06-06-2020, 03:50 AM
jh wrote:
[quote=Dennis S]
I have to decide pretty soon. I can't get the Home Depot site to download. I haven't found real world prices, just ranges. Also, I can't even find a picture of the style of my house. I thought it was ranch-style, but apparently not. It's very basic - like a cracker box with a gable roof. Apparently it's not a cracker box style either. Any, I'd like to know how much premium the architectural roofs are and the brands that are good.
We went with a roofing company that purchased architectural shingles from Home Depot. That was around 4 years ago. No problems so far.
One guy giving us an estimate showed us a roof shingle (he said some company in Florida designed and uses them--not a rubber shingle but something else if my memory serves me correctly--but I could be wrong), that has the benefit of no "sand/gravel" that you see in your gutters and had better resistance to wind/hail etc. The price was higher.
There are shingles available made from the same naturally slate-grey plastic that car bumper covers are made from that were featured on an episode of This Old House some years back. Norm Abrams was impressed with them because of their durability, ease of installation, and exceptionally long life. They do cost more than asphalt shingles, but they might literally be the last roof you ever have to put on your house. The original ones were molded to look very convincingly like real slate, but I think other styles are available now as well as those.
