{"id":688,"date":"2012-06-04T06:21:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T06:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roofrepairscost.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2012-06-04T06:21:27","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T06:21:27","slug":"hiring-a-roof-repairs-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/roof-repair\/hiring-a-roof-repairs-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring a Roof Repairs Contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once you have a list of 2 or 3 potential contractors that have passed the first test, it\u2019s time to interview each of them. When interviewing, ask about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>their area of specialty\n<li>how many years they have been in business\n<li>certifications\n<li>guarantee of quality work<\/ul>\n<p>You\u2019ll also want to get a detailed itemized estimate of the work to be done. Carefully analyze each estimate. Look at the prices based on comparable materials, warranty periods and such.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, you always get what you pay for. Don\u2019t get so hung up on price that you just search for the cheapest guy off the side of the road. Anyone can quote the cheapest prices. But few can provide quality work. Of course, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the highest price offers the highest quality either. Be smart and carefully weigh all your options.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3 \u2013 Regional weather and climate considerations should always come into play in roof replacement. These issues affect not only the materials used, but also state law regulating roofing contractors. For example, in the Texas Gulf Coast area, roof replacement must pass windstorm inspection in order to obtain a windstorm certificate. If a roof doesn\u2019t pass this inspection, the home can\u2019t be insured. Since Hurricane Ike, many home and business owners have had to obtain re-roofing jobs because they originally hired contractors whose work did not pass windstorm certification. Think of the time and money wasted!<\/p>\n<p>For the other tips on hiring a <a href=\"http:\/\/roofreplacementcosts.net\/roofreplacementcost\/roof-replacement-4-steps-to-take-when-hiring-a-roofing-contractor\/\">roof replacement<\/a> contractor, be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/roofreplacementcosts.net\/roofreplacementcost\/roof-replacement-4-steps-to-take-when-hiring-a-roofing-contractor\/\">read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/ezinearticles.com\/?expert=Nathan_Riley\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nathan Riley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nArticle Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/ezinearticles.com\/?expert=Nathan_Riley\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/EzineArticles.com\/?expert=Nathan_Riley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ezinearticles.com\/?Roof-Replacement---4-Steps-to-Take-When-Hiring-a-Roofing-Contractor&#038;id=4612238\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/EzineArticles.com\/?Roof-Replacement&#8212;4-Steps-to-Take-When-Hiring-a-Roofing-Contractor&#038;id=4612238<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you have a list of 2 or 3 potential contractors that have passed the first test, it\u2019s time to interview each of them. When interviewing, ask about: their area of specialty how many years they have been in business certifications guarantee of quality work You\u2019ll also want to get a detailed itemized estimate of [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[123,208,122],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roof-repair","tag-roof-repairs","tag-roof-repairs-contractor","tag-roofing-contractor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}