You know insurance offices carry their own coverage for if/when they make these mistakes. If you have documentation showing you requested something and got something else, you might have a case.
Depending on what you signed and what you didn’t sign is a determining factor as well.
That’s shitty though that you now have to deal with that. Sometimes with a house under construction, they will only insure it for ACV coverage, which isn’t as good as replacement cost.
I called around today and no one has roof melt locally. None of the Home Depots, Lowe’s or local hardware stores (I didn’t call ALL of them but the ones I did call said they were sold out.)
I did this all on the phone as we were racing to closing. They knew that there was construction as is the case with everything that I do but we all agree to call it cosmetic remodeling. They know that I live here and take great care of my possessions. I have all of my insurance with them so we do work well. I will not fault them for a mistake that will only cost a couple thousand. In the end after my rate went up I would probably be spending the money anyhow.
You’re sort of right.
a local hardware store had a sign out today saying they had a lot of roof melter available. It’s on the corner of Clinton and Holly in south buffalo. Don’t know the actual name of the store though.
Someone I know said the roof pellets sucked. Who knows if they were used properly or in what quantity though. I think personally I’d use a torch to melt a channel over sledging my roof and damaging my shingles or worse. I raked several times this year, I was starting to think I was paranoid and wasted my time. Guess not.
The hammer is safe if you are not a dummy about it. The key is just to Crack it up and then remove by hand or with a roof rake. A torch is much more dangerous to the roof. I did lose one gutter in my attempts, hit too far forward on the ice and that was enough to cause it to rip clear off.
You’re right. Melt all the ice you want but unless you give it somewhere to run off, you’re not helping matters, maybe even making it worse.
Couldn’t the same be said about a torch, “if you are not a dummy about it”? I don’t think this is rocket science, find the low point of the jam (shingle not gutter side) and make a channel…water will flow to the low point. Thanks Obama.
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Don’t be a dummy and torch into your shingles, you don’t need to channel into the soffit. 
Just bought my first house, and did the final walk through tonight. Roof was fine,mainly because the retarded property manager turned off all utilities, despite what the contract states, and the pipes all burst in the basement. Not on my dime either.
This is why you never buy a house “as is.”
I’m surprised there are not more steel roofs on homes in NY.
They are all over the ski areas, but not so many in the buffalo area.
Kinda expensive up front I’d imagine, no? I would be worried about leaking and noise in a storm I think. Can anyone school me on metal roofing, I may need a roof next spring.
I doubt they leak… but I would be worried if my neighbors house caught on fire, it wouldn’t burn through the roof. Then it’s a matter of time before the fire pushed to my house from the side
Metal roofing is not immune to ice damming and leaking. There are two types. The more popular is “barn panel” with exposed fasteners. Standing seam has concealed fasteners but are typically more expensive. Personally, I don’t like the idea of popping hundreds of holes in my new roof and depending on the rubber washer to keep a watertight seal. Finish durability and warranty are important, along with skilled installation. As with asphalt roofs, ventillation is key. I’ve also been told ventilating the underside of the metal is important to prevent moisture / degredation.
Oh its fun when people try to understand commercial roofing…
Metal roofs are prone to leaking as much as any due to ice dams. I know since I have been removing ice for the past 2 weeks from them.
Exposed fastened barn panel shouldn’t even qualify as a roof…it is junk regardless of who installs it.
Standing seam is great except on larger buildings, you have lock multiple panels together to cover the entire run…slope to eave. Guess what they use at these unions…exposed fasteners and a bar.
Also, as water runs to gutter, which is full of ice, the water gets stopped and sits on the fasteners at the panel securement at the eave…resulting in leaks. Also since they traditionally vent above the gutter, the water can enter in to the building at the vents which are located in the “trapezoid” standing seams and are generally filled with just a foam to keep bugs out.
There are also way too many different types of warranty one metal roof systems…“watertight” does not mean what you think it does.
There are also very few systems that achieve a hydrokinetic warranty and most systems are victims of capillary action.
You 2 just confirmed what I was thinking/imagining. Thanks for the info. 
Metal roofs are pretty much all anyone installs where I grew up on the border of NY and Quebec. The winter we’ve had here is almost mild compared to what they regularly get and I never even heard of ice dams until I moved here. I think the big difference is the metal roof had a much lower friction coefficient than shingles. When it starts to melt you hear what sounds like thunder and the whole mass of snow slides off.
No gutters out there I’d imagine?
I had two mini avalanches late last night. Definitely keeps your senses sharp.
They did yesterday morning, but it’s in the water softener aisle (9). Blue bag.