Morning All,
While spending time outside my home looking at another headache I am starting to take note again regarding my roof and thence my curiosity is coming into play.
I am going to guess that the, now bankrupt, tract builder used 20-year shingles on the Phase-1 homes in my community. Looking at some digital pictures I took in 2004, these shingles seem fine, but in the past couple of years they have an appearance I cannot stand to look at.
BTW, my Phase-1 home is not mutually exclusive in this condition. But, the same-appearing condition seems to be with a high percentage of the shingles on the Phase-1 homes. Homes in Phase-2/3 were better looking from the outstart.
And for the record, my home ain’t 10 years old yet, has no tall trees around it (tract builder clear-cut the land), but I would have to say what one sees in roof condition has probably been starting around the 6-7 year mark and continued to get worse.
As such, and not know how to identify shingles as a product, can one tell what is causing the appearance of these shingles. I recognize a broken/torn shingle as probably wind-related, and had to have wind-removed shingles repaired before, but the pictures I took yesterday, and applicable to several homes in my community just has me asking.
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Gonna have to have some to figure out what the heck you're going on about.
copper p0rn
Ok, here are some ...
Looks normal for the age.How much extra was the "Victorian Cut" along those eaves? ;)My t-shirt reads "bedwetting reality-denying trailer trash" backwards so I can read it in the mirror.
Those things started appearing around the 5-year age mark. That is considered 'normal'? BTW, I can show the tail-end result as they run-off seems to approach the gutters.
Be lookin' normal for basic three-tabs. They don't have much mold inhibitor new and it wears pretty quickly in areas that receive high volumes.Don't like the hole at the ridge.
Those aren't three tabs. I never liked those two tab heavies with the 18" tabs
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Ell eye b...didn't look that close 'til now.
That's normal.
Here is a pic of 9-y.o. shingles which have failed. Ooops. That pic isn't on this computer. Gotta go back to the office....
EDIT: Here they are:
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Notice only part of the shingles failed; the upper sections are fine. We figure it was because the yard supplied shingles from two different batches. I just changed these out for the HO last week under the mfgr's 25-year warranty.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Edited 10/30/2009 11:49 am ET by Dinosaur
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Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Thats a Tennessee road map.
That's just dumb...everyone knows Tennesseans can't read a map. It's a political thing, I guess.
When I was working in Norfolk, VA, the locals told me it was North Carolinans....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
They were wrong. Tennessee is the conservative South. Nashville is the buckle of the bible belt. Printing presses run night and day to spread the Word. It's sad that the folks living and working here don't have enough intelligence to read...it's a political thing, for sure.
Edited 10/30/2009 2:24 pm by Hackinatit
Boyz from N. Carolina told me guys from Virginia all married their cousins and had feeble-minded offspring.
Guy from S.Carolina told me something else, but I can't remember what....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Looks like algae and is not unusual on those type shingles at that age. They're likely 20 year shingles and as you mentioned, likely the cheapest that could be obtained. Probably not algae resistant or as was mentioned, had very little copper mixed into the aggregate. copper p0rn
No idea what you are talking about without pictures
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what I see is a lot of excessive dark mildew staining where it stays shaded longer and the dew remainsAnd some scuff marks from the roofers boots and handling shingles
Nothing all that abnormal. Scuffs probably show up more after time because more ceramic bead topping is wearing off
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I originally thought that maybe mildew was the cause. Moisture in a shadwor area allowing for growth. The line between normal and dark areas points to East, the morning sun. Then I looked at my neighbor two doors down. His house is about 30º of axis to mine and more aligned to the morning Eastern sun. Yet, it was his backside of his roof, facing West that has this mildew problem. Go figure. :)
Anyway, is there a way I can clean this without using a pressure washer? Last thing I need is a pressure washer striping the shingles. LOL