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Q. I accept a 22-year-old asphalt-shingle roof. The home is the aforementioned age. I accept GAF 20-year-rated three tab shingles. I appetite to alter the roof and was told by a roofer that I could go over the absolute band with a second. He recommended 30-year architecture-style shingles. If I add addition layer, will it last, or should I band and alter the aboriginal roof?
D.J., Wakefield
A. Stripping a roof is a afflicted process. Roofers adulation beam new houses because they don’t accept to accord with the “tearoff.” That said, I consistently admonish on stripping to the roof sheathing. A “roof-over’’ adds weight to your absolute axle structure, may abandoned your bank warranty, and prevents you from installing an ice and baptize shield.
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The best convenance is a complete band and new roof, which would acquiesce you to do the following:
■ Inspect the copse sheathing
■ Install an ice and baptize shield
■ Inspect and alter the flashings and dribble edge.
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Q. A few years ago I had a new roof put on my house. There has been a lot of moss growing up there this year. I bought some articles from The Home Depot that asleep it, but it’s still sitting up there. The moss went from blooming to brown, so I apperceive it is dead. How do I get it off my roof?
BILL CAMIRE
A. It apparently needs to be brushed, scrubbed, or done off. If you charge to ablution it off, appoint addition able with fall-arrest harnesses who will do it from the top bottomward with low baptize pressure.
Q. We accept a adequately new Bosch dishwasher. It does a abundant job except for our knives. Several consistently appear out with stains that attending like blight spots. We afresh accept to handwash them again. Why is this accident aloof to our knives?
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MAURA
A. This was accident to my knives, too. A lot of cutlery is stainless steel. Knives are generally complete out of a accustomed animate so they will advance their aciculate bend longer. The harder animate is added affected to blight spots. Also the charwoman tablets that abounding dishwashers use accommodate salts, and some association alike use baptize softeners in their homes — all of which can account rust.
The best access is to ablution your acceptable knives by duke or abolish them as anon as the ablution is complete. Don’t let them sit in that clammy ambiance too long.
Rob Robillard is a accepted contractor, carpenter, editor of AConcordCarpenter.com, and arch of a carpentry and advance business. Send your questions to homerepair@globe.com or cheep them to @robertrobillard. Subscribe to our chargeless absolute acreage newsletter at pages.email.bostonglobe.com/AddressSignUp.
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