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The good old Pitch Witch. The worse things to hit roofs, since time itself!

Looks to me like a slightly different shade of shingles. Look close, you can notice the setback of about six inches on each row. That's how most guys install shingles. Different bundles of shingles not matching exactly in color.

LPWash wrote:

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Looks to me like a slightly different shade of shingles. Look close, you can notice the setback of about six inches on each row. That's how most guys install shingles. Different bundles of shingles not matching exactly in color.

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Actually those are the same type of shingles.  That garage is only about 6 years old so there was no replacement of the roof within that 6 years.  Believe it or not that is the work of a pitch witch!

We should all be happy though because we do not use this method and this photo can be a good marketing tool in my opinion.

LPWash wrote:

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Looks to me like a slightly different shade of shingles. Look close, you can notice the setback of about six inches on each row. That's how most guys install shingles. Different bundles of shingles not matching exactly in color.

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I was thinking the same thing initially. Problems like this even happen on brand new roofs, not just patch jobs - The manufacturer just screws up somehow. The packaging may say its the same color, you can see the difference on the roof.

As for this picture, when I look at it closely, the diagonal line going up the roof looks more like a "smooth" line and not the typical staggered line you would see with a bad bundle of shingles. 

... But they are Architectural shingles and it is hard to tell from the picture.

-- Edited by Curb Appeal Roof Cleaning Charleston SC (843)324-4003 on Sunday 20th of June 2010 09:24:59 AM

-- Edited by Curb Appeal Roof Cleaning Charleston SC (843)324-4003 on Sunday 20th of June 2010 01:20:10 PM

Curb Appeal Roof Cleaning Charleston SC (843)324-4003 wrote:

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LPWash wrote:

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Looks to me like a slightly different shade of shingles. Look close, you can notice the setback of about six inches on each row. That's how most guys install shingles. Different bundles of shingles not matching exactly in color.

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I was thinking the same thing initially. Problems like this even happen on brand new roofs, not just patch jobs - The manufacturer just screws up somehow. The packaging may say its the same color, you can see the difference on the roof.

As for this picture, when I look at it closely, the diagonal line going up the roof looks more like a "smooth" line and not the typical staggered line you would see with a bad bundle of shingles. 

... But they are Architectural shingles and it is hard to tell from the picture.

-- Edited by Curb Appeal Roof Cleaning Charleston SC (843)324-4003 on Sunday 20th of June 2010 09:24:59 AM

-- Edited by Curb Appeal Roof Cleaning Charleston SC (843)324-4003 on Sunday 20th of June 2010 01:20:10 PM

 

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The homeowner swore up and down that there was no roof replacement or repair within the life of that roof.  He has lived there since the house was built.  They are currently building houses in that neighborhood now as we speak.  

If that was done by a pitch witch, it would be the first major damage I have ever seen by one. My big competitor here uses one and his roofs come out fine. I, sadley actually started with one and never had any issue. Just took like 8 hours to do a roof!!

They don't void the warranty. I've asked the manufacturers, and In fact I've even lost some bids that were being paid by the shingle manufacturer to a guy using a pitch witch. Don't mistake what I said though, there is damage associated with the pitch witch, not on a large scale like that. Its minor granule loss tbhe first time, and more and more each time that method is used.

I'm not saying this ISN'T from one, I've just never seen it. And I in NO way endorse the use of one.