[Greenbuilding] experience with Enviroshake?

[wmdorsett at sbcglobal.net]

Irina, I just did work on a house that was having trouble with the leaking
in the flashing around a chimney. It wasn't related to the shingles
themselves, but I was there when the roofer came out to look it over. His
first off hand comment was looking up at the plastic/rubber shakes was that
they weren't supposed to curl on the corners as these clearly are after only
four or five years. I don't know the brand but they were guaranteed for 50
years also. Plastic has a "memory" as you commonly see in linolium, where it
curls up on unsecured edges. Where it is stretched and flattened, it wants
to return back to it's original shape over time. I would wonder if this
isn't a similar process.

Bill Dorsett
Sunwrights PV
Manhattan, KS

----- Original Message -----
From: Irina Golfman <irina at inera.com>
To: <greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:21 PM
Subject: [Greenbuilding] experience with Enviroshake?


> Hello Greenbuilders,
>
> I am looking at Enviroshake for my roof (http://www.enviroshake.com/). Has
> anyone had any experience with this product? If it reliable (comes with a
> 50 year warranty)? Does anyone know if there are any off-gassing issues
> with this product?
>
> Thank you very much for the wisdom.
> -------------------------------------------------
> Irina
>
>
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