re: roofing material questions
Hello,
in approx 10 days, a company has been chosen to install a new shingle roof on my home. approx 1000 sq feet roof. I am not sure the exact number of my slope, but I am told it is an average medium slope. new vents will be installed. the old roof will be completely removed. I live in a Southern Ontario (just outside Toronto)
After a discussion when they were over to estimate the costs, method and other questions there were a few I wanted to run by here first
1. I have some ice damming issues in two different spots in my roof for a number of years. What I want to know here is how many feet up the roof in this location would someone recommend ice and water shield?? I was told that 3 feet wide strip all the way around the lower part of the roof was sufficient. is this accurate?
2. I also have a really large pine tree that overhangs on top of an area of my roof, whose pine needles and small branches fall into the gutters clogging them up at least 2 or 3 times a year. The tree is so tall, it is not possible to trim it back. The area that the tree is over is not the area with the current ice damming. The possibility of using a leaf guard for the whole roof was brought up, but I have been hearing bad thing about those in this forum.
I want to know, if it is a bad idea to install this leaf guard for even for only a 20 or 30 foot linear section under the tree, or discard the idea completely. Are there any other TIME PROVEN products that would shed off the pine needles and pine cones without problems? (ice damming in a new area of the roof) Or am I condemned to clean it several times a year (which is fine) provided that it is the best choice.
advice would be appreciated.
thanks
-gramps
Hello,
in approx 10 days, a company has been chosen to install a new shingle roof on my home. approx 1000 sq feet roof. I am not sure the exact number of my slope, but I am told it is an average medium slope. new vents will be installed. the old roof will be completely removed. I live in a Southern Ontario (just outside Toronto)
After a discussion when they were over to estimate the costs, method and other questions there were a few I wanted to run by here first
1. I have some ice damming issues in two different spots in my roof for a number of years. What I want to know here is how many feet up the roof in this location would someone recommend ice and water shield?? I was told that 3 feet wide strip all the way around the lower part of the roof was sufficient. is this accurate?
2. I also have a really large pine tree that overhangs on top of an area of my roof, whose pine needles and small branches fall into the gutters clogging them up at least 2 or 3 times a year. The tree is so tall, it is not possible to trim it back. The area that the tree is over is not the area with the current ice damming. The possibility of using a leaf guard for the whole roof was brought up, but I have been hearing bad thing about those in this forum.
I want to know, if it is a bad idea to install this leaf guard for even for only a 20 or 30 foot linear section under the tree, or discard the idea completely. Are there any other TIME PROVEN products that would shed off the pine needles and pine cones without problems? (ice damming in a new area of the roof) Or am I condemned to clean it several times a year (which is fine) provided that it is the best choice.
advice would be appreciated.
thanks
-gramps