Wind Damage Claims

Had the old roof redone with a tearoff and dimensional shingles put on. This was done through the "wind damage" claims from September 14,2008. The crew delivered the shingles and other materials one day and were out with 8 workers. They had the roof on in one day replacing the flashing, PERMA FROST installed, vent boxes (7), painted the chimney stack and capping and painted the water vent pipes to match the color of the vent boxes. Nice job! All this for the $500 buck deductible. Based on the service, the timing, and the quality of the job done, I would recommend JOSH TIREY ROOFING. He knows how to deal with those wind damage roof claims and seems to know the system in dealing with your insurance carrier. Just FYI.

Viet Vet -

Viet Vet -

Always a bummer that contractors aren't consistent in their services. I think sometimes it depends on if they need them money, ya know? If they are broke then they do a great job to get paid, if they are doing alright, then they might not return calls and stuff. JMO.

That's why I always hate recommending contractors to people... sometimes makes me look like and idiot :-)

Do you guys know how this works for a roof that is nearing the end of its life anyway?

We had an "interesting pitch" from a door to door salesman a few days ago.

The guy had looked at our roof and noted wind damage.  We already have a contractor that we intend to use when we decide to pay for a tear off and new roof.

The existing roof is at least 15 years old. Our guy told me that the shingle damage is tolerable for now but we definitely need a new roof within the next couple of years due to normal weathering and heat. (I know 15 years is "quick" but we did not have proper attic ventilation for years, and the last owner of the house replaced the roof and the guy he hired was kind of an idiot.)

The door to door guy's "special sauce" was that one of the owners of their company was an ex-insurance adjuster and could in theory get our homeowner's insurance to pay for a complete roof tear-off and replacement. He claimed that the age and prior condition of the roof didn't matter.

I thought "scam!" because ALL insurance companies assess the condition of the item being repaired for an insurable damage.  The guy was super persistent. I told him that we did not want to continue the conversation, good day.

This is a scam, right? It sure didn't smell right to me.

I didn't get the name of the company but I glanced at the badge he wore on his shirt and I think it was a Middletown based company.

Maybe I'm wrong about the scam thing, though.

Here are a couple of things that you can do:

Mr. Crist,

Originally posted by BrianSfinasSSI There's actually a really good article regarding wind damage claims in one of the issue of Adjusting Today. It's a free online magazine, so you won't need to sign up or anything to check it out, and it has a lot of useful tips and possibly a solution to the original poster's problem. http://www.adjustersinternational.com/AdjustingToday/ATfullinfo.cfm?start=1&page_no=1&pdfID=1 -Brian

The  new Guy's first Post is a redirect. Boot him out John.