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   calvin | Mar 16, 2012 10:22pm | #1

   Many things can be prevented.........

   with either some foresight or seat of the pants technique.

   Can you post a picture of this roof and what you are concerned about?

   thanks.

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   DanH | Mar 17, 2012 01:07am | #2

   Yeah, but it usually requires thought.

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   calvin | Mar 17, 2012 08:26am | #3

   "Yeah, but it usually requires thought."

   oh,

   in advance?

   Want it all now don't-cha..............................in my best palin-esque.

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   hammer1 | Mar 18, 2012 11:29pm | #4

   The ends of the metal roof panels are cut square, 90 degrees. The drip edge is put on a straight chalk line so the ends of the metal roof panels line up with the drip edge. The lengths of the drip edge cannot be bent and the ends won't lap evenly together if they are not fairly straight. If the drip edge was pushed tight to the crooked fascia, the ends of the roof panels would have to be cut to fit the "wave" and there may be more visible uneveness where lengths lap together. You only see gaps looking up at where the drip edge does not touch against the fascia when the drip edge is put on straight. If pushed tight to the fascia and the panels cut, the entire edge of the roof line would look crooked from the street. The only way to have both is to have a straight fascia which might include a rebuild of the soffits as well as shimming out the fascia. That would be an extra and maybe beyond the skills of a roofing crew.

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   Piffin | Mar 25, 2012 07:24pm | #9

   LOL

   It only takes a little bit of shimming - certainly beyond the skillset of some 'roofers'! But not hard to do at all. It just takes time and a brain.

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   IdahoDon | Mar 19, 2012 12:07am | #5

   Roofers won't fix a wavy roof unless you pay extra for it since it's often not a simple task.  They also won't replace or adjust your facia for free. 

   The only thing you could have done is to have shelled out the extra cash to have things straighened up....should have been brought up before they started so you're all on the same page.

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   Piffin | Mar 25, 2012 07:19pm | #7

   Certainly there is a cost, but real roofers will!

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   Piffin | Mar 25, 2012 07:19pm | #8

   Certainly there is a cost, but real roofers will!

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   Piffin | Mar 25, 2012 07:17pm | #6

   "I'm just curious if this

   "I'm just curious if this could have been prevented. "

   Certainly!

   New roof or old?

   Furring or diret to sheathing?

   Screw down or standing seam?