Frequently Asked Roofing Questions in Colorado Springs
Winter Time Window Care Tips
Have you ever noticed how much dirtier your windows seem to get in the winter? Well, at one point in my entrepreneurial lifetime I owned a window cleaning business. Here are a couple tips I can pass along for homeowners about keeping their windows clean during the winter.
The 12 Biggest Mistakes Most Colorado Homeowners Make After A Hailstorm And How To Avoid Them: Mistake #12
MISTAKE #12: Not asking for your roofer’s license number In many counties in Colorado, for a roofing contractor to be able to enter into a contract for work with a homeowner he must be licensed in that county. There are exceptions for the more rural counties such as Elbert and Chaffee counties, but the major, […]
Scam Alerts!
As Dickens famously introduced “A Tale Of Two Cities,” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” the recent storms in El Paso and Teller counties have truly revealed the best and worst – in roofers and insurance adjusters.
Why It Matters What Roofing Contractor You Choose
There are two common mistakes that people make when they’re deciding on who to hire as a roofing contractor: 1) choosing a roofer who has the lowest bid; 2) choosing a roofer who says he’ll do the work for whatever the insurance company pays.
The 12 Biggest Mistakes Most Colorado Homeowners Make After A Hailstorm And How To Avoid Them: Mistake #11
MISTAKE #11: Not asking if the roofing salesman is an employee or a sub-contractor of the company he represents Recently we wrote about Mistake #7, which is hiring a roofer who does not have Workers’ Comp insurance. In El Paso County, to obtain a roofing contractor’s license, the contractor must have general liability and workers’ […]
Hail Storm In Colorado Springs!
Beginning around 1:30 in the morning on June 13th, a massive storm cell began moving through El Paso County. It’s fury was mostly inflicted upon the town of Fountain and the surrounding areas. The storm began with average sized hail, pounded the area for up to 75 minutes, and at times in the tempest, pummeled […]
The 12 Biggest Mistakes Most Colorado Homeowners Make After A Hailstorm And How To Avoid Them: Mistake #10
MISTAKE #10: Not Knowing What The Roofer Is Doing During The Inspection Even though you probably don’t know how to inspect a roof or may not be able to identify hail damage, or you may not even want to get on your roof, it’s still a good idea to know what the roofer or the […]
What Does Hail Damage Look Like?
Door-to-door roofers and roofing phone solicitors are hard at work to convince you to sign up with them for your roof replacement. One of their favorite tactics is to tell you that they can see hail damage on your roof from the street.
The 12 Biggest Mistakes Most Colorado Homeowners Make After A Hailstorm And How To Avoid Them: Mistake #9
MISTAKE #9: Giving The Roofer Money Up-Front Even though this is number nine on our list, it is by far the worst mistake someone could make! This is the most common way people get scammed by roofers. What happens is a roofer will tell homeowners that before he can put their roof on the production […]