How many years will last my new roof? The material that they are using is the correct one?
Is cheaper and fast a better option?
Do I need a permit or is better without a permit and doing it with a fly-by-night handyman?
This are a few or the many concerns we may have when we decide to do a New Roof.
Sincerely, this may be, almost always, the same concerns for any job that we decide to do in our homes.
Quality, Life Span, Warranty………and many others.
Dear readers, today is just a reflection that our experience in the industry allows us to do, or just our personal professional opinion.
In today’s market almost all the roofing material that survive the past of the years, are approved and with a better or no so good quality will protect your roof.
Each year the building codes protect us more and more, and the rules are more strictly enforced.
Did you know what is an NOA or a Product approval?
· What is an NOA Approval? A Miami-Date Notice of Acceptance (NOA) is a local product approval to meet the code criteria in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) as defined by the Florida Building Codes (FBC).
· What is a Product Approval? A Product Approval means all authorizations, permits and approvals that are issued by a Regulatory Authority and necessary for the use, distribution, promotion and/or sale of a Product in a particular country or jurisdiction, including pricing and reimbursement approval.
When you apply for a roof permit you have to include all the NOA’s or Product approvals for the materials that you are using. The permit won’t be approved if this is not included with the application and the contractor won’t pass inspections if they not comply with the “roof system “approved by the building department.
As you may see, at this point everything is controlled by several authorities, for example the quality of the material, the roof system to use, depending if you are or you are not in a High Velocity Hurricane Zone, etc.
Where is the difference?
INSTALLATION !!!!
When having a new roof installed, there’s nothing that matters more than the quality of the installation. A properly installed roof will last a lifetime and keep your home protected against the elements. An inappropriately installed roof, will almost always fail.
It’s crucial to partner with a contractor that not just know what they’re doing but a contractor that has his own roofing crew for installation. This particular detail will define the life span of your new roof.
More often than we may believe, a poorly installed roof is the result of carelessness. Some roofing contractors hire a temporally crew to do the installation with not ties to the company and actually they don’t care about the final results and will cut corners intentionally in order to save time and get more money in their pockets.
Then, my dear reader, if you are thinking or if you need a new roof, do your homework, and check in your list if the contractor has his own crew and an appropriate installation system.
REMEMBER…….A proper installation makes the difference!!!.
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