What the show has said about roof age, hail damage, attic ventilation, and telling a real roof replacement from a good sales pitch.
Nobody replaces a roof on a schedule. It happens after a storm, or after a stain shows up on a ceiling, or after three people knock on the door in the same week with three different stories about what the roof needs.
The first thing worth knowing is that a roof usually fails early for a reason. On Raising the Roof, Jeremy Fain of Priority Roofing said premature shingle failure is normally a ventilation problem rather than a shingle problem, and that Texas does not license roofing as a trade, so the person telling you the roof is finished may have no credential standing behind that opinion.
Age matters to somebody else too. On the episode with agent Ryan Aduddell, the age of a roof is what decides how a carrier treats a claim, because insurance is risk transfer rather than a warranty. Seth Cox and Kristopher McDaniel picked up the same thread on the California wildfire episode: carriers settling older roofs at actual cash value, and post bind inspections run after the policy is already written.
The 2019 roofing episode with Justin O'Neil of Fair Claims Roofing is still the best walk through of what sits under the shingles: synthetic underlayment, ice and water shield, tile roof battens, metal roofing, and what a Golden Pledge warranty asks of the installer. And Conner Mack of Your Friendly Neighborhood Roofer covers where the water goes once the roof sheds it.
This episode features Jeremy Fain, a roofing contractor from Priority Roofing, discussing his decade-long career in construction and his more recent focus on roofing. He shares his personal journey of finding his calling in the roofing industry, emphasizing the importance of proper installation and maintenance for roof longevity.
That Time We Talked About Roofs In this episode, Craig and Kevin interview Justin O’Neil from Fair Claims Roofing and Construction. We find out what types of things you need to know regarding your roof.
This episode of the Homeowner Show features hosts Kevin Hackett and Craig Williams engaging in a lively discussion that spans personal anecdotes and broader societal issues. The conversation begins with lighthearted chatter about baseball season and Kevin's son's games.
In this episode Craig and Kevin chat with Seth Cox with VinCo Insurance and Kristopher McDaniel with The Summit. Seth is a residential insurance agent, and Kristopher is in the commercial sphere.
In this episode Craig and Kevin interview Conner Mack, owner of Your Friendly Neighborhood Roofer. Along with roofs, Conner does a lot of gutter jobs.
Start with why it is failing. On Raising the Roof, Jeremy Fain of Priority Roofing said premature shingle failure is usually a ventilation problem rather than a shingle problem, which is a cause worth fixing rather than an automatic replacement. Justin O'Neil of Fair Claims Roofing walked through the layers underneath, the synthetic underlayment and the ice and water shield, which is what a roofer should be looking at before quoting a whole roof.
More than most homeowners expect. Ryan Aduddell described insurance as risk transfer rather than a warranty, which is why roof age is one of the first questions a carrier asks. Seth Cox and Kristopher McDaniel described carriers moving older roofs onto actual cash value, which settles a claim at the depreciated value rather than paying to put a new roof on, and running post bind inspections after coverage is already in force.
No. Jeremy Fain made that point directly on Raising the Roof. Anybody can print a shirt and knock on doors after a hailstorm, so references, a written scope of work and more than one opinion are the only screening a homeowner has.
They decide where the water goes after the roof sheds it. Conner Mack covered seamless gutters, whether gutter guards earn their keep, gutter cleaning, and how a downspout run and a French drain are really foundation protection.
There is a lot more where that came from.
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