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Shaners Senior Enthusiast

Shaners

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Well, I'm having a big oak tree removed from the back yard, and the tree trimmer came up to me when I got home from work and said "In ten years I've never damaged anyones property..."

 

Needless to say I now have a 4" hole in the roof of my garage!!!  He'll take care of it of course, but the darn garage is only 4 years old!!!  Bummer...

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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Sorry to hear about the bad luck Shane.

 

I get that stuff alot also...

 

"In 5 years of driving I never had a wreck, Until YOU came along! (Talking to me of course...)" etc.

 

Sorry, just trying to lighten things up......

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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Look on the bright side, your truck could've been parked in the garage and it could've fallen on it.  Besides that's nothing, my truck was 4 months old when it got smashed up, how do you think I felt???

Roofer Senior Enthusiast

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Sorry to hear about that Shaners. It's a good thing that the guy is fixing it for you. I just fixed a roof this morning that had a tree fall on it. No hole in the roof, but a broken board and a few bad shingles. The bill was over $600. Make sure it is fixed right, so you don't have any future problems.

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

Shaners

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What happened was the limb hit right at the seem between two pieces of OSB, and dead smack in between 2 rafters.  That has to bee the weakest place you could drop a branch on.  He was going to screw a patch on from the inside to push the old OSB back up and replace 2 or 3 shingles...

 

Check it out...

 

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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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HMMM osb (sob board i call it) seems to not be as strong as plywood.  

 

Used to work with that stuff everyday in the lumber yard.  Plywood always held up so much better.  Also when that stuff gets wet it sure does get soggy

Roofer Senior Enthusiast

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Quote from RyanbabZ71, posted on Sep. 17 2001,20:18

HMMM osb (sob board i call it) seems to not be as strong as plywood.  

 

Used to work with that stuff everyday in the lumber yard.  Plywood always held up so much better.  Also when that stuff gets wet it sure does get soggy

 

I agree that Plywood is stronger, but the problem with it on roofs is that it doesn't have enough nailing area to make it not bow. On the roof, trusses are set at 24" instead of 16, so the plywood tends to bow alot. Another thing is that plywood doesn't hold the smaller fasteners very well that are used for the shingles.

 

Shaners, the pic doesn't show up, so I can't see exactly what you are talking about. Does the guy plan to use a 2x4 to screw in between the rafters to support it? If that is what it is, it should work fine as long as there is enough of the OSB left to nail the shingles to. Just make sure when you reroof the house that the OSB is replaced if it is really bad. Probably not a problem, but take a look at the rafters to make sure the didn't snap or splinter at all from the jolt of impact. Any more questions, I'm glad to help out.:DOne more thing, if the hole isn't too big, you can cover it with a piece of flat metal flashing to give it a little support. We have done houses with boards that knots are falling out of the boards and the inspectors are OK with us covering them with metal if they are not too big.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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"plywood tends to bow alot"

 

yep osb never bows

 

at work i have seen some sheets of plywood bow so bad they almost looked like tubes.  Only way to straighten them out was to park the forlifts on top of them overnight and that still didnt help in most cases

Roofer Senior Enthusiast

Roofer

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Quote from RyanbabZ71, posted on Sep. 18 2001,08:55

"plywood tends to bow alot"

 

yep osb never bows

 

at work i have seen some sheets of plywood bow so bad they almost looked like tubes.  Only way to straighten them out was to park the forlifts on top of them overnight and that still didnt help in most cases

 

OSB only bows when it is under stress or gets wet. When it is fastened it doesn't bow. Plywood bows quite a bit easier. I've seen where plywood pulled the nails right out of the rafters because it was bowing so bad.  Also, OSB holds the shigle fasteners much better. Another reason that OSB is used on the roof is that when the shingle nails go through it, it doesn't splinter on the inside like plywood does. The main reason that plywood is used now days is for flooring, and that is mainly for when a hard wood floor is going to be applied. And the reason for that is because plywood can be sanded much easier than OSB.

patrick Enthusiast

patrick

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Shaners, the same guy that did the damage was going to do the repair?

He should be insured, make him file a claim and have a professional roofer do the repair!  You shouldnt have to put up with a shoddy patch job when it was his fault....

just my .02

Roofer Senior Enthusiast

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Quote from patrick, posted on Sep. 18 2001,11:16

Shaners, the same guy that did the damage was going to do the repair?

He should be insured, make him file a claim and have a professional roofer do the repair!  You shouldnt have to put up with a shoddy patch job when it was his fault....

just my .02

 

 

 

Not a bad idea, but the problem (like with all insurance) is the deductible.

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