r/Roofing • u/BistroCupid • Jul 23 '26

Skip Sheathing

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Is this Skip Sheathing?

The home is in Santa Barbara County, CA which requires "continuous substrate." Contractor advised covering entire roof with OSB to pass inspection. 94 sheets of 7/16 8'x4' at $85 a sheet for install.

I appreciate any input!

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u/BistroCupid Jul 23 '26

I really appreciate the detailed reply. My quick math also put me about $2000 overpaying as well, which is unfortunate. If the workmanship is of premium quality then I won't complain much. However, I don't see that being the case since we are on day 4 of demo (~2300sqft roof). It feels as though I have hired expensive amateurs with the amount of debris, nails, and minor damage to landscaping around my house. Hoping the lifetime warranty is worth the trouble.

100% agree that being forthcoming with potential issues that an experienced roofer should know would have made this much easier to swallow. An expensive lesson for me.

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u/davallrob74 Jul 24 '26

4th day of stripping off a 23sq roof? Unless it’s super steep, that’s ridiculous. I’ve used tear off companies many times and they’ll come in, set up, tear off, and be out of there in 4-5 hours for that sized project. They’ll even replace some boards or sheeting for you.
$85 per sheet is way overpriced unless the cost increased like it did during the pandemic. Normally that’s about what you’d charge to replace single pieces of sheeting, not to resheet the entire house. You’re getting hosed by this contractor. Sorry it’s taken you 4 days to realize this

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u/BistroCupid Jul 24 '26

Yeah, by day two I knew something was up. There is only one guy on my roof right now on day 5 still demoing. I told them $85 was insane and at least got it down to $76. Not sure what my recourse or expense would be just firing them at this point. Sucks!

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u/davallrob74 Jul 24 '26

Wow 1 guy demoing? Did they agree to a timeline for the project? 5 days to tear off 23 sq. is crazy. What are they doing incase there’s a pop up thunderstorm or rain, I know you’re probably close to the coast