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Mopar Tim said
Ray, how tall you want your dist. display rack to be? I was thinking of making one to sit on a folding table, but it might put the top row out of reach...

You mean the table that was folding in on itself? :eek:

toolmanmike said
Yep. There went my retirement nestegg.

I hope you follow up on the options we talked about.

dukeboy_318 said
100,000?!? No way. We just had my grandfathers roof quoted and it was 15,000 labor and materials combined. Including removing the old roof and fixing a few rafters. Hell, you can build a whole new house here for that kind of coin

You're comparing hay to apple trees.

toolmanmike said
This stuff doesn't have aggregate like most metal look alikes. I asked the contractors what happens when the aggregate wears off. "you spray on some adhesive and dust on some aggregate". Not covered under warranty either.

I'm telling you need to talk to a crew that knows the material and isn't afraid of it. Then you won't have to buy any new material, just the labor and the repairs. It still won't be cheap, but its very unusual for roof that still has that much unbroken shingles to be cheaper to replace. With slate the rule of thumb is somewhere around 30% damaged. Terra cotta is a little different but that gives you a general idea of what someone in the field would be using as the typical tipping point.