question about a new roof (1 Viewer)

[3C's]

Today was the day they started on my roof. I came home from work and the guy in charge told me the power went out. I went inside and the power for the entire house was out.

After calling the power company, several hours without power, having my electrician uncle come over, we were finally able to determine they hit a wire nailing the roof. They missed the 2x trusses quite a few times, and one went right through a wire going to the AC unit.

I took a bunch of pictures to show them how these knuckle heads are missing the trusses. Hopefully, they just pay for the wire to be replaced and I don't have to hire a lawyer.

In all kinds of confused...Missing the trusses? With shingles?

What kinda wire is running along the top of your attic that would short the entire house? AND the Hvac lines?

Roofing nails don't go in trusses. They go in the roof deck (plywood).

 

[3C's]

The hurricane code in FL requires them to put in more nails when installing a new roof. I think k it's every 6 inches, and they are like 3 inches nails.

The run to the AC was stapled to the truss. My uncle didn't say anything about it being against code or anything, so I guess it's ok until you get roofers going ham with the nail gun.

Accidents happen. If I'm picturing this right with a somewhat normal roof...How were they to know an electrical wire would be nailed to a rafter? Seems odd to me that it would be there rather than along the ceiling joist.

 

[parasaurolophus]

The hurricane code in FL requires them to put in more nails when installing a new roof. I think k it's every 6 inches, and they are like 3 inches nails.

The run to the AC was stapled to the truss. My uncle didn't say anything about it being against code or anything, so I guess it's ok until you get roofers going ham with the nail gun.

Missing the trusses is not a big deal btw. That will always happen. Trusses are every 16-24 inches(mostly 24 here) and obviously you need to put a nail more than every 24 inches. Kinda crazy that a roofing nail could be long enough to hit the HVAC line. Even more crazy that they couldnt figure out that they had just hit it.

Not sure what you decided on the underlayment, but I reco going with the first 6 feet from gutter the good stuff and the rest regular.