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Originally Posted by dotti105
During Irma I lost about 25 shingles. No felt tears or wood visible.
Sacks did our new contruction 3 yrs ago. I called the the day after the storm and also sent them a request for service via their email site. I called several more times and never received a call back.
This Saturday a laborer from Sacks showed up and said he didn't have the right color shingles with him, but would check out our rook and make sure everything was water tight, returning on Sunday to replace the shingles. He was on the roof for about 40 minutes on Saturday.
Sunday he came and was on the roof for about 50 minutes and left without talking to me.
I found an invoice in the front door for $400.00 for labor. The shingles were covered under warranty. So the $400.00 was for labor only.
There is nothing itemized. Nothing for hourly rate, number of shingles, service call etc. Just "labor to replace shingles, $400.00"
We were expecting this to be a $150-$200 repair. This, because my husband was a residental contractor for some 30 yrs and he went up on the roof and saw the damage.
I want to call Sacks, about the over charge, but want to ask first if any of you have been overcharged in this manner.
Thanks for your input!
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dottie:
Based on your comments Sacks must have been very busy doing other roofs. Since it took him sometime to reach you following the storm.
His laborer worked Saturday and Sunday to what you determined to be 90 minutes.
Three bundles = a square of shingles. I do know what the going unit rate per square is in this area? And I am uncertain as to the warranty against hurricane as the issue would appear to be one of installation. I say this because a shingle manufacturer will only warrant up to about 60 mph or so. Irma was a Cat 1 here.
You have an invoice that is not itemized and state that it only covers labor. if that is true then Sacks rate is about $44.50 per hour straight labor.
The market in times of catastrophes increases
You may want to speak with Sacks and get a breakdown of his invoice
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