07/15/2025
A majority of my work is done after someone does work to the exterior of their home, be it new siding, a new roof, etc. With that, I get to see a lot of different work first hand and am often very disappointed in what I see. Simple steps being skipped, fasteners out of place, gaps for water and animals to enter the home, the list goes on.
It’s easy to call a few different companies to get quotes and just go with the cheapest option assuming you’re getting the same end product no matter what you spend but I can promise that is definitely not the case. And in something as serious as the exterior of your home, is that really a place you should skimp on quality just to save a few bucks?
This was a home I was called to and asked to install gutters on and was shocked at what I found. This homeowner unfortunately had just recently purchased this house with this work already done and I had to be the one to show them what their roof looked like. There was literally birds living in one corner under the new roof in a hole into the house where gaps had been left under the roof giving them plenty of room to move in and make the space their own. And the steel roof was installed over at least 4 other layers of shingles and shakes, adding totally unnecessary weight for the home to have to support, adding stress to the structural integrity of the home.
There are plenty of contractors around that I have followed that have proven time and time again that they truly care and have pride in their work and treat the house as if it was their own and do high quality work, and over the next couple of days I will highlight a few of them to maybe make it a little easier for people to narrow down their search in finding a trustworthy contractor to trust the next time they may need some work done.