Finding a roofing contractor

"I wish I had talked to you first"   I've heard it dozens of times.  I know I've said it, several times in my purchase history.  Most of the time decisions are made, because of zero time to do research.  It happens. I'll equate it to my personal homes, kitchen remodel.  I decided to go with the local countertop company.  Big location.  Nice website.  When It came to mine though, they messed up.  16 weeks to get it fixed.  Even as cautious as I am, I felt betrayed. If you're like me, you love to pay your bills.  Nothing feels better than having the funds to pay for services rendered.  Now how do you go about not getting taken?  Well, lets see what my 30yrs as a business owner can tell you.

Don't fall for the high pressure, "The shingle manufactures have announced a shortage"  When they say this, just tell them thanks and shut the door.  "If you don't sign today, you could be waiting several months"  Go ahead and skip this guy.  The only one waiting for several months will be him thinking you'll call back.  A good salesman is there to give you what you asked for.  If you want an estimate, they'll give you an estimate.  If the salesman sees something that could be a potential problem, he'll list it on the estimate.  20yrs ago, we would fill out an estimate, right there, on the spot.

It doesn't happen all the time, because homes have gotten more complicated.  The guy that quotes you a price by the square foot and never measures your house, just use that quote to absorb the drippings from your next crawfish boil.  The never ending calls from roofers, telling you they will beat the other guys price.  They don't know the other guys price.  They didn't give you their best price up front.  It's lunacy.  The very best is the guy that shows up and doesn't have a ladder.  Don't bother with this guy.  Who knows what he's thinking.  You have to use your best judgement.  Don't trust everything you see or hear from all the internet business sites.  There's a roofer in my area, that has a great rating with the BBB, but yet every year I get callers complaining about his shotty roofing practices. I guess it does come down to money.  Anyway, word of mouth is probably one of the best options you have.  I get half our jobs from referral.  Nothing wrong with doing good work.  Remember your other option.  Dig in the garage and find that old phone book.  Lots of good, reliable, well established companies still use the old yellow pages.  Some things never go out of style.  I laughed at the Pinto, the AMC Pacer.  Now, people pay big bucks for them.  

I caught all of this rot before I gave the bid. This would have been a surprise to the property owner without
TEXAS DISCOUNT ROOFING  

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We will never pressure you to sign a contract or bother you after you receive our estimate.

If the supplier has product on sale, you get the sales price.  You pay, what we pay.  Since we have credit accounts with the largest shingle suppliers in the nation, you get the best price.  While doing  your estimate, we will include rotted decking or other issues on your proposal.  They will be included or listed as options.

Texas Discount Roofing will give you our best price, right up front.

Our Platinum Price guarantee, says that  " The Price we quote, is the price you pay"

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Willis, Texas

If your property is around these areas, we service them. Montgomery, Lake Conroe, Walden, Bentwater, April Sound, Rivershire, River Plantation, Indian Forest, Corinthian Point, Robin Wood, Wood Crest, Crystal Creek, Emerson Estates, Wedgewood, Woodforest, Magnolia, Conroe, The Woodlands, Panther Creek, Alden Bridge, Holly Hills, Rayford, Imperial Oaks, Lone Star Ranch, Northridge Forest, Benders Landing, Fox Run, Legends, Porter Heights, Valley Ranch, Cleveland, Woodbranch, Plum Grove, New Waverly, Cut n Shoot, Humble, Splendora, Fostoria

                                                                    

What is the general cost of a roof repair?

What is the general cost of a roof repair?   www.shingleman.com

We all like to know the cost of something, before we purchase.  I get alot of calls, wanting to know the cost of repair over the phone.  There are so many variables in the roofing business that apply to every repair.  Slope, location, difficulty, availability of product, etc.  I say all this to get to this point.
With all the repair calls, most people, have no idea what to expect.  Here is an idea of a few repairs and what our charge was.  This might give you an idea of what to expect.

