Guess The Roof Shingle Age

[mcyr (Marcel Cyr, CMI)]

Smart A S S. You are still off by 5 years per todays standards. ;):):twisted:

[jhagarty (Joseph Hagarty, CMI)]

What is amazing
is
that a shingle
canlook
like this
without water intrusion
at the interior
either attic
or upper levels
,…

[bkelly2 (Brian Kelly, AZ Cert. # 60234)]

@mcyr

Smart A S S. You are still off by 5 years per todays standards. ;):):twisted:

Says you…

It is in good shape, or it needs fixin…

I got other things to do than go all CSI Home Inspection at the house for no apparent reason except to hear my self bloviate…

[dmacy (David C. Macy, CMI)]

Marcel, you better getting going on that roof, doesn’t the snow start flying soon up your way?

I here you on estimating roof age. Lots of variables.

[belliott (Bob Elliott, 450.0002662)]

I say the moss is holding it together so just add some fertilizer and leave it be.

[mcyr (Marcel Cyr, CMI)]

70 degrees here today David.
I put this little quiz up to show those guys out there that claim to be able to pin point the age withing 5 years.
Not going to happen, don’t care how good you are. To many variable.
This one had me fooled too.

I agree with Brian as much as I hate to, ;) the roof condition is in good condition, has gone through at least beyond the half way life span or has exceeded the useful lifespan of its purpose.

[mcyr (Marcel Cyr, CMI)]

Well, I took care of the problem.

:)

[jhagarty (Joseph Hagarty, CMI)]

I know the age of the shingle on my roof
some look good some look bad
yes
pictures are decieving
LOL

Front looks new
rear looks old
but all over 30 years

[mcyr (Marcel Cyr, CMI)]

Same here Joe, but replaced mine 15 years ago. It was 30 years old and other than being brittle, was nothing wrong with it.
The one I have now, IKO, looks like the day I installed it. Good roofing Manufacturer.

[prussell (Peter Russell, NH licence #57)]

@mcyr

Peter, you know to much, so you are disqualified. ;):mrgreen::twisted:

I believe you are correct Joe, but that was the regular masonite siding, that came in 12" and 8" siding pre-primed and face nailed.
Built my duplex back in 1973 and the color-lok, same stuff, had a plastic 45 degree plastic drip in the back that would lock on the top of the previous layer and no face nailing was require. Was also pre-painted.
Mine lasted two years, faded and the bottom of the sheets were staining.

Got all my money back for the material but had to turn around and paint the dam house.

Story of the color lok siding.

No fair!!!

[cvilt (Curtis M. Vilt)]

32 years

[wwilson3 (Wayne Wilson, TN 439)]

37.5 years

[mcyr (Marcel Cyr, CMI)]

Well, Wayne, pretty close.

36 years old and original roofing shingles for that house.

[ldapkus (Linas Dapkus, CMI)]

My guess is about 36 years old.

[mcyr (Marcel Cyr, CMI)]

Right on Linas. :mrgreen:

[ldapkus (Linas Dapkus, CMI)]

Oh yeah, I forgot to remind you to extend that ladder about another foot and get it tied off!!!

[Brian_A.MacNeish]

@mcyr

Peter, you know to much, so you are disqualified. ;):mrgreen::twisted:

I believe you are correct Joe, but that was the regular masonite siding, that came in 12" and 8" siding pre-primed and face nailed.
Built my duplex back in 1973 and the color-lok, same stuff, had a plastic 45 degree plastic drip in the back that would lock on the top of the previous layer and no face nailing was require. Was also pre-painted.
Mine lasted two years, faded and the bottom of the sheets were staining.

Got all my money back for the material but had to turn around and paint the dam house.

Story of the color lok siding.

In my area, have seen some 45-50+ year colorlok still in good condition. It ususally has to be repainted (especially at the bottom edge) at the 15-20 year period.

[Brian_A.MacNeish]

@mcyr

Same here Joe, but replaced mine 15 years ago. It was 30 years old and other than being brittle, was nothing wrong with it.
The one I have now, IKO, looks like the day I installed it. Good roofing Manufacturer.

Here’s something from the CBC “Marketplace” (the program with Mike Holmes on HI’s and GROW-OPS) website subsection called “BUSTED”:

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2010/gps_distraction/busted.html *

See the comments on IKO shingles (among others)!! I see 25 year warranty IKO shingles curling/cracking in 5-9 years. I’m telling folks now that if their 25-50 year warranty shingles last 15 years…be happy.

• the first comment under the moniker “Experienced” is mine. You can see that I mentioned the light coloured (frost white, light grey) shingles (DOMTAR “Trueseal” 3-in-1 tabs) with a measely 10 YEAR WARRANTY are lasting 25-30 years. A few years back saw similar shingles at 13 years of age having to be replaced…tell me the manufacturers are being square with us…they’re cutting product quality (can you say asphalt) due to the high cost of oil.

Read stuff by Dr. Bill Rose (Phd Building Scientist on the level of Joe Lstiburek) in Journal of Light Construction mid-90’s. He says that manufacturers are using anything (like venting not being right to code) to get out of shingle warranties…his take is that the product is not of similar quality as the past!!

BTW: These shingles (probably with a 10 year warranty) have lasted 36 years without serious leakage or blow-off…probably not a thing wrong with the venting, even if it is not to code. This roof shows again that shingle color and quality, and not venting, has way more to do with extending shingle life!!

[wwilson3 (Wayne Wilson, TN 439)]

So Marcel what did i win? LOL 1 quart of pure maple syrup or some cheese curds would be nice .

[sfogarty (Sean Fogarty)]

The fact that it has plywood should put it in that range. Any older it would be T&G, and 25 or less it would be more than likely osb