Posts Tagged ‘Cedar Roof Inspection’
Friday, August 18th, 2017
Forget hail damage, animals, moss, rot, ice and wind. The sun is your roof’s main enemy. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times, the purpose of all of the wood on your roof IS NOT to keep water out of your home. Its’ purpose is to protect the tar paper below, […]
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Posted in Animal Damage, Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Uncategorized
Friday, July 7th, 2017
Thoughts from an Honest Roofer on Washing Cedar Shake Roofs, Part One. Why Equipment Matters: If your roof is in good enough condition to wash, congratulations. You have the opportunity to add years to its remaining life through occasional maintenance. But it is important to understand that a cedar roof should only be washed using […]
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Posted in Flat Roof, Ice Dam, Ice dams, Insurance claim, Insurance claims, Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Storm damage Repairs
Friday, June 30th, 2017
Kuhl’s Contracting Six Examples of How the Cheapest Company Costs the Most After being in business this long we have countless examples of crappy work done by other contractors here in the Twin Cities. Sometimes it’s a matter of inexperience while others it is a question of ethics. Either way, it’s a giant buzz kill […]
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Posted in Animal Damage, Chimney Repair, Flat Roof, Ice Dam, Insulation, Insurance claim, Insurance denial, Masonry, News, Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Storm damage Repairs, Uncategorized
Friday, June 16th, 2017
How to replace a tasty lead cap with galvanized steel The Problem: What is it with squirrels and roofs? They can’t seem to keep their teeth off them. We inspect hundreds of cedar roofs in the Twin Cities area each year. Time after time we find the same types of damage. Lead cap plumbing vent […]
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Posted in Animal Damage, Roof repairs, Roofing, Uncategorized
Friday, December 12th, 2014
In the past twenty five years I have inspected over 9000 cedar roofs in the Minneapolis-St.Paul area. That’s a lot of climbing. In that time I’ve seen just about every type of cedar roof imaginable as well as all manor of defect and curiosity imaginable. That timeframe has allowed me to observe a number of […]
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Posted in Insurance claim, Insurance claims, Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Uncategorized
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
The primary challenge in working with insurance companies in terms of the replacement of roofs damaged by the August 6th hail storm isn’t so much in defining an accurate scope for the work but in getting paid fairly for that work. Insurance companies have an immense apparatus in place to depress pricing. It’s based on […]
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Posted in Insurance claims, Insurance denial, News, Roof repairs, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Uncategorized
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
News flash. Your insurance company is not always looking out for your better interest. In fact, in the past 30 years they have developed sophisticated internal systems for limiting, delaying or denying claims altogether. Here is one such story. I just inspected a cedar roof on Prairie Lakes Drive in Eden Prairie and was shocked […]
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Posted in Insurance claims, Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Storm damage Repairs
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Minneapolis Wood Roof Owners FAQ’s 1. If our wood roof is washed, how well with the new shake repairs blend in? 2. If we choose not to clean our cedar roof, how long with the new cedar shake repairs be obvious? 3. What can we do to get the new cedar roof repairs to match […]
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