Roof or air conditioner advice
 

Both our roof and air conditioner are almost 20 years old so we have decided to replace both. My question is it bester to replace the roof or the air conditioner first or doesn't it matter. Of course roofers say do the roof first and air conditioning companies say replace the air conditioner first. We have a courtyard villa.

Thanks

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If the roof does not leak, I would replace the air conditioner first. You will improve your comfort level and save energy immediately. Instant gratification. Also, if the roof starts to leak, you can always patch it.

Agree, do the AC now.

Why replace the roof if it is in good shape?

People think differently. Everything has an expected life. Op says roof and AC are both 20 years old. Both are on borrowed time. Time to find a person to do the work compare what to buy. Pricing.

When, water is pouring into your home due to a hurricane, is not a good time to relax and shop. Same is true for an air conditioner.

As to what to do first, my vote is to do the roof first. Reason they will tear off the old roof a dirty job. Do you want shingles, pieces of shingles, nails,dropped tools etc hitting your new air conditioner? I expect you will have trouble finding good people to do this now. Qualified labor shortage as well as costs up due to inflation.

Talk to your home owners insurance company and see if a new roof can save you money. Find out what info you need the roofer to give the insurance company. At 20 years I am surprised that you have not had a problem with the insurance co. Thus don't contact until just before you intend to sign the roofing contract.

I tend to agree....if your A/C unit is keeping you comfortable at the current level, roof first. There should be immediate tax/insurance value to the owner issues there vs the additional cost of A/C.

I would get pricing on both and I can tell you now the air conditioner will be about 50% of what the roof will cost. However I would do nothing until you need to both jobs depending on scheduling are done in one day or two days depending on the size of the roof and if the air conditioner is in stock. They were at least two or three good roofers and two or three good air conditioning guys to go to. Munns and desantis for a/c. Mcaheles for roof . I can tell you that the desantis will sell you on replacing three or four parts like the capacitor and you may spend $1,000 I would call us at the tune-up of the AC unit and he told me that it will add 5 or 10 years life. Of course if you're rich from the stock market going up the last 5 years just spend the money

Their is no wrong answer.

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IMO, I would replace both instead of waiting for a leak. Roof first, AC second.

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When I bought my villa last year, I was in the same boat. I ordered my roof first in December because there was a rebate available ($500) on the HVAC in April. My unit already had an issue and freon was added to put a temporary bandaid on the problem.
Something else you should know, I ordered my roof in December but it wasn’t installed till April because of a “shingle shortage”. My roof was not damaged but was 21 years old and when purchasing the house it was difficult to get insurance.
Having just been through it, I’d recommend you order the roof and get the HVAC as soon as possible. Hotter weather is coming.

Are they both working ok? You have a minimum of 5 more years on the roof and if the AC is working I would still wait. Why spend the money now if it is not necessary. AC will probably need it first. The roof will last at least 5 and could go 10 or even 15 more years. Roofing companies will claim different but they make money selling roofs.

Good luck with whatever you do. Construction supplies, appliances etc are all in a shortage. You have many months to decide what you want to do