New chinese problem?

[Tim Larsen]

I did a house today - 6 years old - all 4 neoprene plumbing stack roof boots were trashed. The neoprene was ripped wide open. What's going on here?

Tim

[Dale Duffy]

Animals?...Squirrels?

Have any pictures of the Trashed Booties?

[Mark E. Northrup]

Tim where are you from and do you have pictures. Are they neopream or rubber.

[Brian E. Kelly]

Originally Posted by tlarsen

I did a house today - 6 years old - all 4 neoprene plumbing stack roof boots were trashed. The neoprene was ripped wide open. What's going on here?

Tim

Neoprene roof stack boots are deteriorated and need to be evaluated by a roofing contractor with remedy as necessary.

[Greg Bell]

How does this relate to the Chinese? Did they send all of the squirrels over here?

[Tim Larsen]

All,

This is in Georgia. Steep roof, observed by binocs, no pics.
Assuming neoprene, could be rubber. Roofers are on the way.
Judging by the quanity of failures, I was starting to wonder about another fine Chinese product.

Squirrels - hmm - could be. Do they prefer rubber or neoprene?

Tim

[Tim Larsen]

This just in. My client spoke with the Pres of the HOA and he had the same problem.

Tim

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

6 years is kind of soon for most rubber boots to fail. I'm not familiar with neoprene but squirrels do love to nest in attics. Squirrels gets my vote.