Want to know roofers that travel

Roofing crews that travel for storm damage or large big box roofs. Shingles and TPO. Lets talk Email me at mpb@tekroofing.com http://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/rcs/users/HappyRoofer/

All the women say that PC. B)

Patty Cakes Said: Stop by Frank, you better bring Lou , we cant have any gossip going on. PC

What would be the point of stopping by then??????? B)

I could be traveling your way PC, to do a job. We'll see.

no prob patty, i try to live by the golden rule. that's what makes america such a great country we're allowed to have our opinions,and should respect them even when we disagree.

hi patty, as you can see from the others responses there are others out there traveling for work. its called free enterprise. if it wasnt allowed this would be considered socialism or communism. i do understand your thinking, but like alba said over 6000 claims would be more than locals could handle. i have read many a thread on storm chasers here and on other forums. so i will say that there are those "companies" that do shoddy work and then are nowhere to be found when problems arise. there are also guys who have stated in these threads that theyve learned from storm chasers sales tatics. if you are local and want a piece of the pie then as a busniess you need to put a plan in place to compete, and then there are guys who have already established themselves and dont care to take on storm damage. as far as what i did the reason the gc for the fitness chain chose to go with 1 roofing company was a couple reasons they tried using locals and ran into problems of having to deal with too many companies. some did good work and others not. they gave us a chance to see our quality and productivity and they were satisfied. these were for the most part cookie cutter buildings, so the more we did the better and faster we got. anyone who has done new construction knows the faster the roof is installed the sooner the rest of the trades can start to do the interior work. like i said about hurricane ike i didnt chase it it ran into me. i didnt solicit work. these people came to me when id be at the hardware store or resturaunt, etc. they would tell me the local guys were so backed up they were on a waiting list for months. would you let your house leak for months just to say you used local labor? a hurricane isnt like hail it will rip your whole roof off. alot of the commercial work we did there was for the fitness chain just in texas alone they had damage/ blow offs on 4 buildings. turns out it was done by local labor, although it was a hurricane and the chosen method of adhering the insulation was asphalt. once the asphalt aged it became brittle and lost its adhesion the sheets of iso came up like a deck of cards in the wind. so long answer in short is im just another guy out there trying to support my family. shaggy

"I don't care much for your humidity but at least the dust doesn't blow"

I find that amusing because it was always much more humid back in MI. Maybe the drought that we are experiencing is keeping things abnormally drier but I hear comments about humidity a lot from Texans.

It's true, we don't have much dust. That's because there aint no dirt LOL. We are all rock! Unfortunately, I live 2 miles east of a large limestone pit and we tend to get a dusting of limestone on a regular basis.

Patty Cakes Said: Shaggy & Jim, what am I missing here. Is there not enough work in your own neighborhood , why come to mine. Fiat bought out New Holland Tractors here in PA, a lot of people dont know that. They are not selling them under Fiat they are still selling them Under New Holland , beause of $$$$$$$ Eat up the business F us to tears. PC

If hail hits here in Austin, I'll happily concentrate my efforts here. But, why should I ignore the reality that there are 100 square miles of roofs to be done in OKC or Kansas City?

I should point out that when the stormers come to Austin, I don't care. Competition is good. It makes all of us better.

There are 60000 insurance claims right now in Kansas .I doubt if the local roofers can handle all that.

Patty Cakes Said: They bought out a local name so this way people in the neighborhood think they are dealing with a local contractor.

Actually, they would be dealing with a local contractor because when you buy a business, you buy everything including the rights to the location. Fiat bought Chrysler. Is Chrysler now an Italian company?

a company i worked for had contracts to roof a national fitness center chain did that for 2 years from NJ to CA and everywhere in between. i made good money doing that as we worked 7 days a week and from sun up to sundown. that being said i would be gone so long of stints it strained my marrige, missed kids birthdays and the whole 9 yards of all that comes with traveling for work. so i guess money isnt everything. i did work hurricane ike cuz while we were there in atascocita,tx. that storm rolled through, but it wasnt like i chased it. i did however happen to be in the right place at the right time. i already had 2 projects going on there the aforementioned and one in houston. so when i was down in houston id go to the store and people would see the company truck and would flock to me asking to roof their house/busniess. i was there for an extra 4 months and had 3 flat crews and 4 shingle crews and 8 dump trucks and drivers i suddenly had to be in charge of. i went from foreman to superintendent overnight. talk about being thrown into the fire. i learned alot in that time. too bad the owner ended up being a jerk or id still work for him. now i work local and enjoy it, but that experience id gained was invaluable.