What to ask from a Salt Lake city Roofing Contractor before Hiring
Roofing is a high investment job and the least that you would like to make sure for this job is that it is done by a firm that has the right expertise in carrying out the job at the lowest possible cost. However, apart from the amount that the Salt Lake City roofing contractors charge to you, there are many other aspects that you must look into carefully before arriving at any decision of hiring one for the job. If you are residing in Wasatch Valley you may get confused before hiring a roofing professional as there are many professionals working in the area. Consider the points below, before giving the job to just anyone:
Length of experience
How long a residential contractor has been in the business of roofing is quite a good indication of the level of expertise he has for the job. A long business history of Salt Lake City roofing also implies that the company has been able to provide satisfactory services to its customers for a long time. If possible, get some references of his previous customers about their installation experience. Also, ask about the expertise he has in different materials of roofing such as asphalt shingles, clay tiles or metal.
License and affiliations
Make sure that the residential roofer has the required license for the construction and repair of Salt Lake City Roofs. If he is a member of the prestigious National Roofing Contractors Association of NRCA, it is an indication that the roofer is committed to staying in touch with the latest trends in the industry and is therefore most likely to provide a quality job.
Is the contractor’s business insured?
Roofing is a hazardous job requiring labor to work at inconvenient heights and locations. If the business of the company is not insured, and any labor working on a site that is your property gets injured, then you may have to pay huge charges on damages resulting from such injury. You would certainly not like to take this unnecessary risk
What about the total cost?
It is very important to get a detailed break-up of total cost of roofing, in terms of material cost and labor cost involved. Make sure to find out if taxes have been included in the cost estimate or not. Before signing the agreement with the expert, read the documents very carefully to make sure there are no additional charges involved and also to find out the terms and conditions. The planned date of start and the target date of completion should be clearly stated in the agreement as well as the payment schedule for the work.
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Please help to answer the question about metal roof contractorGuys, Can you help with a question about my ceiling caving in?
My boyfriend went into the spare room which we are converting into a baby room, and he said the ceiling is caving in, he said you can poke it and it moves…. The house was just re-roofed about two months ago, now why would this just be happening and how can a contractor fix it? We haven't had any substantial rain for a while now, it did rain this morning for about 15 minutes…but nothing major.
Will it take a long time for them to fix it?
We also had a metal roof put on.
I did put this in the repair and maintenance category, and only got one answer.
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By DL on Mar 18, 2010
Warranties on roofing materials are rarely used, for several reasons:
1. The bulk of the cost is in labor, rather than materials.
2. Manufacturers only cover defective materials, and the vast majority of problems with your roof are caused by incorrect installation, inappropriate materials given your location, "acts of God", etc.
3. Even if you do determine that you have defective materials, the warranty is typically pro-rated after a few years, so that after 10 years you'd only get a percentage of the amount you had originally spent.
It is much more important to get a guarantee from the roofing contractor that you hired.
Finally, although proof of purchase is helpful, it isn't usually required by manufacturers. Most roofing materials include a serial number or other method of identification, and this should be adequate should you wish to invoke the warranty. This article provides more detail: http://www.roofery.com/shingles/warranty.html.
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By gc27858 on Mar 19, 2010
You have to have ventilation. Metal is not an insulator, it's a conductor. If it's shiny it will reflect, but it won't stay shiny. If there is insulation under the metal, then the reflective quality will be helpful, but if not, the metal will heat up and it will get hotter than hell in your attic, and make your AC work harder. The more ventilation you have, the better. Ridge vents are good.
The problem with your existing fans is that they were made to install on a shingle roof, and the flange is probably full of nail holes and roofing cement, and hard to tie in on a metal roof. They can probably be modified in various ways, (e.g. curb mounted), by a good sheetmetal mechanic to work with a metal roof, and hopefully, your roofer is a good sheetmetal mechanic. Alternatively you could put gable fans, if you have gables.
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By billaryboy on Mar 19, 2010
Hcl eats metal. If there were holes in the enamel the acid when applied would attack the roofing. The damage would be immediate and obvious.
Hcl becomes diluted (weaker) when you add water. If the contractor was careful to rinse well and then you had three days of rain it's hard to imagine any acid residue could have remained or done any damage.
You might buy one piece of roofing and duplicate the cleaning and flushing process to see if it damages the metal. This could provide some insights.
good luck.
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A metal roof is not installed by a plumber, it would be installed by a roofer or a sheet metal worker.
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