A straight answer, hired or not
What we found, where, and whether it is a repair or a replacement — including when the answer is that the roof is fine.
Take it to another roofer if you want a second number against it. That is a fine outcome.
Goderich · Stratford · Sarnia · St Thomas · Chatham · Leamington
Start with what you are seeing
Three questions, then how to reach you. About a minute. It is usually enough to say whether you are looking at a repair, an insurance claim, or a roof that has quietly reached the end.
What you get before anybody is hired
Three promises, and the middle one is worth money
Every roofer within two hours offers a free inspection. It commits them to nothing and it usually ends with a number and nothing behind it. These are the parts we owe you either way.
The tarp goes on after the photographs, not before
Once a tarp goes on, your evidence is underneath it. Photograph everything first, and insist that whoever attends does the same.
This is what costs an adjuster’s argument and saves yours. A crew that tarps first and photographs later has cost you the only record of what the wind actually did.
Ice dams should come off with steam, never a hammer
Steam takes the ice and leaves the shingles. A hammer, a chisel or a salt sock takes both.
If somebody quotes you cheaper for ice removal, ask which one they use. The cheap number is usually a chisel, and the damage turns up in April when they are gone.
None of these is about the new roof. The workmanship warranty belongs on the quote and it is worth reading closely. These are what you get before you have decided anything.