Roofers rip people off easily because in most cases they can cover up their work or lack of it under the shingles.
We had our roof redone about 15 years ago, paid a local company to take it down to wood, inspect it, replace any that needed it and reroof the entire thing with new roofing felt.
Looked great by the time they finished, I was working, so could not watch it being done. 3 years later we had the hail storm from hell pass through, the roofer that did our work was checking the neighbors house, told him to come over and look at ours, he climbed up and within 10 minutes comes back and stated "you are getting a new roof." Since you are previous customer, you will be one of the first done,.
Sounds good, they show up, humming along, I go out to talk to the guy that started the company, about removing an old flue pipe on the back of the house from the hot water heater, no longer use it, and wanted it removed. As the crew is taking off the shingles on the back of the house, he says, "SE, we have a problem, there is still old plywood on the back of the house and it needs to be replaced." I just looked at the guy and told him., "Arlo, you roofed this house 3 years ago, and I paid for new plywood then, if you want, I will go get the old contract and show you." He stumbled around a little and replied, "they must have forgot, but we will do it this time." I told him, "not sure how you could forget something like, but I will be watching this time to make sure everything is done, including removing the old flue."
Easy to cover up mistakes and stuff left out on a roof.
