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You might be a redneck ... if your roof looks like thisICE said:
And No doubt it was your issue!mjesse said:I worked on a house once that had asbestos cement tiles over rotten cedar shakes on skip sheeting. As soon as you put any pressure on the roof, the tiles would crack. ugh.
R907.3 Re-covering versus replacement. New roof covering shall not be installed without first removing existing roof coverings where any of the following conditions occur: Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering.Mark K said:Correct me if I am wrong but does the code not place a limit on the number of reroofs. If wood trusses were used it is almost a guarantee that the current dead load exceeds that assumed in the truss calculations.
Fortunately, I gave the owners a thorough run down of the situation BEFORE I started work (lots of photos from the top side) I was able to build a good cushion into the contract, and actually came out okay.KZQuixote said:And No doubt it was your issue!Bill