From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   On 08/01/2025 13:38, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:31:31 -0400, Retirednoguilt   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 7/30/2025 5:25 PM, micky wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Roofmaxx says iiuc that it comes with a 5-year guarantee, but at the   
   >>> same time  they say you can't wait until the roof already shows damage   
   >>> to apply the product. Since you don't know when it will show damage, you   
   >>> have to use the product in advance, maybe 5, 10, 15 years in advance. So   
   >>> if you're doing this 5 years or more before it would show damage, OF   
   >>> COURSE it won't show any damage during the warranty period.  So in that   
   >>> case it's a meaningless warranty and calling it a warranty strikes me as   
   >>> chicanery, enough to make me not trust them.   
   >>>   
   >>> If OTOH, you wait until damage is showing (or almost until  then?) when   
   >>> damage shows up, will they not say you're not covered by the warranty   
   >>> because you waited too long?   (They use both word, guarantee and   
   >>> warranty on their home page, https://roofmaxx.com/   
   >>   
   >> Looking on the web, it seems to have a controversial reputation.   
   >> Probably good for someone who wants to sell their home in the very near   
   >> future but has a less than perfect roof,   
   >   
   > Thanks for checking.   
   >   
   > Normally I wouldn't ge so interested in something like this, but when I   
   > had a new roof put on, I thoughtlessly went with the would-it-have-been   
   > a 25 year roof that the roofer was suggesting.  I have what I bought   
   > written down, but where?  Later I realized if I stayed here a long time,   
   > I would be needing a new roof just a couple years before I left, and I   
   > should have paid extra for the better roof.   
   >   
   > Not sure if the guy who lives next to me would have wanted to do that   
   > and the townhouses are adjacent and I suppose if they had to change   
   > roofing material on each row they wouldn't have given the whole discount   
   > we got doing 2 at once, but I at least should have inquired.   
   >   
   > So now, sure enough, I don't need a roof yet, but I will within another   
   > 10 years, not long before I'm moving out anyhow.  This seemed like a way   
   > to undo the mistake I made.   
   >   
   > BTW, since our roofs match, when google outlines homes in map view, it   
   > used to show us as one big house.  I see it's stopped that, but now has   
   > stranger problems. My building and most of them are 8 houses attached,   
   > every two houses the elevation changes a little and the distance from   
   > the sidewalk changes back and forth a little, but somehow map view now   
   > shows only 7 houses and has 3 extra places where the lawn goes from   
   > front to back between houses, even though it doesn't. (It only does that   
   > at the ends.)  There are 11 other buildings here and 9 don't show this   
   > problem but two others do.  Of course I know what the buildings here   
   > look like but I'd better not put too much reliance on map view's   
   > software in other parts of the US/world.   
      
      
   Chances are a hail storm will force you to get a roof sooner or the home   
   inspector of the buyer will.   
      
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