Roofing notes
Brief notes on roofing, written for people who are not in the trade.
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Three quick questions. Nobody is sent your details; we email you when a provider can help.
You are on the list.
No provider in Fountain Valley is taking requests through this service yet. We are lining them up, and yours is kept until one can.
- Nobody gets your details yet. Your request stays with us and is not passed to any company.
- One email when someone can help. When a provider covering your area can take it on, we email you once and ask whether you want that company, by name, to contact you.
- Deleted after 90 days. If nobody can take it on, or you do not say yes, your contact details are deleted 90 days after your request.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
Nobody will call you about this request unless you say yes to a company by name.
Latest
- Did the March 5 2022 wind damage roofs in Fountain Valley?On 5 March 2022 the modelled gust at Fountain Valley hit about 42 mph, well short of the 58 mph severe-wind threshold but strong enough to pull at anything on a roof already loose, so damage that day was possible but not guaranteed and depends on the roof's prior condition.
- Why three quotes, and not oneWhat the spread between quotes tells you, and how to read it.
- What actually happens during a re-roofDay by day, so nothing on your driveway comes as a surprise.
- The first forty-eight hours after storm damageWhat to do, in what order, and what not to sign.
- Repair or replace: how to decideThe line between a sensible repair and money spent on a roof that is already finished.
What is it going to cost?
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