5 Shingle repairs In 4 years on my house

Oldfence

I have a 4 year old house, and every year I have to get shingles replaced when It gets a bit windy.
All the homes around me do fine...Why are mine coming off so easy?

When I look at them closely I see that the ends have curled up

Is there some kind of guarantee on these shingles?

Thanks for any advice

Ron

Oldfence

It seems they crack at the nail hole as well

tumpline

I would make a bet it an installation problem. Most likely your shingles are high nailed. In very windy situations these high nailed shingles have a tendency to blow off where as a properly nailed shingled roof should and usually does escape blow offs.
If your house is only 4 years old and houses around you were built at the same time and have no problems,then its most likely the installer.

Grumpy

one or a combination of the following: cheap shingles. High nailed. nailed too deep.

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Ed the Roofer

Like Grumpy said, but also answer the following questions.....

Was it installed at a new construction site in the windy and dusty summertime?

Or,

Where they installed while it was raining or snowing?

The adhesive may not have been able to seal if the contact surface was contaminated, so add that to the incorrect nailing pattern potential and you should see this occuring more frequently each year.

If they blow off on multiple sections and in large enough quantities, it may be covered by your homeowners insurance policy.

Ed

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Oldfence

My Homeowners policy Is a $1000 detuctable.
They came back and replace the missing shingles (1/2 a bundle) I just got the bill for $800 Bucks!
The roof was done In the winter and the shingles are CRC
If I was younger I would get up there myself and do them

Grumpy

CRC are crap and proof positive that we shouldn't be roofing with asphalt shingles in the winter. Like Ed said the seal strip can become contaminated and then will never stick.

$800 for half a bundle? Let's see that'd be 4 man hours... $320. 1 bundle of shingles, nails, caulk (including markup)... $55. Mobilization... $150. Hmmm I need to raise my prices. I'd have been $525.

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tumpline

I recently have been repairing several roofs that have had shingles blown off after a couple of winds storms we have had here in the past few months.
Almost all of these situations the roofs were less than 10 years old.
We have not found any particular shingle brand that seems prone to blow offs. We have been repairing, IKO, BP, CertainTeed,GAF, CRC etc.
Most of these roofs were installed in the winter and the sealing feature is nowhere near what it would be if they were installed in the dry hot roofing season. Almost all of the shingles that had blown away were not nailed in the proper nailing locations, high nailed, nails were 3-4 inches in from ends of shingles etc.
Just last week I got a call from a lady wanting a few shingles replaced, I ended up on the street for 2 days repairing several houses.
This company that charged you $ 800.00, have they done your previous roof repairs as well?

Oldfence

I supplied the shingles!!!!! They sent 3 guys...3 hrs each

The shingles are curling all over the whole roof The type are CRC Renaissance-XL

Oldfence

Yes they have Its started the first year...Hey these guys are the original Installers of the roof

This Is the repair they did this time...Can you see the way the shingles have curled?

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