I have quite a problem. We put on an additon in 1984 and the roof shingles failed in seven years. The contractor used fiberglass, no good in New England. We replaced it with BP Rampart shingles which are "organic", not fiberglass. Now they too have failed. It turns out it was a bad batch. So yet again we must put on a new roof on this addition and it has to match the roof on the rest of the house. That roof is only five years old and it is BP Ramparts organic shingles. BUT that brand/style is almost unavailable here. All shingles seem to be fiberglass which I don't trust after the previous bad experience. For New England, or similar conditions, what is the best type of shingle? Have they improved fiberglass? Have you had such shingles for a long time? What brand is best? Are organic shingles still available other than BP? Hope you can help--this job must be done very soon.

Hi. My husband and I are hoping to replace our old delapidated TINY home with a new manufactured home. We own our property and the home will be placed on it in California. I have been doing research and finding tons of horror stories from consumers about almost every manufactured home company and it is freaking me out. I am learning all of the things we need to look out for and what a good manufactured home needs to be made with but does anyone have any suggestions on which companies are the best? Every time I think I have found a good company (and not the cheap ones) I seem to find people saying they are the worst. Are there ANY good manufactured home companies available to us? So confused. Thank you for any info

Obviously roof first and best in spring or fall (plus you don;t want the insulation and or HVAC to get wet. Then coordinate the insulation and HVAC depending on the necessary requirements of each contractor.

Thanks very much all three of you for your responses. The property is extremely nice, with a better mountain view and more peaceful surroundings than we've seen. My wife and I have a recurring contest of betting how much different a place will look from its online presentation and this one is actually not a different feeling from the pictures. I don't mind the look of the house (long and narrow, vinyl siding) but I really don't like being inside it, especially with the ceilings being just inches above door height in the front and back and since there's not much distance front to back the roof/ceiling doesn't have a chance to get higher than low at any point in between. And I'm only 5"9' : ) BTW, it is a Fairmont modular, 1987, well, let's say "vintage". Not old enough to be a pre-70's codes model but old enough to need a number of things dealt with, which would be a no brainer to do if I liked the house. I appreciate your comments that it would be a major undertaking and expense to open it up. We're not in a position to build a new house at this time, nor put more than a sensible amount into making changes or upgrades that aren't critical, just getting it into the ballpark of the cozy house we're looking for. As it is now, this one doesn't suit what we've been envisioning if the kind of makeover needed is not feasible, so we'll keep looking. Thanks!! :)