[RVRoadie]

A few months ago a very close lightning strike did about $2,100 damage to our house on Dunbar Ave. Most of it was appliances and electronics, but there was about $250 damage to the facia on the roof. The lightning came in from the ground and climbed up to the roof.

For the roof repair we got the name of the original roofer from The Villages and requested an estimate. While he was up on the roof he told us that our roof looked a lot older than the three years since the house was built. He took a couple of sample shingles and sent the off to Owens-Corning for analysis.

They agreed to replace the entire roof, with no proration. In our case we recently received a check for the labor made out to us and the roofer, and the roofer got 37 squares of shingles. Waiting for the permit, and the work to be scheduled.

Several other people on our street called roofers, and so far one has already been replaced, and another one is scheduled for replacement.

I have heard that there were problems with OC shingles around the 2007 time frame, but our house wasn't built until late 2008. Apparently, some batches of bad shingles made it into the later time frame.

Worth getting checkout out if your house was built in 2008.