Roofers near Barrie?

I did mine in Etobicoke last year, quotes ranged from 6K to over 20K, I suspect the 6K guys were using counterfeit shingles and of course no insurance. I ended up paying ~11K plus taxes. Last year was bad as the roofers were all fat from the big storms that hit in the spring of 2019.

I calculated and priced all materials down to the exact number of nails needed, $2300 at home depot prices....crazy.
I'm doing a steel simple gable roof at my kids place in the next few weeks, 1000sq' @ 6/12. I got a screaming deal on the steel, 0.65/sq', plus another $500 for screws, drip, valley and ridge trim. Steel is stupid fast and easy DIY install, if you have a single layer of shingles there's no need to strip with steel. I don't know why there is such a premium on steel roofing.
 
I'm doing a steel simple gable roof at my kids place in the next few weeks, 1000sq' @ 6/12. I got a screaming deal on the steel, 0.65/sq', plus another $500 for screws, drip, valley and ridge trim. Steel is stupid fast and easy DIY install, if you have a single layer of shingles there's no need to strip with steel. I don't know why there is such a premium on steel roofing.
On a shed or simple gable roof, I complete agree. Once you start getting into hips or valleys, you start throwing a lot in the dumpster and your labour jumps. For this roof, I didn't want to deal with the inevitable avalanches as they would likely kill me.
 
Final decision was Patterson Road Roofing. Little company, owners on the roof. Seem like good guys. Happening in a week or two. Very honorable mention to Breno roofing through roofr.com who had a 50 year non-prorated warranty for a hell of a lot less than anyone else offering a similar warranty.
 
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GG, that's a hell of a roof. Architects need to get their head out of their ass. Also, with that kind of slope steel might be dangerous once the snow starts to slide, although it might not ever stick(??)

I put steel on my house when I built it and had a similar situation to what Mad Mike showed, the first year. Had to dig a tunnel to get the bike out in the spring. I put snow stops on the next year; the long ones not the multiple little ones. I have a big hill behind me to the west that blocks the prevailing wind, so almost all precipitation is dropping straight down by the time it gets to the roof. That winter we got snow, rain, freezing rain and more snow all within 24 hours. Ended up with about 10 inches of the equivalent to ice on the roof. When it got sun on it and it started to move, it ripped off a few pieces of the snow stops and crushed others; leveled one of my stack vents breaking the ABS inside the attic to do it. I still need to fix that; I just stood it back up and left it. That being said, I still think steel was the right choice.

Just put a new shingle roof on my son's house last week. 6 guys under 30 and me. Two compressors and two guns. About 1350 sq ft stripped, ice and water shield, underlayment, shingled, cleaned up including cleaning the eavestroughs all for about $3000 including bin rental and disposal, and done by 4:30 in the afternoon. Smoothest roof I've ever done. Only had 3 vents, chimney, Hydro stack and one stack to cut in around, which helped. We debated steel, but this was a rush job as a couple of the guys were on vacation last week, and wouldn't be available if we didn't do it right way. Got everything from Roofmart. They boomed it right on to the roof. Lots of new products since I did this regularly in the 70's. Precut caps and ready-made starter strip saved time and waste.
 
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GG, that's a hell of a roof. Architects need to get their head out of their ass. Also, with that kind of slope steel might be dangerous once the snow starts to slide, although it might not ever stick(??)

I put steel on my house when I built it and had a similar situation to what Mad Mike showed, the first year. Had to dig a tunnel to get the bike out in the spring. I put snow stops on the next year; the long ones not the multiple little ones. I have a big hill behind me to the west that blocks the prevailing wind, so almost all precipitation is dropping straight down by the time it gets to the roof. That winter we got snow, rain, freezing rain and more snow all within 24 hours. Ended up with about 10 inches of the equivalent to ice on the roof. When it got sun on it and it started to move, it ripped off a few pieces of the snow stops and crushed others; leveled one of my stack vents breaking the ABS inside the attic to do it. I still need to fix that; I just stood it back up and left it. That being said, I still think steel was the right choice.

Just put a new shingle roof on my son's house last week. 6 guys under 30 and me. Two compressors and two guns. About 1350 sq ft stripped, ice and water shield, underlayment, shingled, cleaned up including cleaning the eavestroughs all for fairly cheap (I'll update this with a price once I hear from my son) and done by 4:30 in the afternoon. Smoothest roof I've ever done. Only had 3 vents, chimney, Hydro stack and one stack to cut in around, which helped. We debated steel, but this was a rush job as a couple of the guys were on vacation last week, and wouldn't be available if we didn't do it right way. Got everything from Roofmart. They boomed it right on to the roof. Lots of new products since I did this regularly in the 70's. Precut caps and ready-made starter strip saved time and waste.
Some roofers half suggested steel but they wanted snowstops all the way up many of the slopes (basically turn the whole roof into a ladder which also drives up the cost significantly). At that point, the question is do the stops hold the bottom layer and then you get an avalanche from a layer above?

With shingles, the main slopes mostly clear themselves (sprinkling of snow but little build up), but with so many valleys, those fill in many feet deep.

My wifes cousins have steel on their cottage (being paid off over 40 years,ugh). They are contemplated removing half of the steel and shingling. On the back, they had diamond snow stops. There was an avalanche that smashed the glass railing off the deck. The next year they put a few rows of ladder rungs up there. Tore off and smashed the stairs and glass railing off the deck. They are getting sick of thousands in damage every winter from something that was supposed to make life easier.
 
Ok, just to wrap this up. Roof is on. Things went well. Minor communication hiccup at the end and they need to come back and install three downspout extensions. Not a huge deal as the old roof never had any but still better once they are on.

Called insurance and told them about new shingles (and new furnace since they asked) and yearly premium dropped by $52. woopdy *&^*&^*&^ do. Not worth the time on hold (78 minute call).
 
'Just contracted for a new roof... 'Going steel.
$21k, but... probably the last time I'll ever have to re roof this house
Conventional asphalt shingles are cheaper, but they just don't last... 'House is 24 years old and this will be the second re-do.
Original roof lasted 13 years. Replacement only 11.
 
'Just contracted for a new roof... 'Going steel.
$21k, but... probably the last time I'll ever have to re roof this house
Conventional asphalt shingles are cheaper, but they just don't last... 'House is 24 years old and this will be the second re-do.
Original roof lasted 13 years. Replacement only 11.
The guys that did asphalt also do steel or rubber tile. Steel would have been double the money, rubber tile triple. It just didn't make sense financially. Investing the difference in price now would result in a fund that could easily pay for all future roof replacements (or if not required, be used for something fun).
 
The guys that did asphalt also do steel or rubber tile. Steel would have been double the money, rubber tile triple. It just didn't make sense financially. Investing the difference in price now would result in a fund that could easily pay for all future roof replacements (or if not required, be used for something fun).


Dude... Don't forget.

You have $52 you didn't have before... Whoop it up..!!
 
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