shaun341 wrote:I would almost guarantee the contractor does have all of what you said Anthony, but in NJ there is a different set of standards. Most of the time these GAF master elite contractors here sub everything out. So they have the paperwork and all of their subs show them insurance numbers that aren't legitimate and 15 illegals show up your house and tear your roof off and replace it before noon. I can almost guarantee that is what will happen in this situation, a van will show up with no lettering and the contractor will be by at some point for maybe and hour or to run a magnet to clean some nails and that is it. The roofing industry is littered with this here and it is malpractice but the only person running a legit business was probably the $13,000 quote they got and most can't or shouldn't pay that for a 17 square house. Did I tell you NJ sucks yet!!!!
Yes, I'm expecting a bunch of illegals. That's just the way it's done in Jersey, now a sanctuary state. But the roof has to be done to sell the place, so what am I suppose to do?
Want to hear a horror story? I was installing a steel carport in a neighboring town (with permits), when several trucks pulled up to the house across the street, and out jumped a bunch of illegals. The house had an old roof (looked like 2 layers from my view point). They nailed OSB OVER the existing shingles, and then proceeded to tarpaper and roof. The home owner ended up with the weight of 3 roofs and 2 layers or sheathing. I've never seen anything like that before.
Oh, and the 13k guy? He told me that everyone else would want $20k, but they'd do it for $13k. By the time I finally got him out of my house, he was down to $10k. The next day, some slick talking "sales manager" called with some story about some bogus sales meeting they just had and a special promotion. He couldn't tell me the promotion price on the phone, but had a rep in the area that could stop by and explain the deal. I don't deal with companies like that.
David