Frankly as I hate paying for labor and can do most things myself, I've
not had a lot of experience dealing with contractors. The ones I have
dealt with have always supplied the materials. With the exception of
the $200 guy where I bought everything and had it on site. He wasn't
the low bidder, he was the only one who would do it my way. I insist on
30lb roofing felt, 2" drip edge, and 30 yr shingles and replacing
decking where needed, and was having the worst time getting anyone
interested in doing the job. I had one outfit agree to do it, I even
agreed to pay $80 a sheet installed for 3/4 plywood to insure decking
would be repaired. They delivered the materials and we checked them and
it was all sub standard, 15lb felt, wafer board, etc. I called them and
cancelled the job and he was ****ed, better him than me. The $200 guy
actually did a good job, except for a couple of courses that could have
been straighter. That roof has been there since '97 and it still looks
and works good. Having an alcohol problem and being broke don't
necessarily translate into shoddy work.