I'm about to have a new roof installed. My neighbor just
had his done, and was very satisfied. I called the same
company to get a quote for my house. Rep took one look at
my house and said "Your roof is too steep. Our workers
can't work on a roof that steep." Then he left immediately.

Mine is a tract house, and about 25% of them have the
identical floor plan (or mirror image) and same roof angle.
My neighbor's roof is definitely a much less steep angle.

I can understand there may be higher worker's comp insurance
rates for work on "steep roofs", and perhaps other insurance
considerations as well. Would that explain why a reputable,
local company, in business for 25 years, will decline to
replace "steep" roofs? Or could some other factor be
involved here that I have overlooked?

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cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

In alt.home.repair on Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:07:26 -0700 "CWLee"
posted:


I'm about to have a new roof installed. My neighbor just
had his done, and was very satisfied. I called the same
company to get a quote for my house. Rep took one look at
my house and said "Your roof is too steep. Our workers
can't work on a roof that steep." Then he left immediately.

Mine is a tract house, and about 25% of them have the
identical floor plan (or mirror image) and same roof angle.

How steep is it?

My neighbor's roof is definitely a much less steep angle.

I can understand there may be higher worker's comp insurance
rates for work on "steep roofs", and perhaps other insurance
considerations as well. Would that explain why a reputable,
local company, in business for 25 years, will decline to
replace "steep" roofs? Or could some other factor be
involved here that I have overlooked?

Maybe. Maybe.

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"CWLee" wrote in message
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I'm about to have a new roof installed. My neighbor just
had his done, and was very satisfied. I called the same
company to get a quote for my house. Rep took one look at
my house and said "Your roof is too steep. Our workers
can't work on a roof that steep." Then he left immediately.

Mine is a tract house, and about 25% of them have the
identical floor plan (or mirror image) and same roof angle.
My neighbor's roof is definitely a much less steep angle.

I can understand there may be higher worker's comp insurance
rates for work on "steep roofs", and perhaps other insurance
considerations as well. Would that explain why a reputable,
local company, in business for 25 years, will decline to
replace "steep" roofs? Or could some other factor be
involved here that I have overlooked?

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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

there was a Church here in Town that had a High pitch roof to change. they got a
price from the local guy and then one from a bigger city to bid on it. The local
guy was much more than the out of town fellow and the church as the local fellow
why he bid so high. he said i don't have the equipment to do high pitch roof
with and will have to buy or rent the equipment , also my crew has not got a
clue as to running the high pitch roof equipment , and last of all we just give
these jobs to the big outfits because the are set up for it and burns up a lot
of time. We stay running all the time with regular roofs and really don't need
the hard ones to add to the regular type job to make a living.

TURTLE

TURTLE wrote:
....
... don't need the hard ones [jobs] ... to make a living.

There's the kernel of truth right there...

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:45:58 -0500, Duane Bozarth
wrote:

TURTLE wrote:
...
... don't need the hard ones [jobs] ... to make a living.

There's the kernel of truth right there...

Sure is. A few years ago, my son wanted to get his house pressure washed
(aluminum siding) before he painted it. One of the 3 companies he called came
out, looked at it & said; "I don't want a job that big.", and left. It's a 2
story house, about 30 feet square.


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"meirman" wrote

How steep is it?

Eyeballing it, I'd say between 40 and 45 degrees.

Woofer the roofer was a bladder with a ladder..


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