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Originally Posted by tophcfa

Got up on our 19 year old roof in Western Massachusetts last weekend to do the annual clean out of both the wood stove and pellet stove chimneys, the gutters, and wash the side dormer windows. Whenever I drag my old ass up there, I give the entire roof a thorough inspection, and everything looked pristine. We had the best available 40 rear rated architectural shingles installed during the new build, and they still looked almost new. It’s amazing how quickly the intense Florida sun and heat destroys shingles. The 19 year old shingles on our northern home look as good, or better, than the 1 1/2 year old shingles on our Villages home. Apparently, the cold and snow not only doesn’t damage shingles, the snow cover seems to actually protect them?

That being said, screw the cold and snow, I’d rather shovel sunshine all winter and have to replace the shingles every 15 years. On another note, the forecast at our northern home is for temperature to drop into the 40’s tomorrow night. It’s getting close to that time of the year when the early snowbirds begin exercising their wings for the upcoming southern migration. Football season starts next week, the leaves are beginning to start changing color on a couple of our maple trees, Sam Adam’s Octoberfest beer just hit the shelves, and the fall county fairs are beginning to open up. Dam, the time goes by fast.

Same- Birch trees turning yellow in Belchertown!