Notes from the roof.
Plain answers to the questions we are asked most, written by the people who climb it.
Buying
7 min read
What a roofing quote should list, line by line
If the underlayment and the flashing are not named, they are not included.
Storms
4 min read
After hail: what to photograph and what to leave alone
A short list for the first hour, written for your insurer as much as for you.
Buying
8 min read
Slate, shingle or steel: what each one costs over forty years
The cheapest roof to buy is rarely the cheapest roof to own.
Upkeep
6 min read
Ice dams, explained without the sales pitch
Why they form, what actually stops them and what does not.
Materials
5 min read
When cedar is worth it
A cedar roof asks more of its owner. Here is what it gives back.
Twenty minutes in the air.
$180 survey
Taken off the bill if we do the work.
Report in two working days
Photographs, measurements and one fixed price.
Yours to keep
Use it with us, another roofer or your insurer.