Roofers (a rant).

[Zundfolge]

Our roof is a hip roof (so it slopes down all 4 sides). We looked into a metal roof a few years ago when we replaced it, but it would be ridiculously expensive as there would be a ton of waste. If he'd have gone with metal, our home owner's insurance would have gone up due to the increased cost of replacement.

Considering the fact that the shingle roof we replaced had been up there for more than 25 years and we were only replacing it because we had a branch fall on it and damage the subroof, I think shingles are probably just fine.

We have neighbors that have T-Lock shingles that have lasted 30-40 years and they're only replacing them because they look dated (apparently the T-locks are so good that the companies that made them went out of business because nobody needed replacement roofs)