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> There are still people who have been roofing for 50 years and refuse to change a single thing they do and learned 50 years ago. This is at best a huge exagge
by happyopossum 3y ago
> There are still people who have been roofing for 50 years and refuse to change a single thing they do and learned 50 years ago.
This is at best a huge exaggeration. For one thing, roofing is not a 50-year career. If you know any 70 year old roofers, they've either been retired or moved on to other things decades ago - the toll that roofing takes on a body makes it a 10-15 year career at best.
Secondly, I've been working with roofers a lot lately - I have a very old style of roof that was common 50 years ago, and it's very hard to find people who can work on it, because everyone wants to do things the modern way.
- monknomo 3y agohaha, I used to have a torchdown roof and I sympathize. Finding folks to do a similar style (with integral gutters and tarred gravel, etc.) was a bit challenging. Plenty of folks that'd put down some foam and shingles though
- rascul 3y ago> This is at best a huge exaggeration. For one thing, roofing is not a 50-year career. If you know any 70 year old roofers, they've either been retired or moved on to other things decades ago - the toll that roofing takes on a body makes it a 10-15 year career at best. The person who taught me how to lay asphalt shingles 20 years ago has now been doing it around 50 years. I know a number of roofers who have been doing it 20 to 25 years. The toll on the body probably isn't as bad as you think.