Tips & Advice
As I stated before I love roofs. I drive down the street and I look at each one and try to identify it just to make sure I still ‘have it’.
I haven’t been in the field for 15 years, so I no longer schlep clay tile to job sites in million dollar neighborhoods. The million dollar neighborhoods are where you get to see the best residential roofs. (Sorry commercial roofs, your beauty is found in your details and that is an acquired taste).
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One Very Unique Roof
Clay Roofs: Naturally Beautiful
Clay roof tile is naturally beautiful. I came from a clay background and was an enthusiastic salesperson. I loved it.
I actually collected the most beautiful samples pulled out of a pallet somewhere (I’d ask, can I keep this?) and kept them in the garage. Mr. Patient, my husband, made me give them up when we moved from our first home. How cruel it was to have my collection thrown in a dumpster! Couldn’t we have found a loving home for them?
How to Find a Contractor
1. Hire a professional contractor who is familiar with the building codes in your area.
Updating work that does not meet code can be extremely expensive and counterproductive.
2. Ask for a list of references.
Ask your contractor for client references. This is your best way to judge a contractor’s experience and professionalism. Don’t simply read the references a contractor gives you. Take time to contact several of their previous clients.
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Roofing Employee Side Work: For or Against?
A very interesting topic came up on the RoofersCoffeeShop.com Forum. It’s about letting your employees do side work.
There are many sides to this issue. The rub is that most of today’s roofing contractors learned the ropes by doing some side jobs.
Now, as business owners, they see what a difficult situation they could be put in if their employees do the same.
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Meet Vickie Sharples, Roofing Blogger
Vickie Sharples is the owner of RoofersCoffeeShop.com and we’re pleased to welcome her as our expert blogger for the eLocalRoofers.com Blog.
You can expect a lot of great content to come from Vickie and if you want to browse through her content exclusively, you can always click the ‘Roofers Coffee Shop’ category on the right side of our blog.
For a detailed introduction, here are some words from Vickie:
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