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You want to buy a home with a roof that won't give you headaches. The previous homeowner should have maintained it well or replaced it with a new one to withstand the weather. Here are a few roofing questions compiled by a local residential and commercial roofing contractor to help you learn more about the roof before buying a house.

Before you can get started on your roof replacement, you'll need to create a budget for it. But the fact is that this particular project has no set expense — the number you'll need to spend usually depends on a few important factors, some of which may come as a surprise to the homeowner. One of the area's premier roofing companies, Hinkle Roofing, shares some of the unexpected factors to watch for when creating a roof replacement budget.

Do you see some sort of cracks or lines running on the surface of your asphalt shingle roof? You might be dealing with either cracked or split shingles. They look the same at a glance, but these two forms of shingle damage are different in many ways. Local residential and commercial roofing contractor Hinkle Roofing explains the differences between the two. 

When you hire an inexperienced roofing contractor, you may think you are saving a lot of money on an installation. While it’s true that you may only pay a fraction of a professional roofer’s rate by hiring rookies, you’ll more than likely end up with issues that will cost you more in the long run. Here are a few common signs that show your roof was improperly installed.