do you offer other roof services

Yes Yes and Yes!! Russ I meet lots of guys that say there is no money in cleaning gutters, yet we have lots of residential gutter contracts that are great for December, but a pain in June! Commercial gutters can be big $$$. Also there is a guy here in MD with his MHIC and an experienced roofer so he gets lots of repair jobs as well. We recommend repairs all the time. I would guess at least half our roofs we recommend a repair at the ridge vent or on the penetrations. I find myself saying call a roofer to look at this or that almost every day.
 
Russ Spence said:
I talked with a friend of mine that used to visit the boards a while back and he was telling me that he also offers annual roof inspections plus maintenance contracts on leaf and pine straw removal, gutter clean outs ect.
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Is that yearly clean out, or more often?
 
I always make sure the ridge vent is clean and clean gutters when washing roofs. A quick walk around inspection allows for a check of any damage but I always tell the customer that I'm not a roofer and repairs should be left to a pro.
 
Rick2 said:
I always make sure the ridge vent is clean and clean gutters when washing roofs. A quick walk around inspection allows for a check of any damage but I always tell the customer that I'm not a roofer and repairs should be left to a pro.
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A good honest answer like that will earn respect from your customers. Many people who hire qualified pros for jobs will fear the jack of all trades and know better.

Phil I can not answer for Russ' contact, but I can tell you that here in MD we base the frequency of gutter cleanout visits on a couple of factors. First how much tree cover and proximity to the building, second is the type of trees. Pines and pinoaks tend to drop a lot of things in the spring therfore requiring 2x a year clanouts. Mid June and early to mid December. I have met others that actually do 4x a year cleanouts. Most of our contracts for gutters are 2x a year.
 
I have contracts on 2 cleaning per year. Right after the snow all melts off and right before the snow comes back is when I perform for these gutters. I have gutters I clean out on a per call instance as well as the ones I perform when I clean the roofs.

I inspect every roof looking for leaks as well as check out the homeowners ceilings inside before I quote and let them know they need to make any repairs before I clean them for them.
 
Russ Spence said:
Actually what I was talking about was gutter clean outs, roof debris removal, annual cleanings ect
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Yes. All that. We also haul the debris of if they request it. Some of the upscale hoods don't want the trash bags.in the street.

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