Hit 10 years of ownership on my Calgary bungalow roof and was shocked at the numbers

I bought my house in 2014 and just realized last week that I've put almost $8,000 into roof repairs over the last decade. That's just patching leaks, replacing a few shingles after hail, and one emergency call when a squirrel got in. I finally called a roofer for a full quote and they said a full replacement would run me $14,000 on this 1,200 square foot home. Now I'm wondering if I should have just saved up and done it all at once instead of spreading it out over yearly fixes. Has anyone else here run the numbers on their roof upkeep versus just replacing it right away?

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corap218d ago

My dad had the same bungalow roof math crisis two years back except his final number was higher because he kept adding those stupid decorative ridge vents. $8k in band-aids is rough though, basically paid for half a new roof already.

leehall8d ago

Yeah, "band-aids is rough" is right. My neighbor Gerry kept patching his gutters every spring for like five years, and he probably spent enough on sealant tubes and new brackets to just buy those heavy-duty copper ones he always talked about. Ended up replacing them anyway when a raccoon family moved in and tore the whole thing down. I guess sometimes you just keep kicking the can down the road until the can kicks back, you know?

drew_hart48d ago

Had a buddy who spent $9k patching his roof before giving up and dropping $15k on a new one, just like @corap21 said.