Leaking roof , 3 tab shingle, OSB 7/16, 24" center framing.  Older weatheredwood shingle.
This is a $472. repair.  

LEXISNEXIS AND YOUR DENIED ROOFING CLAIM.

I've talked about this before.  C.L.U.E.  The Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange.  This exchange is managed by Lexisnexis Risk Solutions.  Insurance companies report all claims to this exchange.  They collect these claims and score you on them.  They include auto, property, business, etc.  Don't just assume they only collect insurance information. They collect all sorts of information about you. Your business, claim history, judgements, claims and much more. What you may not know is they also provide this information to the public if you request it.  Now they aren't going to provide you with all the info they have on you, because you haven't been cleared through their intense background checks, or paid for the information.  Now all this is not what I want to focus on.  It's too much information that I am not familiar with and frankly, nothing I can do to suppress it.  What I do want to cover is your Homes insurance claims.

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You may have had some insurance claims on your property or business in the past few years.  If you did, they are listed on the C.L.U.E list.  LexisNexis retains and reports these claims to insurance companies that are members of C.L.U.E.  Now let me get to my specific point.  Bear with me.
 



You have a storm that comes through and a bunch of roof signs start showing up on telephone polls in your neighborhood.  You're at home about to eat supper and a knock at the door. After getting up from the table and pushing aside your yapping Boston Terrier, you open the door to find a guy telling you he is there for your roof inspection.  You are puzzled and don't understand, so he explains your neighbors all were hit by the storm and you probably have roof damage and blah blah blah...To get rid of him and back to the table, you say, take a look.  After a couple of minutes the knock is back and we repeat the scenario.  He tells you that you have damage and you need to call your insurance carrier.  He tries to pressure you into a form, saying how he will take care of everything,blah blah. ....  You call your adjuster.  They ask you if a roofer has been out.  You say yes.  They schedule the adjuster.  The adjuster comes and sees no damage.  Now you call the roofer and he says, well, your neighbors have damage.  You call the adjuster again.  He wants to meet the roofer.  The roofer shows up and can't find damage, because, the roofer has nothing to lose by telling you to make the call.  You don't know it, but this is going to cost you.  A couple of weeks go by and you get a letter from the insurance company telling you that they didn't find any damage.  Guess what.  Lexisnexis now list your name and address as having a claim.  It doesn't say "you made a call and the adjuster says nothing was found to be damaged"  It says, OH, I see you had a claim a couple of months ago.  This is the problem.  With this report, if you call to get another insurance quote, they are going to see this as a claim.  Now, don't get to hot.  I'm going to tell you something that will help.  How do I know?  Because I've had this happen to so many clients, I did some research.

Lexisnexis has on their website, the ability to sign in and add to your report that the claim was denied and they found no damage.  Now my question is, does this actually mean the next insurance quote, will see that as a non claim?  I'm not so sure. Now I got this from a pretty good source, but haven't confirmed it.  The Fair Accurate Credit Transaction Act, which allowed us to get a copy of our credit report, free, once a year, also applies to the C.L.U.E.  I like to trust my sources, but we'll see.  It's worth a try.

Go on the Lexisnexis website and look at how you can clean up the information that has been reported on you.  Listing a claim, when you simply made a call.  You can get a copy of your report on their site.  You can also sign up to suppress information that they share.  You can't suppress their paying customers, but you can the general public.                            https://www.lexisnexis.com/privacy

Roof Master
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Discount Roofing and the Metal Roof

This past year I worked on an office building in downtown Humble.  We installed a metal roof where a composition roof was failing.  I've always shopped around for the best deal, not just for me, but for the property owner.  I was pretty amazed to see the difference in pricing for the exact same panel.  Every manufacture makes panels that resemble others, they just call them something different.  After shopping 5 dealers that I use, I found one that saved my customer almost $1600.  It was alot of time on the phone, but it was truly a win. 

