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[quote=Anonymous]Any time you put a hole in your roof you have to worry about weakening the structure of the roof or introducing leaks. Doing it right isn't hard per se -- it's no harder than doing it wrong -- but there are lots of wrong ways of doing it.

In particular, sometimes when you change the structure of the roof you have to change it all the way back to where the structural members start -- the top and bottom of the roof face. If the interior is finished, this can mean stripping the drywall on the interior. Similarly, to waterproof properly an opening you usually have to go up three or more courses of shingles and replace everything below. With an angled penetration like a dormer this can effectively mean replacing an entire section of roof.

It can be very tempting to skip all that, make the minimal opening and close it up. That will look fine until you get a snowfall, when the roof will sag and leak.

If you aren't qualified to judge the quality of the work, you need a person independent of the person doing the work to specify what needs to be done, and to inspect what was done and make sure it follows the specification. [/quote]

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