Hello all, came here to ask a few questions about my new roof…
Just had a re-roof… Malarkey Highlander shingles on sides, and torch down on flat top of roof.
This job was performed by a reputable, experienced, roofing company. They were also not the lowest bid.
There was a foreman, but he disappeared on day one, right after showing up the first morning. They brought the dump truck, but no materials… they stripped roof to the decking, and then split… no felt, as they showed up without materials.
Second morning they show up with the wrong shingles (wrong brand and color), and as they are bringing it up, I have to point this out… and that there is a problem. They unload the torch down materials, put the wrong shingles back in the truck… say they’ll be back tomorrow with the right shingles, and then they split again… without felting the roof!
Day 3. Guys show up with correct shingles, and they get started. Later on in the afternoon I notice that the shingles in the valleys around the front door… just look awful. I brought this to their attention, and they just kinda shrugged. Too late. Also there were shiners at the top shingles where they meet the flashing at the flat top roof. They said they had to do this because their nails were not penetrating the decking at the top where there was a gap… so they had to nail below the flashing through exposed shingle.
Also, there is wrinkling/buckling - air pockets all throughout the torch top roof… and gaps in the seams, where it looks like it did not seal properly. Also look like 2 inches of overlap at seams. This all seems bad to me. Is this usual?
I called and complained to the roofing company, and was assured they were coming out to take care of any problems… well, they sent back the same 3 guys who did the work, and all they did was pop out the shiners, and used black adhesive to stick those top shingles in place at the flashing. They left behind those removed nails, and they are 3/4 inch nails… which I guess is why they may have had problems hitting decking in those spots. I believe that they nailed all of the shingles with 3/4 inch roofing nails. Wouldn’t that not be enough penetration into the sheathing with an architectural shingle?
I’ve inserted pics of what I think looks wrong. They have not been paid yet. Any thoughts? Thank you!
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