I decided to go with a metal roof. Chose a roofer who had served me well in the past. Settled on a price and the crew began work. Well I noticed it looked like they were not going to redo the flashing around the chimney but leave the old flashing (20 yr old)and rely on that. The problem as I saw it was this would allow water to spread out under the metal and eventually rot the wood strips they placed over the old shingles which they didn't remove and leak down over the wood under the metal fascia on the eves. So after talking to the guy he had the crew put some new flashing around the chimney but it isn't sealed to the chimney or the metal. After they put this in and gone for the day I went out and ran the water hose on this area and sure enough water flowed out from under the metal where I thought it would. I'm holding my mud for now because they haven't finished and I feel like a hostage because its raining now and the rest of the roof is tore up. Was I stupid to assume replace the roof meant the whole roof as in no water getting under the new roof?
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