bmaurice

I just did a house today where the last contractor built a small 8 by 14 addition the existing roof was an 8 pitch and it came down to the aditiion which was like a 3 or 4 im guessing there was a valley also going down in the adition's roof. and heres the begining of the hack job. The valley was filled with cement which came down to the 4 pitch addition and they made like a little canal so the water would continue down. the homeowner was up there with me for the first look, so i asked him and he said 1 it was leaking and they had to use concrete to hold the plywood down because i kept lifting up. and i noticed the roof was super springy and after tearing up the shingles i noticed they laid 2 by 4 raftera 2 ft on center. i wish i brought my camera. ive seen framing like that a bunch but i never seen cement on a residential roof.

neolitic

Someone told him "roofing cement"......

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Warren

fiber "cement" shakes

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bmaurice

the more i think about it, im surprised the lime didnt eat away at the shingles. im just at aw that the homeowner let them mix a bag of cement and tote it up on the roof. you dont have to be in the trades to think that something is wrong with that picture.

Grumpy

I see 2x4 24" oc all the time.

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CookeCarpentry

I'm in the trades and I don't see anything wrong with that at all. At least 2-3 times on every job we find ourselves mixing cement and taking it up on the roof. The best part is that most of these are kitchen remodels...

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MrRoofer

They used concrete to hold roof sheeting down?!>!


I guess they don't make nails like they used to.

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