The roof in my bedroom (which measures approximately 14′ x 14′) is leaking. I’ve had 5 contractors out to give estimates. I’m getting vastly different opinions on what needs to be done and how much it will cost. Two roofers said it can be repaired at a cost of less than $800. 3 have said that the roof needs to be replaced and have given estimates of $5,000 to $5,800. Now, I don’t know anything about roofing, but to me that seems awfully high. It’s only 1 room. It currently has a metal roof, and the roof over that room is flat. My sister’s house is 3x the size of mine and it cost her less than $6000 to cover her old roof with a new one, and she used top-of-the-line shingles. So how can one room cost 5 grand? I suspect that these guys are trying to ***** me over because I don’t have a husband. Another roofer is coming on Monday and I want to know how to handle this. Please help!

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Our neighbours bedroom extends under our roof – we live in old houses that kind of overlap and kind of jigsaw together in places. Due to a leak in the roof, water is getting into her bedroom and she wants us to fix the roof. It is our roof but as part of her room extends underneath it should she be liable to pay any of the repair costs as effectively its our roof thats keeping her dry at night (up until now)?

Anyone with any knowledge of these things please help!

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I’m seeing more and more of this. The roof shingles wrap around the gutters as if they were gards. But I don’t see how the gutters can still control the flow of water. Why do people get shingles like this? Is it good?

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