Finding The Right Roof Contractor (Or Any Other Service)
It’s the information age, today we have huge amounts of knowledge literally at our fingertips. Billions of websites touting everything from dating and social websites to skyscraper construction. Finding information or physical goods and services is more accessible now than any other time in history. Navigating all this information can be a trying process. Where do you start? What websites … Continue reading
Know What Your Roof Insurance Covers
Most every homeowner carries homeowners insurance, especially mortgaged homes. Homeowners insurance can give you peace of mind knowing that you will be covered in the event of a damaging storm or other natural disaster. Saving you money from unexpected, costly repairs, even complete roof replacements if needed. Having insurance is a good thing! However, homeowners insurance while a great thing … Continue reading
More Reasons Why Hand Nailing Is Worth The Extra Effort
In some ways, it can sound a bit pretentious, “We install roofs the old fashioned way, with hammers and elbow grease, none of this newfangled nail gunawhosits!”, but there are solid, practical reasons for hand nailing all our roofs that have nothing to do with being “old-fashioned” or nail-gun adverse. It has everything to do with quality and workmanship. When … Continue reading
Identifying Hail Damage On Your Asphalt Roof
Springtime in Metro Atlanta has always been stormy and many times, hail producing. Sometimes, roofs can withstand the beating of a hailstorm, depending of course, on the intensity, size, and duration of the event. Sometimes even seemingly small hail “showers” can cause damage. After a hail event, it is a good idea to inspect or have your roof inspected for … Continue reading
The Storm-Chasers Are Here, Homeowner Beware!
It has been a wet, stormy month in Georgia and with the storms come the scammers. Many estimates we have given have been met with homeowners stating that so called “national” roofing companies have given them too-good-to-be-true estimates with all types of promises and “guarantees” that any reputable company simply can not match without taking a loss on every job. … Continue reading
Expertise: The Most Important Asset of A Roof Contractor
While not an exact science, Roofing is considered a skilled trade which can take many years to learn and even more to master. Managing the minute details that go into roof applications such as materials, design, techniques, and weather requires skillful knowledge and experience in putting the various components of a roof system into place correctly. The level of workmanship … Continue reading
Why Putting Off Leaks Repairs is a bad idea
When it rains as much as it has in the past week or so here in Georgia, roofing contractors all over the state get extremely busy as roof leaks become apparent (and sometime disastrous) and homeowners rush to have them repaired as soon as possible. Even the largest contractors can get backlogged with repairs taking weeks to even begin, leaving … Continue reading
What are Storm Chasers and why are they bad?
Storm chasers are companies or individuals who follow strong storms from city to city seeking to make home repairs (mostly roofing and siding) to homes that have been damaged. Knowing that there will be many insurance claims, these people are motivated by the allure of easy money. They range from single man operations to companies with multiple crews knocking on … Continue reading
6 Reasons Why Your Roof Leaks
It happens to most everyone at some point in time, you notice a dark stain on the ceiling, streaks on your walls, or worse, droplets or a stream of water flowing from these areas. It seems to come from out of the blue, for no good reason it all. Even on newly installed roofs or relatively young ones, leaks can … Continue reading
Hand Nailing VS Nail Guns
One of the first things you will notice when Atlanta Roofing Specialists is working on your roof is everyone is using a hammer. With so may roofers using nail guns to get the work done quickly, you may wonder why we are an exception. It’s not that we are technophobes or are even old-fashioned, in fact there are many practical … Continue reading