How to choose a good roofer?



The first warm days of each year remind us how much we want our own home and closer contact with nature. Many people then buy land, and if they have it, start working intensively on construction details and finding contractors. One of the most important stages in building a house is the roof.

Weather - the eternal enemy
Roofing, like many stages of building a house, depends on both temperatures and rainfall. For example, sub-zero temperatures are not conducive to sheet metal work. Steel sheet flashings assumed in frost are likely to fold in the summer, which is due to the thermal expansion of the steel.

Sealing the chimney with the popular and one of the best materials on the market Wakaflex (brand Braas) should be abandoned when the temperature drops below +5 degrees Celsius. However, it is not only at low temperatures that some work should be abandoned.

Very high temperatures are also not conducive to roofing work. Roof tiles and metal tiles under the influence of the sun can heat up to 80 degrees Celsius, which makes any work involving them practically impossible. It happens that on exceptionally hot days, roofers can only perform their work in early dawn and finish before noon, before the sun starts working the most.

Warranty for years
When making the final decision on choosing a contractor and products for the roof, check the guarantees for the proper functioning of the roof tiles and accessories provided by the manufacturer and the performance guarantees.

There are almost 300 companies on the Polish market that have received a permit to offer a pioneering service, which is the Braas System Guarantee, covering the entire roofing system, including workmanship.

However, remember that the warranty works both ways. If you have received it (eg Braas System Guarantee or only a guarantee for workmanship), then you should, for example, have your roof inspected or other roof installations inspected by a contractor, and not by accidental specialists.

By allowing others to interfere with the roof structure, for example by installing an antenna or solar systems, you expose the roof to damage that the original roof contractor will not undertake under the warranty.

Specify your expectations
Broken contracts, court cases, legal scuffles with contractors… You've probably heard such stories. Apart from the fact that there are dishonest or incompetent people and companies, some problems can be avoided at the beginning of cooperation.

From the very beginning, we should consult the plan with the roofer, verify the concept with him and collect the various stages of work. It happens that people who fully entrust the implementation of an investment to an expert are dissatisfied with it. It does not result from the lack of professionalism of the roofer, but from the fact that the investor did not convey or did not fully specify his expectations during the works. An example may be, for example, determining the direction of flashing under the gutter with the investor, or simply the way of laying the tiles.

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