Hi everybody! This is Tracy Bookman owner of Homestead Roofing with today's Tuesday
tip. And today's tip should be a real helpful one, five questions you must ask
your roofer.
As you're going through the process of interviewing different roofers talking
to them trying to get a feel for who is going to be the best one to do your job
these five questions should rise to the top when you're having these discussions
with them. So question number one what is your office address? Why do you need to
ask that? Kind of gives you an idea of how legitimate of a contractor they are.
If they're operating out of their basement or something like that
that may not be a good indication for you. Question number two, what is your
contractors license number? Boy, that's really important. If you're here in the
El Paso County area, that's all covered by Pikes Peak regional building
department and they issue license numbers to contractors who are licensed
here. If the contractor isn't licensed here he can't pull the permit which is
required for your re-roof job. Question number three, do you have workers comp
insurance? Boy, we've talked about that a lot through our videos. If a contractor
or the subcontractors don't have workers comp insurance and there's an injury on
the job you as the homeowner or your insurance company could be liable. Don't
forget to ask that question. Question number four, do you require any money up
front? Some roofers are going to tell you hey I've got to collect money up front
because that helps them pay the bills. Well a legitimate contractor is going to
be able to pay his bills without collecting money up front for you and
Colorado Senate bill 38 governs how a roofer can and can't collect money as a
deposit payment from you as a homeowner. Do your research on that one and kind of
figure out if the roofer is asking you for money up front if it's a legitimate
request or not. Question number five, will you help me pay my deductible? That's
kind of a trick question and the reason I say it's a trick question is because
roofers it is against the law for roofers in Colorado to pay, wave, or
discount your deductible in any way shape or form or even promised to do
that. So if you ask a roofer will you help me pay my deductible and he says
well sure we can do that. That really is a good indication that you should
discount that roofer right there. And here's a bonus question
that you can ask your roofer. Do you have a satisfaction guarantee? So if the
roofer does a really poor job do you have any recourse with that contractor
at all. So if they really screw something up or they're doing things wrong are you
just stuck with having to give them money under the threat that they're
gonna file a mechanic's lien on your property or they're gonna send the
collections agency after you. You want to know that if there's a major issue that
can't be resolved just like with other purchases that you make do you have the
assurance that you're gonna get your money back if you need to. If you've got
any other questions for us please give us a call at our office phone number
right up here 719.433.6991 you can also visit our website right down here
HomesteadRoofingColorado.com. We've got a ton of information out there for
you lots of tips lots of education to help you through this whole process. And
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