When you shop for a metal roof, make sure you compare the panels to each manufacture.  Some panels may look the same, but may not have a foot or base on one side, making them less expensive.  These cheaper panels, also will show the seam more than a footed panel.  Make sure the panel you choose is designed for open purlins or a sheeted deck.  You'll find yourself in trouble if you purchase a panel that requires a solid deck and you have open purlins.

Roof Dryer Vent Clogged

     Designs for homes have changed when it comes to the dryer vent piping.  Traditional homes thru the 80's saw the vent run out the side of the house.  Laundry rooms were designed near the garage, or near an outside wall.  Now, architects choose the roof to vent the hot air.  It becomes a problem when you have laundry rooms in the middle of a home, or as I see in some homes, more than one laundry.  Unless there was a plan to vent thru the slab, you have to send it up.  
     Dryer vents have very fine threads of your clothing that is lost in every wash.  Next time you clean your dryer vent, put one drop of water on the lint.  This causes the lint to become solid.  That's what happens on the roof vent.  The moisture that is present outside, eventually causes the lint to solidify.  Rain makes it even worse. When the vent begins to clog, you dryer no longer is efficient.  It will either blow the line loose, this is what you hope happens, or the dryer will burn itself up.  If you notice your dryer taking longer to do the job, or it smells like its burning.  Make sure to check the vent.  Sometimes they will blow off in the attic and spread lint all over.  Code requires that dryers vent to the outside.  Venting in the attic is a no no.  
     When I replace roofs, I always check the vent to make sure it's clean.  I've tried all the roof vents to see if any perform any better.  Not really.  The ones with a flapper door end up getting lint stuck, not allowing the door to close off.  Eventually they clog.  It's just one of those things your going to have to deal with.  Call your roofer or handyman to check your vent for you.  Very rare do I find the whole pipe is a problem.  Normally it's just the vent.  Take it apart and clean it.  Put it back on.  

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Roof Master

Discount Roofing Cupola Install, Willis

 Cu-Po-la
(kyou' puh luh)  Its a funny name and most people don't know what to call it.  Some are big enough that I've crawled inside them.  Others are simple, lightweight and strictly visual.  The latest option I've seen is using them to put your alarm system speaker or as a ventilation option.  When using them as a ventilation option, it can be simply passive or a powered fan, placed inside that pulls air out of the attic.  

If you have a carpenter with some patience and time, they are simple to build.  The other option is to purchase a prefab one for your homes pitch. The 
ready made ones, are always easier to install because they are much lighter.  Cost starts at $100 -
$500 for a nice, clean cupola.

If you have a long ridge, or a plain looking area of your roof, consider installing one.  It can really change the look.  The one pictured here, was ordered and installed when the home was built.  The 
weathervane option makes for a neat conversation, but like this one, we had to remove it and fasten it properly.  It took a little rebuilding, but if it had been installed properly the first time, it would have given many years of service.   

Conroe Texas Roofing

 

Going through the drought for the last couple of years, has hidden alot of leaks on homes.  The small rains don't seem to show the problems until it's rotted the structure below it.  When working on any area that seems to be unusual, look for someone experienced in waterproofing products that actually work.  Reading the back of the bag of shingles is one thing, but waterproofing a flat roof patio or home is another.  We understand these issues and have a product that delivers solutions. 

Texas Discount Roofing provides a material and labor warranty above any local roofing companies.
Our experience and years of satisfied customers tops any company in Montgomery County. Years of quality service are what keep the phones ringing everyday.We are a registered corporation with the State of Texas.  Call or email us for a free, no hassle, professional estimate.  www.shingleman.com
Texas Discount Roofing services Montgomery, Walker, San Jacinto, Liberty, Grimes and Polk Counties.

Note:  If you have any questions about a project or just need some direction, email me and I will gladly help you out.  My email box is constantly getting questions, so bear with me and I will respond as quickly as possible.  Eating lunch, so back to work!