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Originally Posted by dmarti1973
I am currently a regional insurance claim manager and live in TV. If you think you might have a claim, call your insurer. DO NOT LET ANYONE SOLICITING DOOR TO DOOR onto your roof. We have had 4 claims for damage to roofs in TV. We were skeptical and retained an engineer to inspect the damages. Two reports are not completed. One found no wind/hail related damage. One said there was damage, however it was described as "mechanical" damage. "Mechanical" damage means the damage may have been caused by foot traffic or in some cases, intentional. Contact The Villages Community Watch 750-0550 to determine what company has complaints filed. I know Sumter County Sheriff had a investigation going because I was interviewed by a detective. The sheriff has referred their findings to either the State's Attorney's office or the Attorney General's office. One of my friends was approached. Their insurer and another roofer inspected their roof and did find damage. Beware, however!!!
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I had this happen in Ohio just 4 years ago. The company that was going door to door after a storm said there was wind damage, they brought our insurance company in and they refused to allow the repair stating there was no damage, less than 2 weeks later we had a rain storm and water came through the roof damaging the ceilings, walls, murals, paint, clothing in the closets, carpet, etc. I then filed a claim with the insurance company and it ended up costing them nearly twice what it would have had the agreed to the repair in the first place. This same door to door company went to my son's home and got him a new roof, while they were there they noticed hail damage on his aluminum siding and gutters, since they no longer made the aluminum siding, these guys got his house completely re-sided with with vinyl siding along with new gutters and down spouts. I would not hesitate in using them again.