Why is my new house roof made with cheap materials and visible beams?
Homeowners discover structural beams poking through their roofs, cheap three-tab shingles, and chipboard instead of plywood sheathing on newly built houses. These severe defects cause immediate worry about whether the construction is a professional job and whether the roof needs to be repaired or fixed.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Having the roof inspected under warranty
- 2Questioning the overall construction quality and builder choices
- 3Stopping payment on the check
- 4Having the installers come back to tear it down and redo it
- 5Applying silicone over the exposed nail heads
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I took a photo of my roof, and it appears worse than his—I can actually see the structural beams poking through.”source ↗
“Should it be fixed? Is it going to be a problem?”source ↗
“Should this be repaired/fixed?”source ↗
“I don’t know who would agree to put a three tab on a brand new house either unless you got the cheapest POS Builder.”source ↗
“Not plywood sheath. Looks like chipboard! Not a professional job, this is a very poor contractor.”source ↗