October 10, 2002
The roofing shingles arrived today. We had to upgrade the underlayment. Because of the pitch of the more shallow parts of the roof, we had to change from the normal tarpaper underlayment, to a rubberized underlayment. I have seen this material used a lot on This Old House, and have heard lots of good things about this, so I am not upset about going to that over tarpaper. Of course, like all good things, this cam with a cost. The roof is 16 square (1600 square feet), and so while we are getting a credit for the tarpaper, there is a $450 upcharge for the underlayment.
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