Your not going to believe what I just found out!!! I just left a meeting with Kevin Hendricks a local Farmers Insurance agent. He currently is offering homeowners up to 50% off there home insurance if they have had a roof replaced recently.  Kevin has been a Farmers agent since 2003,  he is in the top 10% of all Farmers agents and still has the time to listen to customer needs.  If you would like to find out if your home qualifies for up to 50% off your homeowners policy click on the link on the right hand side of the page.  By the way tell him Ron sent you.

How much effect do Positive thoughts have on business life?  The answer is that a positive salesperson is going to be more effective and outperform someone who is not in the right mindset.  A customer can since when someone is not in the right frame of mind.  Customers do business with people they like and if you have a poor attitude it will reflect in your behavior on a daily basis.  This goes for customers too if a sales person has a good attitude about the product or service then the customer will have the same response.

It is not always the best price that gets you the best deal!!!! Sometimes you will double your investment for the same product. Case in point we have been referred a client who had there roof done last year and they are having leaks the previous roofer is no longer returning there phones calls and is unwilling to make repairs to the roof. He has tried to track them down with an attorney to force them to make repairs but they cannot be found. The contractor was from Ohio and was only in town for a short period of time. So you can keep a leaky roof or you can pay someone a second time to fix it right. It pays to know who you’re doing business with in today’s economy. Most people are willing to pay to have the security to know that there is a warranty on a product; with that in mind remember that a warranty is only as strong as the company that warranties it.  make sure the company your doing business with will be in business when you need them.

One of our customers recently told me how impressed they were with the honesty of one of our project managers.  He told me that Joe Singh had come out and informed him that the roof had marginal damage.  That it did not have enough damage to file an insurance claim.  He was surprised that we told him that we did not recommend him filing a claim on his roof because it would not meet his deductible.  It is important to our company that our clients don’t file claims unless we know we can get them approved.  He was also surprise that Joe educated him on what was damage from a storm and what was just wear and tear.  Composition shingles are not designed to last forever.  The standard warranty is full replacement for 5 years and then a proration for the reminder of the life of the shingle.  Just like a set of tires if you have 50% used they will only warranty 50%.

Every year people become ill or die from Carbon Monoxide gas.  Many houses have gas furnaces or gas hot water heaters.  If these units are not inspected a couple of times a year you can have leaks and not even know it.  Carbon Monoxide is heavier than air and therefore it does not rise.  It seeps back into the house where it causes harm to unknowing individuals. Carbon Monoxide gas is odorless and tasteless so by the time you know you have a leak it could be to late.
I bring this up because I was putting back up my Christmas decorations and notice that my pipe for my hot water heater was not being vented correctly.  We have had a lot of wind storms this year and there is no telling how long my pipes had been disconnected.  My next project will be 29 dollars for a Carbon Monoxide detector and take 5 minutes to install.  Knowing that I wont have to worry about Carbon Monoxide Gas will be priceless.

On 10/16/09 Dave met up with an home inspector to help determine damage to a roof.  The house was under contract and they were in the option period to have the house checked out for any issues that could affect the value of the house.  The inspector could tell there was damage but could not determine if there was enough to determine if the roof needed replacing.  Dave was able to show the inspector how to determine if a roof needs to be replaced and inspected the roof with him for damage.  After review of test squares on all slopes of the roof it was determined that the roof should be replaced.  This service was done free of charge to the home owner the inspector and the Realtor.  next time you have questions or concerns about your roof before you call your insurance company call TriVAN roofing.  http://www.trivanroofing.com/

How many real estate investors have had there properties inspected by an actual contractor after storm season.  Most property management companies will not go on the roof to inspect for damage.  So you get a call saying it looks good they don’t see any damage,but they are looking from the ground.  Or they just call the tenant and say do you have any damage on the property from the storms.  The tenant generally does not care if you have damage to the property they are renters not owners.  How long will they wait to tell you the ceiling has a brown stain on it or will they wait until the ceiling falls in.  Do yourself a favor get a free inspection on a your property from a specialist.  contact http://www.trivanroofing.com/

I would like to say buyers beware.  The cheapest price is not always the best deal.  TriVAN received a request for inspection last week from someone who had there roof done last year in the hail storm.  They had used a roofer who was the best price of all the bids they got.  Less than a year later the roof is leaking.  We did an inspection and found that the shingles are defective.  The roofer is no where to be found all numbers are disconnected and they have left the state chasing another storm.  The owner can not claim insurance damage because the issue is with the previous roofer.  2 options patch and hope for the best but most likely will need to replace the roof out of there own pocket.  Please check references when dealing with contractors.  If you need references for HVAC Electric Plumbing painter or Handyman let us know we know plenty of people that will do a great job.  If your in need of help from Storm damage go to http://www.trivanroofing.com/ and ask for a free inspection.