OT:Need a new roof on my house, recommendation.., to replace my wood shingles??? Options

[Mueller]

The wood shingles are just about shot on our 16 year old house, the sun in Antioch cooks them to death. I am just now doing the research for replacment materials.

As always, cost is an issue, but I don't think I want to tackle the entire job myself (2 story house, gravity hurts (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

Anyone on the BBS that is local and is interested in bidding on it?
If so, can we get a discount for cash???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[dmenche914]

having fought a wild fire from the roof of several burning homes, what ever you do, avoid wood shingles, they are almost explosive when dried out after a couple years. No fire retarding coating has proven to be of much benifit, and all retardents degrade rapidly over time. One spark on a hot day, and your roof will go up like a Presto log.

other than that, for other shingle materials consider up front cost, and how long they last, do the math to get cost per year, then select what you like .

compositin is one of the least expensive, but the are grade differences, some better than others. the cadillac (Im sorry, the Porsche) of shingles is either metal or fiberglass. Tiles are also long lasting, but are very heavy (earth quake country, means the less weight above, the better)

good luck dave