Hilton Head Island Residential Roofing

A Guide to Replacing Hilton Head Island Residential Roofing

There will come a time in the life of every homeowner when their Hilton Head Island residential roofing must be replaced. Unless you are moving from one address to another when your property starts to age or gets old, you will have to get a new roof or you would need to replace your old roof when the time is rife. There comes a stage when an old roof is simple beyond repair. It wouldn’t make sense to keep on paying for incessant and never ending repairs. But replacement is not a cakewalk either. It costs less than a new roof yet it costs enough. Here is a simple but helpful guide to replacing Hilton Head Island residential roofing.

•           You should always focus on reliability more than anything else while hiring a roofer. Experience and expertise are quintessential attributes. You should not consider any roofer that doesn’t satiate those two parameters. Replacing an old roof is relatively simple and easy but since it is an old roof and deck one would work on there can be some unpleasant surprises. One doesn’t really know for sure if there are concealed damages, if the deck is fragile and if the substrate layers don’t have any physical degradation. A roofer must be meticulous in the approach. At the same time, one must not take a slow and almost dead paced approach. The project cannot take weeks. It would cost you much more than usual if that is the case.

•           Prioritize reliability over price. As a thumb rule, do not decide to hire a roofer instantly after getting what appears to be the cheapest quote. You don’t need the cheapest quote. You need a reasonable quote. A few hundred bucks difference may not have any bearing on you in the short term but the difference in quality of replacement and possibly choice of materials will have a substantially adverse impact in the near and distant future. Talk about materials, coatings, the schedule of the project, how many roofers would be working at your site and services post the replacement. Then talk about price.

•           Discuss uncertainties. You don’t know for sure how the replacement project would proceed. Do not let the roofer bill you for more materials than what you need, don’t waste any material that you have already signed up for and there can be other surprises while the job is in progress. Only a sound understanding between a client and a roofer will be able to facilitate seamless resolution of all problems.