a standard shingle roof with an overhang on the rake. Like I said, the problem is that there is too much overhang.
Regular shingles come to the edge of the eave. These edges are just tacked on top of them. This roof used to be tile and it had edge tiles that did the same thing. We wanted to keep the same look while moving to composite....
Ah, that makes sense. Still, how did they seal the nail holes on the overlaid shingles? Water could theoretically get in under them.
Seems to me the OP should really go bitch to his roofer than the installer as shingles arent suppose to overlap...otherwise they'll clearly get damaged by ladders pressing on them, besides what do you think gutters are for?
However, I learned a new word today, "asshats", so this is not totally a useless thread, more like 99.5% useless.
Cheers, K
However, I learned a new word today, "asshats", so this is not totally a useless thread, more like 99.5% useless.
Cheers, K
I wouldn't take too much offense to any of this. Is seems to me that different areas use different techniques for roofing. Here in my area the shingles are almost always flush with the edge. In your area it may be the norm to have it like yours. As far as I know each state may have building regualtions on it. It just looked different to me because I have never seen shingles like that in my area.
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I'd say that overhang looks more like 3" to me. And might be a concern for any future gutter installation.
Still, the installer did damage the roof as it was. If in fact that was an incorrect shingle installation, that's a separate issue.
Still, the installer did damage the roof as it was. If in fact that was an incorrect shingle installation, that's a separate issue.
Looking at that shingle job yeah it overhangs way too much. I've helped my dad roof plenty of houses and they should be flush with the edge or at worse a smidge over (like 1/2" tops). We always cut them to the edge.
Trying to replace that would be a major pain as you can't just take out one shingle. They're nailed together. I know we've replaced shingles that blew off but for something like that we wouldnt even bother with.
Trying to replace that would be a major pain as you can't just take out one shingle. They're nailed together. I know we've replaced shingles that blew off but for something like that we wouldnt even bother with.
Wouldn't he be able to just cut all his shingles flush to the edge and then you would never be able to tell the ladder was there? I think that's what I would do and it shouldn't be too difficult.
I'm curious why the installer was up on the roof in the first place since the OP said the dish was on the side of the house.
I'm curious why the installer was up on the roof in the first place since the OP said the dish was on the side of the house.
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Actually he said it was on the corner near the top. I think he meant it was on the roof. You could cut them flush, but they should be off the rake about 1/2" to 3/4". It wouldn't be easy this time of the year. The shingles are very hard when it's this cold.
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Cutting a smooth line would be hard. The last shingling job I did was for a shed, and just cutting it smooth up the eaves was quite challenging for me. I suppose with some tar a half fast job repair could be done, but might look even worse.
I wonder if you can go up there and push it back and keep it in place with the help of a little roofing tar.
Other option is to cut all the shingles flush, or attempt to replace that one shingle
Other option is to cut all the shingles flush, or attempt to replace that one shingle
In the history of the internet, i doubt a single shingle has been discussed as much as it has here.
I have been on plenty of roofs and never seen shingles hanging over that much. Maybe they done it to have an additional overhang like some metal roofs do. They are usually flush to the edge of the roof line and look much better. In time wind may be able to catch the ends of those shingles and blow them off so it may be doing more harm than good having them overhang like that.
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