It’s probably a lost art. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 24, 2020, at 9:41 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > The Village of Kohler, built around the turn of the last century, has lots > of houses with slate roofs. Many of those are probably approaching 100 years > of age if not older. When you consider how difficult of an environment > Wisconsin is, that speaks for the durability of the material, for sure. I > wonder how hard it is to find someone who works on them? > > -D > >> On Aug 24, 2020, at 10:22 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Here in old New England we still have some slate roofs around. Those are >> real honest 100 year roofs. Then with a little maintenance they're good for >> another 100 years. Back in the '80s a lot of houses converted to asphalt >> shingles, now I'd bet some of those people are wishing they'd just fixed a >> few broken slates... >> >> -Curt >> >> On Monday, August 24, 2020, 9:23:04 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> I’ve seen them done here and they use the continuous roll stuff as well, or >> precut most of the pieces off site and truck them to the site. Cost is about >> double that of a composition (shingle) roof from what I’ve heard, however, >> that pays in the long run between the life of the roof and savings on >> insurance. >> >> Never understood the clay tile stuff. Seems like it would be a PITA to >> maintain and repair, not to mention needing more substantial structural >> members to support it. >> >> -D >> >>>> On Aug 24, 2020, at 8:57 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Its the insulation that keeps them quiet. When you get into Maine you see a >>> lot more of them and in Arostook county almost all new roofs are metal. The >>> amish put them on, they show up with the metal in a giant roll like wire >>> for telephone poles comes on and cut to fit so there are no horizontal >>> seams mid-roof. >>> When we had our roof done I looked into metal but with no amish here the >>> price was outrageous. Asphalt shingles were less than half the cost. >>> -Curt >>> >>>> On Saturday, August 22, 2020, 9:33:11 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Aren't metal roofs,noisy? We don't see them on houses here on New England. >>> Only garages. >>> >>> Dwight Giles Jr. >>> Wickford RI >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 9:27 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>> >>>> How do you like the metal roofs? >>>> >>>> I have been thinking about doing that when my asphalt shingle roof needs >>>> replacing (soon, it's 22 years old, and I've already had to patch a leak >>>> around a skylight in the living room). But some of the installations >>>> I've seen look cheap and "industrial" for want of a better word. >>>> >>>> My other thought has been composite tiles that look like spanish tile. I >>>> really like that look but the cost of real tile is quite a lot and I'm >>>> not sure if a normal truss roof would take the weight if it wasn't built >>>> for that originally. >>>> >>>> Allan >>>> >>>> >>>> OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> >>>> writes: >>>> >>>>> Our homeowner's insurance includes the house, detached garage, well >>>> house, >>>>> guest house (was a shop), and hangar. When I called to report a roof leak >>>>> that was staining the ceiling in the bedroom a couple of months after a >>>>> hailstorm, State Farm sent an appraiser who inspected everything, all the >>>>> roofs. He determined that the house roof was OK, the leak was from an >>>>> poorly sealed standpipe, but did find that all the other roofs had hail >>>>> damage, so paid to replace them all. That included the 2000 sq. ft. >>>> hangar >>>>> with foam sprayed on the underside of the roof. By spraying the outside >>>> of >>>>> the hangar roof with foam and latex paint of some sort, we had enough >>>> money >>>>> left over to re-roof the house. All the roofs are now metal - which >>>> reduced >>>>> our premium some 20% or so (I don't remember exactly, it might have been >>>>> more. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 12:35 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I suspect they’re looking at your county appraiser’s records to get >>>> things >>>>>> like age, square footage, etc. It’s entirely possible they’re including >>>> the >>>>>> cost of your outbuilding, too. That or there could be mistakes in your >>>>>> property appraiser’s records - always good to check every year or two. >>>>>> >>>>>> I say that from experience, as the house we built in Wisconsin had a >>>> room >>>>>> added to it by a third party appraiser the city hired when we had a >>>>>> reassessment. He didn’t do a physical inspection, he just did a “drive >>>> by”. >>>>>> We challenged this and found that he had boogered up so many other >>>> people’s >>>>>> appraisals that the city ended up firing him and hiring a new company >>>> that >>>>>> did it right. >>>>>> >>>>>> -D >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 22, 2020, at 1:23 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >>>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No they don’t care as long as they get paid off. These insurance >>>>>> companies plug in some sort of number they claim is the cost to rebuilt >>>> the >>>>>> house based one some sort of calculation they come up with. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Aug 22, 2020, at 11:27 AM, Craig via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 22:12:58 -0500 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I ran a couple of online quotes and cheapest I came up with so far >>>> was >>>>>>>>> Liberty Mutual. It was around $600-$1k cheaper depending on >>>>>>>>> deductible. I have not tried State Farm yet. The problem is USAA >>>> and >>>>>>>>> all these others put a rebuild value WAY higher than what we paid >>>> and >>>>>>>>> what I figure the actual house is worth/would actually cost to >>>> replace. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can you not say, "This is what I want to insure my house for?" Or is >>>> the >>>>>>>> one who funded your mortgage requiring the higher value? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Craig >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> OK Don >>>>> >>>>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to >>>>> pause and reflect." Mark Twain >>>>> >>>>> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” >>>> Wernher >>>>> Von Braun >>>>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >>>>> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg >>>>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Allan Streib >>>> Indiana University >>>> Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering >>>> Digital Science Center | Intelligent Systems Engineering | FutureSystems >> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
