"butch burton" wrote in message
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Roofing contractors seem to specalize in being rip off artists. The
crook who did my mother's roof was paid to put on 30 year shingles - he
used 20 and was forced to pay back a significant amount. Always always
always watch these people with a hawk eye - yes there are honest
contractors but there are armies of crooks out there. If they can save
time of money by taking short cuts - they will do that.

When the housing boom slows down - hope the crooks get real skinny.


The housing boom will never slow down unless we all stop making babies.

As for evaluating contractors, there is a growing website called
http://www.angieslist.com/ which has customer reviews of contractors. It is
not in my city yet but I definately would use such a resource as well as
checking the licence for complaints before hiring a contractor.

Checking up dosen't always help when you are going for a bargain price by
hiring samller unproven contractors. in that case, you have to know what
you are buying and how to tell if you actually got it.