I am currently having my roof replaced. While the roofer was pulling off the old roof, he mentioned that the present gutter was rusted and falling apart (after my inspection, this seems to be the case). He said he could replace all the gutters and down spouts with new aluminium ones for approximately $3K. As I am right in the middle of this job, I don't feel comfortable having other contractors estimating while my roofing contractor is still working. I realize it will vary greatly by lineal footage of gutter, but for an approximate size house of 1,750 sq. ft., does this seem to be about right? Thanks.

Hello, I am looking at at 2 home that need re-roofing. I just had a quote done, and the job is going to cost more than I thought because the home has a layer of ashphalt shingles over cedar shake shingles, and the decking is 1 x 8 decking, with 2-3 inch spaces between them. The contractor quoted me the cost to remove all of the cedar and replace the decking with 7/16 osb. My question is- does the new decking really need to be replaced? Can I fit 1x2s in between the decking that is currently there? Could I just roof felt and shingle over the existing decking? Also- can you put the OSB over the existing 1x8 decking or do you need to take it right down to the roof trusses/rafters? Finally- what would be the worst thing that happened if I just shingled over the existing shingles? I know that technically there are only supposed to be two layers. But, these are rental homes, they are really run down, and I do not want to spend a ton of money on the roofs since there is so much more that needs to be done. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you