Consumer Checkbook Finds Roofers for Less Washington DC

Due diligence and a studied effort can save you thousands of dollars on the cost of a new roof, according to an independent analysis of the home topping home improvement.

by Broderick Perkins
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Deadline Newsroom - You can save up to $5,000 on the cost of a new roof.

True.

Saving thousands of dollars on a new roof may sound like a come-on from some errant roofer operating out of the back of a pickup truck, but it's been well documented as part a survey of hundreds of roofers around the nation, including 105 roofers in the Washington D.C. Area and 105 roofers in California's San Francisco Bay Area.

Consumer Checkbook, an independent rating service affiliated with and somewhat like Consumer Reports -- except it rates services rather than goods in seven major metropolitan areas -- found the more bids home owners received from competent roofers the less they paid for the work.

Checkbook, in its detailed analysis of hundreds of roofers, was careful to point out that quality is Job 1. Solid business operations are also key. Don't hire a roofer without a proper license, workers' and liability insurance, bonding -- where necessary -- or other regulatory requirements. A bargain price for new roof that leaks or is otherwise incorrectly installed isn't a bargain. ...

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