Besides endangering a worker, a roofing accident is bad for PR, leaves the job short-handed, demoralizes the crew, raises insurance premiums, and creates paperwork.
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The owner of J.R. LeFaivre Construction, Taneytown, Md., has subcontractors he uses regularly. So when a roofing contractor (with licenses and insurance) walked in his office looking for work, LeFaivre was noncommittal. This was a big mistake.
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Shattered homes left in the wake of a Maryland super tornado point out both the strengths and shortcomings of modern building codes.On April 28, some of the residents of La Plata, Md., discovered the answer to that question, when a monstrous Category F4 (to F5) tornado cut a 24-mile swath through...
For John Miller, co-owner of Waldenwood, Shorewood, Minn., the first upsell when it comes to roofing is a new roof for the whole house when he's putting on an addition."If clients want asphalt, Robb suggests architectural asphalt, a product two to three times the thickness of ordinary shingles --...
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Who will pay to replace those defective shingles? Everyone.
The company GAF has added three new colors to its Slateline shingle collection: English gray, mariner blue, and emerald green. The shingles feature reverse teardrop cutouts for a slate-like appearance.
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Putting an addition on a house roofed with clay tiles imposes the choice of either re-roofing the entire building in asphalt or using clay tiles on the addition to match.