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by youngtaff 27 days ago
You're not paying for someone else's roof… it forms part of the house value when you sell

Given shingles last between 20-30 years someone's got to pay the cost of re-roofing on a regular basis throughout the house's lifetime

Then you've got the added maintenance, flammability and other downsides of a shingle roof to take into account too