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Posted by jdemaris on October 05, 2006 at 18:17:29 from (66.218.19.116):
In Reply to: Re-Roofing the Barn posted by Blue3992 on October 05, 2006 at 13:44:16:
I wonder what the cost of materials was in that estimate? My son bought my old farm house and then proceeded to get a price for a steel roof. Cheapest estimate he got was $19,000 and highest was $24,000. I figured up the materials cost and it was $4600. Now, two good roofers could of had the job done in five days, easy. So, two guys - times 40 hours = 80 hours. Take the low esitmate of $19,000 - minus $4600 material = $14,400. Divide that by 80 hours = $180 per hour. Hmmm - might be cheaper to get a lawyer to do the roof. So, we did it - took us six days - but I'm getting old - and my son is not a roofer. On the subject of historic barn-grants. I applied for two of my barns here in New York. Once is a circa 1820 and the other 1850. But - to be accepted - you can't use certain modern building materials. I couldn't use any plywood anywhere and no steel roofing with exposed fasteners is allowed. By the way, as someone else mentioned - three old asphalt roof layers is way too much weight to be adding to. It needs to be stripped.
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