Should You DIY Your Roofing Project?
Many men love doing work around the house. Doing a home project brings a high level of satisfaction and helps save on costs. There are many projects around the average home that many to most men are very capable of, trying to do it yourself on a roofing project can cost you more in many ways.
Peak Perfection Contracting, one of the top roofing companies in the Longview, TX area, shares reasons why it’s more costly to DIY your own roof and downright dangerous.
Should You DIY Your Roofing Project: Safety Concerns
To replace or even repair your roof requires you to climb a ladder and stay on a hot roof for hours. According to Injury Facts, in 2016 alone there were nearly 20,000 people injured due to falls from a ladder as well as 133 deaths. These statistics alone say be careful or even don’t try it.
The next safety concern is the height and heat once you get on your roof. In the heat of summer in the Longview TX area your roof can easily reach 160 degrees and hotter. This is a dangerous temperature even when you work in it all the time. Most homeowners never work in these extreme temperatures making it dangerous within minutes of being on your roof.
Not Knowing How to Properly Repair Your Roof
The next danger trying to repair or replace your own roof is the proper technics for a good roof repair or new roof installation. Is your roof 3-tab or a lifetime or laminate roofing shingle. If it is a lifetime shingle to you know how to tear your roofing shingles back in a course to make the repair and then can your install the new roofing shingles back in a proper course? This is a little harder to do especially when doing a plumbing pipe repair or a roof repair near the eve of your roof.
Will Your Roofing DIY Void Roofing Warranties?
Another fear would be the roofing warranty you have. When was your new roof installed and who installed it? If you do the roof repair yourself and do not get the new roofing materials back installed correctly, will this void any warranty you have on your roof?
Most roofing products come with some warranty to cover manufacturers defects and possible labor. Many times there will be fine print that states, if anyone other than a qualified professional roofer performs any type of work on the roof, it will void the manufacturer’s warranty. Roofing manufacturer’s do this to protect the integrity of the roofing system and to prevent anyone that does not know roofing from working on their products.
Be sure your home’s roof is protected by having a Longview Texas roofing specialist like Peak Perfection Contracting do your roof repair or install your next new roofing system. Call today at 903-930-0996 to request a free estimate. We serve the Longview, Marshall, Kilgore and Wascom areas of Texas.
