I feel your pain (or your neighbor's). A job like that should be done by
a well known and established contractor. If not then you had better hire a
reputable private building inspector hired and paid for by you. And they
should come to the job site every day.
Charlie
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Having storm damage occur at this time of year is pretty uncommon,
> but we had some Wednesday night. I was returning home from cycling to a
> free BBQ lunch when I spotted a couple of asphalt shingles lying in the
> street. I looked around and saw that they had come from my immediate
> neighbour's roof, and there was quite a bit of damage to be seen:
>
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/26249126253/in/dateposted-public/
>
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/26249127893/in/dateposted-public/
>
> I knew that the previous owner (a rental landlord) had the place
> re-roofed by a Mexican roofing crew, so I was not surprised. A look at one
> of the shingles in the street tells the story fairly well:
>
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/26785840591/in/dateposted-public/
>
> The first thing you'll notice is that the plastic strip covering the
> adhesive stripe has not been removed. This adhesive gets soft when heated,
> and helps the tabs stick to the layer beneath. Taking the plastic strip
> off is extra labour, and many of these crews just don't bother. Also, the
> holes in the shingle reveal that they had been fastened with staples, as I
> had observed when the work was being done and which is not really proper as
> the Unified Building Code (UBC) only allows galvanized roofing nails, or at
> least they were the last time I looked. These shingles are also a
> relatively thin variety, and coupled with the lack of adhesive and the
> staples is just damage waiting to happen. I'm only surprised that it
> didn't happen earlier.
>
> It is very likely that his insurance company will NOT cover this due
> to the UBC violation(s) and the failure to remove the plastic strip.
>
> People uniformly take comfort in hiring registered contractors, but
> the truth of the matter is that the Registrar of Contractors in this state
> is a joke, nothing more than another ineffective rubber stamp beaurocracy.
> There are no random field checks, and the homeowner is left with the burden
> of discovering the violations. Then there's the inspection, and the
> possibility of having to hire a lawyer for the hearing if the violations
> are not corrected. All you need to obtain a license is take a short
> multiple-guess test and post a $1,000 bond.
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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