Buyer Beware!

SIDNEY – Friday morning’s trace of sleet competence not be adequate to need buckets underneath leaky roofs, though it’s sign adequate that many Sidney homes suffered serious repairs during a quite nasty accost charge progressing this month. As residents now set about a charge of carrying their roofs repaired, Sidney Building Inspector Jim Pelster has a few difference for a wise.

When it comes to roofers, Pelster warns opposite a door-to-door salesman approach.

“If they are being visited by door-to-door sales people perplexing to obtain business, they should ask to see a sales person’s soliciting license, released by a city,” Pelster said. “If they don’t have a license, they should forewarn a city military dialect and news them.”

One correct consumer tip when researching contractors is to check a company’s credentials with a Better Business Bureau. A check can be finished online during http://www.bbb.org or by phone during 402-436-2345. Another approach to check a contractor’s credentials is to ask for a list of references and afterwards make a phone calls.

Local checks can also determine a contractor’s good standing. Pelster pronounced Sidney requires that all roofers obtain a city-issued assent before constrictive for work. Homeowners can ask to see a license, and if a executive fails to yield it, Pelster recommends stating a association to a city.

When constrictive a roof job, a correct consumer will review a agreement in a entirety. Recommendations embody never signing a vacant contract, that is one but a dollar volume stated, and be heedful of a agreement that requires income adult front.

“[Homeowners] should not compensate for their new roof until a work is finished in full,” Pelster said. “Make certain it is in a agreement to mislay all existent layers of shingles and felt paper before requesting a new layer. That is a requirement of a building code.”

It’s also endorsed that homeowners safeguard there is a assent to roof their home.

“It is compulsory by a City of Sidney to obtain a building assent before to requesting a new roof,” Pelster said. “The assent needs to be displayed in a front window.”

And finally, Pelster pronounced homeowners should understanding directly with their word association so they are wakeful of what is lonesome and what is not.

For some-more information about thatch contractors or city and state building codes, hit Pelster during City Hall during 308-254-5300.