--173.61.xxx.xx

Why would you even consider bidding them on the job if you look at their past performance? Get some other bids from competent peppers. --99.23.xxx.x

Get a handiman to install metal roofing, no critter will get thru this. --76.188.xxx.xx

Competent roofers --99.23.xxx.x

Good job! Keep the $3900. --172.222.xx.x

As long as it's not leaking I think it would be wise to wait until the storm passes by. --71.174.xxx.xx

This estimate is high, and this roofer should not step on your roof, judging by his history. --99.59.x.xxx

Yes, I will do that. I will find someone else since these folks seem incompetent. They also wanted to pull a dump truck in and ruin my landscaping. The hole is in the OLD part of the shingles. I will get the hole fixed and a new layer of shingles over the old. It's a cinder block building that my dad actually built, but the shed was added by someone else. Dad put footers all the way down into a trench. I can still picture him in the trench he dig. Great guy. Wood looks good and no damage so it can hold another layer. If you need a quick way to keep a smaller critter out this metal grid is working. it was fifty bucks but solved the problem immediately. I am not even sure what it's for. Looks like a cover for a very large vent. --173.61.xxx.xx

If it’s an architectural roof a good roofer should be able to tab out one shingle and use flashing metal and tab back in a new shingle, and not tear off the roof completely, through the years I have found some contractors only know how to replace and not how to repair. --173.216.xxx.xx

Thank you Dave. That makes a whole lot of sense. They just want to keep their crews working and overcharge me because they assume I don't know anything. And I have all of you to ask besides my 25 years of experience with rehabbing Dad's rentals that he left. But you know what? The movie "Home Alone" is me, I'm "Home Alone" fighting off the bad guys. Just realized it. --173.61.xxx.xx

We added spray foam in our attic and converted from gas to geothermal HVAC and hot water heater. Long story short, we had attic vents and gas vents sticking up through our roof we no longer needed and they added to heat loss and rodent entry. So we had a roofer come plug them and patch. Some holes were big enough for a foot to fall through. They took metal sheet plates and screwed them to the decking and shingled over them. Easy repair and it was a method they recommended. I'd say your roofer is out to make a buck. If you're worried about the patch being dangerous, use thicker metal plate. with just a minimum of thickness, it could become the most solid part of your decking. Just have them screw it in rather than nail, and use adhesive. No foot is going to go through that. --108.69.xxx.xxx

Shingles is renting a roof where if one layer of shingles then install metal roof. It would cost a bit more to go commercial grade panels which are thicker then residential grade. The can be a patched then a layer of tar paper then the metal roof can be installed right over. Most think metal roofs are heavy where shingles with a few layers have considerably more weight. The problem with roofers is they want continuous roofing jobs where they are reluctant to install a roof that is going to last at least 20 years or more. Consider viewing some videos on You Tube about metal roofs. Eventually the shingles are going to fail where metal roofing will end that. If not concerned about appearance then a shingles in the damaged area can be replaced. --147.194.xxx.xx

Thank you for the information about the metal patches and metal roof. My plumber knows who will put on a metal roof. I will ask him about it as he got one on his business property. Also the thicker metal for a patch is spot on. --173.61.xxx.xx

If it is just a real small hole I would remove the bad shingles put a small thin plate over the hole and put new shingles in place. Probably wouldn't cost very much. If the roof is twenty years old though you may have trouble repairing without breaking a lot of shingles in which case I would just replace the roof. However I would not use a person that I already knew didn't do good work. Get several estimates and make them compete. I also like metal roofs but I would not put one on top of shingles, instead I would remove the shingles. --73.120.xx.xxx