The $9 tarp I bought for a shed roof lasted 2 months, found out why from a roofing supplier

Ngl, I thought any tarp would hold up for at least a season. Bought a cheap blue one at Home Depot in March, by May it was shredded and leaking all over my tool bench. I asked a guy at a roofing supply place in Tacoma and he told me the cheap ones are UV treated for like 30 days, not years. He showed me a scrap from a silver tarp that had been up for 4 years and it was still solid. Has anyone else gotten burned by the bargain bin tarps, or do you just spend the extra cash upfront?

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kaid5920d ago

So if the coating's the same, what exactly is the extra cash buying, better stitching or just a longer warranty?

casey_harris21d ago

Actually the silver ones are just coated the same, theyre not any better.

nancy_ross20d ago

Right, because the coating being identical totally means the price difference is for nothing, right? @casey_harris, are you really out here defending paying extra for the same thing? I mean, does it even matter that much?