I have a job where homeowner wants 50 yr archs, but doesn’t want to use the Tamko brand that my roofer uses. Do you guys have any certain brands you like? I’ve always used Tamkos. Thanks
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I like Tamko's as well. Your profile doesn't say where you are. My favorite shingle is Certainteed, but there have been some problems in the past with Certainteeds in the midwest. I don't like GAF's, but in other parts of the country, they seem to be the shingle of choice. This is a question probably better answered localy.
What's his beef with Tamko's?
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Who got Bo Diddley's money?
Yeah I was thinking Certainteed too, I know the suppliers around here in Delaware carry lots of them. I guess the homeowner had some problems in the past on another house with tamko's so they are just ruling them out. Thanks.
your certainteeds will probably come out of the same plants as ours.... NC if i recallwe use certainteeds exclusivelyMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
my beef with Tamko--is that they have a really horribly fakey looking shadow line--to my eye it looks like a black blotch.Certainteed and GAF/Elk---have a much more natural look.Recently did a job---Certainteed Landmark Tri-laminates.
color was I think "sienna sunrise"---from the roof---ugliest looking color imaginable----but from the ground----far and away the best fake shake I have seen yetFrom the ground---subtleties of color,simply not visible from the roof.
i am kind of p.Oed however--if we had used regular lifetime Landmarks- i would have got about a $4/sq. rebate$116/sq. trilaminates--and NO effeng rebate!!!!!Stephen
A hundred bucks ain't enuf to get PO'ed over Steven
Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!
, LOL---hey---it would have been $168.
last year we got rebates--all the way down to 30 year landmarks i think--from the manufacturer.
plus the supplier gave us gas cards in roughly the same amount--Ka-ching.I wasn't even thinking about rebates this year---untill last week I saw the form on the suppliers counter.
figured i was gonna make a nice little score----- a couple,three thousand bucks based on last years rebates------no such luck---looking at the fine print-----this time I have $42 comming.
stephen
LOL, OK - that is almost worth getting worked up over.;)
Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!
"My favorite shingle is Certainteed, but there have been some problems in the past with Certainteeds in the midwest. "Define Midwest. That term has been very badly missused..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I reserve the right to missuse the term "midwest".
Define "missuse". The word "missuse" often gets missused. In fact, I'm probably missusing it right now. http://grantlogan.net
Who got Bo Diddley's money?
bill, I define the midwest as the "center of the universe" we have ample farm land, livable cities, major league sports and most important-Great Lakes water other regions might be nice to visit---by why would i want to live there????Best wishes, from the heart of it all,
stephen
Well you are close.Mid West was orginally used in the early 1800's when it was OH, MI, IN, IL.Now it seems to be used for anything from the alliganies to the rocky's..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I've used Certainteed, Tamco and GAF/Elk. I usually use the GAF's but depends on client spec, etc.
Outside Phila, PA
I prefer BP shingles. Quality control is very consistent, not just from one batch to the next, but from one year to the next. I can buy a pack for a repair years after the original job was done and not have to dork around with trimming or cheating to make it fit into the old courses. Can't do that with IKOs.
Plus, their '10-year' shingles last 20 years on average. Not bad for ~$60/square....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
foolish men call Justice....
Yeah, but that's in Canadian years.;)
Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!
Which right now are bigger than 'murrican years....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Just what is the rate of exchange now anyways, and is it affected by your body mass?
Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!
It is not affected by my body mass (good thing for the global economy!) but it definitely seems to be affected by which way I want to trade.
Whenever I have extra greenbacks lying around and want to buy some loonies with 'em, the value of the US$ goes down. And vice versa, of course....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
"Which right now are bigger than 'murrican years...."
Who told you we had big ears?
Oh, my eyesight must be going...
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Nuff said?
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
View ImageSomewhere between nowhere and goodbye
??? Who dat ???
Be maybe I don't really wanna know....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
I think it's bill hartmann after he replies to a 'how do I wire up a 4way switch' question for the 2000th time.Somewhere between nowhere and goodbye
Oh.
BTW, how do you wire up a 4-way switch for the 2000th time...?
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Differently than the way you did it the previous 1999 times of course.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Solder da green-striped pink polka-dot wire onto da USB connector thingy, cross yer eyes, whistle into the wind, spit south-east, piss north-west, and stand on yer left foot. Then re-boot.
With the right boot, of course....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Now let me see if I got this right...
The black wire goes on the green screw, right?
Click here for access to the Woodshed Tavern
Click here to visit the beginning of BreaktimeSomewhere between nowhere and goodbye
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Riiiiiiiight.
Be Ben Franklin with a 4-way box kite
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
4 ways? sure , do it all the time...Somewhere between nowhere and goodbye
You realise what you're looking at are the lines feeding the phone bullpens for US corporations which have 'outsourced' technical support and customer service to Karachi.
'Hello, my name is Asok. How may I waste your time this morning...?'
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
dang dino, I just, on June 27th, got the email notification that you had posted this.
be mzing in action
And I've been keeping Asok on hold all that time while waiting fer ya....
be, like, Ghandi-like....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
I know nothing about feet.
Best you go check with a Podiatrist.
be what has three feet and can't walk?
a yardstick
Dat true..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.