The Education Library
Everything below comes from real field experience, not a generic checklist. Start with the questionnaire tool if you want a personalized starting point, or browse by topic here.
Questions to Ask a Roofer
You’re not just buying a roof, you’re buying against interruption to your life. What “cheap” actually risks.
Why the cost and crew size look different, and how to tell a fair emergency price from an inflated one.
Open-ended questions that reveal whether a contractor has real systems in place, not just a good pitch.
How to recognize the out-of-state storm contractor business model, and why door-to-door canvassers are a separate question entirely.
You’re usually not hiring the roofer directly here, and that changes which questions matter and who to ask them.
Roof Basics
The vocabulary that makes any estimate, and the rest of this site, actually make sense.
A pitch guide and visual guide to common roof shapes, everything identifiable from the ground.
A practical checklist, and an honest note on what’s safe to check yourself.
Insurance and Taxes
The legal line between a contractor’s role and a public adjuster’s, and the one deductible question to always ask.
The difference between a repair and a capital improvement, and the questions to bring to your CPA.
Diagnosing Your Roof
Containing the damage, documenting it, and figuring out whether it’s actually the roof before anyone shows up.
Why a ceiling stain isn’t always a roof leak, explained through real building science.
Where real roof leaks actually originate, and why it’s rarely the open shingle field.