Mark P Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I found this interesting. This house was from a few daze ago. Only 8 years old. I just wrote it up as needing all the ridge caps replaced. The pictures pretty much say it all. The higher I went the worse the damage got, but only to the ridges. Any theories on why they are so worn? Image Insert: 57.29 KB Image Insert: 73.7 KB Image Insert: 83.47 KB Image Insert: 94.25 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Hi, Maybe they stressed those while bending them. OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Roofers who are doing it right use a separate ridge shingle instead of cutting a regular shingle. Obviously, these are defective ridge shingles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Simon Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Acidic bird droppings. Bunch o' droppings in last pict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caryseidner Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 I saw the same thing on an inspection last weekend, although I didn't think much of it as it was a 20 year old roof that was worn all over. Image Insert: 75.71 KB Image Insert: 63.78 KB Image Insert: 53.32 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Freaky! If it were stress from bending most of the damage would be around the peak of the bend, not so evenly spread. If it were bird droppings we would see this kind of thing all of the time, and the damage wouldn't be tightly restricted to the caps. The shingles are architectural, but the caps are plain-Jane's. I'd say either the caps are factory-defectives or the sorriest, cheapest things the roofer could lay his hands on. My money is on defectives. I don't know if even cheapo shingles would deteriorate that much in just 8 years. Brian G. It is Recommended to Monitor the Cap Shingles [:-slaphap[][][:-tong2][:-dev3][:-boggled[:-mischie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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