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Good idea but shouldn't be necessary if the roof was done correctly.
by Suppafly 1y ago
Good idea but shouldn't be necessary if the roof was done correctly.
- brudgers 1y agoEven more importantly, over time a sagging roof that holds water will sag more due to the weight of the water and being a "universal solvent" standing water degrades most materials. At best, you will probably get leaks. At worst, catastrophic [1] structural failure. On the other hand, reroofing can be relatively expensive [2] and disruptive and rope is cheap and everyone has their own risk tolerance and budget. [1] "catastrophic" in the engineering sense of material failures. [2] Particularly fixing a fundamentally flawed design. And standing water is a symptom of a fundamentally flawed design.