Roofs: Coming Out On Top

Clearstory

This Old House

History, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The design, the materials, the maintenance. Let’s face it, most of us don’t really know what’s up there protecting us. It’s battered by the wind, the rain, snow, and the sun and it’s supposed to take it all without any complaints or leaks. In this episode, Duo Dickinson, architect and author of “A Home Called New England” tells us what the perfect roof has to deal with, while Anne Cope, Chief Engineer of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety shares how roofs are tested. You’ll also hear tips from This Old House’s Charlie Silva and Jeff Sweenor on how to keep roofs in tip-top shape and what to do when you need a new one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.7	Did you know that the roof is the single most important part of your house?
0:38.7	It has the hardest job and it takes the most abuse.
0:42.9	There's no other part of a house, none, that it has more direct impact on both the inside
0:49.5	and the outside of a house than the roof.
0:51.6	Period.
0:52.6	End of story.
0:53.6	And that got me thinking, Is there a perfect roof?
0:58.1	What's the perfect roof? Well, what's the home like? What's the climate like?
1:01.9	That's this old house general contractor, Charlie Silva. Asphalt, slate, clay, wood, metal, standing seam, copper, aluminum, and budget for the customer.
1:12.7	Yeah.
1:13.1	And then there's a look.
1:14.0	The customer might say, that's the greatest roof ever, but I hate what it looks like.
1:17.3	So you're going to get 25 to 40 years out of a great asphalt roof?
1:22.0	Yes.
1:22.6	So then you go to a slate roof, go to the ultimate lasting roof, 100 year roof, five to six times the cost.
1:30.3	Five to six times.
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