Considering new roof

[Pairadocs]

Information we've received concerning roofing contractors has been overwhelming, but have narrowed it down to two: AAA and Noland. Anyone had personal (not hearsay) experience with either of these ?

[villagetinker]

Never heard of either of these, please do a check with the BBB and Seniors Against Crime, then check on license and insurance, and finally, you might want to call your insurance carrier to see if they have any info or these company, as they will be insuring the roof.

[retiredguy123]

McGinnis

[Topspinmo]

Battterbees was only ones I trusted.

[Pairadocs]

Never heard of either of these, please do a check with the BBB and Seniors Against Crime, then check on license and insurance, and finally, you might want to call your insurance carrier to see if they have any info or these company, as they will be insuring the roof.

Thank you so much. We've already done all of that background work, that's how we narrowed down to these two, checked out all licensing number with the state, we don't put a great deal of confidence in BBB, but these two do have the highest rating. We did not narrow down according to lowest total cost as we are more interested in the TECHNIQUES used (or not used....LOL!) to do the peaks and valley work, etc. If you know roofing, and I have a feeling you do by the many great posts you make, you know there are a LOT of shortcuts ! Number of nails to a strip for instance... can make a huge different in the profit for roofer and a LOT of future headaches for "us" the home owners !

[tophcfa]

McGinnis

That’s who we used. They did a great job at a fair price.

[Pairadocs]

McGinnis

We had a LONG list, but now have narrowed it down to the two mentioned. Have you personally used either ? If so, would welcome your experience.

[Pairadocs]

McGinnis

We had a LONG list, but now have narrowed it down to the two mentioned. Have you personally used either ? If so, would welcome your experience. Thank you so much, would really appreciate your input on the two mentioned. We've eliminated McGinnis and, wow, a whole long list to get to where we are at this point.

[jrref]

I was talking to a manager at Batterbees and there is a spec or roofing code that roofers have to meet concerning the number of nails per shingle, type of shingle for the starter course, etc.. Its a state code and if not done properly the roof shingle manufacturer will not warranty the job. I doubt the major roofers here in the Villages will be taking shortcuts since they have to warranty the installation in an area here where we usually get at least one hurricane per year.

Also, remember the salesman will tell you what you want to hear so whomever you choose make sure you watch them to make sure they are doing the installation to your specification.

[Pairadocs]

Battterbees was only ones I trusted.

Have you had personal experience with the two we've narrowed down to ? We eliminated the one you mentioned, but hope to make a decision based the two left on our list. Thank you so much if you'd share on either, really appreciate it.

[Pairadocs]

I was talking to a manager at Batterbees and there is a spec or roofing code that roofers have to meet concerning the number of nails per shingle, type of shingle for the starter course, etc.. Its a state code and if not done properly the roof shingle manufacturer will not warranty the job. I doubt the major roofers here in the Villages will be taking shortcuts since they have to warranty the installation in an area here where we usually get at least one hurricane per year.

Also, remember the salesman will tell you what you want to hear so whomever you choose make sure you watch them to make sure they are doing the installation to your specification.

Thank you. We relied heavily on information from the state to narrow to the final two. Since we are native Floridians from south Florida, actually most hurricanes never reach this part of Florida. usually tropical storms by the time they get this far inland. You are correct about the state standards, but it seems that many do NOT adhere to them ! Just like all builders in our state do not follow all requirements. But, if you have experience with the two we've narrowed our list to, would really appreciate your sharing your personal experience, thanks so much.

[TSO/ISPF]

what criteria did you use to select those two?

[Pairadocs]

what criteria did you use to select those two?

Tied to give a summary in my original post, but to get it down to the two we leaned heavily on state of Florida department of consumer affairs, but also checked out the usual sources, the BBB, Seniors against Crime, etc. (which we don't put a lot of confidence in but did consider), asked relatives (also natives Floridians) in Clermont (head office of one company). Relative (brother in law) said very old reliable companies, but no personal experience. Then as an aside did check on line reviews, both phenomenal 5 stars but not a lot of confidence. Most confident of the state's information on both but have to make a final decision and hoping to get experiences from fellow village residents. We are not trying to get lowest price necessarily. Did the best we could to eliminate any companies that used "door knockers" and participated in the scenario of a free roof... that proved to be a deeper dive, but it is possible to find which companies have filed these law suits that end in capitulation by insurance companies due to the expense of on going litigation. That's about all we could do, so now just wanted to know if anyone would share their personal dealings with one or both !

[bimmertl]

We had a LONG list, but now have narrowed it down to the two mentioned. Have you personally used either ? If so, would welcome your experience.

Used McGinnis to replace the roof on our Premier home 6 weeks ago.

They did a great job and were the lowest price of the three estimates we received.

Highly recommended.

[Bogie Shooter]

Conclusion, nobody used either one.🤷🏼

[BrianL99]

Battterbees was only ones I trusted.

That’s who we used. They did a great job at a fair price.

We had a LONG list, but now have narrowed it down to the two mentioned. Have you personally used either ? If so, would welcome your experience.

We had a LONG list, but now have narrowed it down to the two mentioned. Have you personally used either ? If so, would welcome your experience. Thank you so much, would really appreciate your input on the two mentioned. We've eliminated McGinnis and, wow, a whole long list to get to where we are at this point.

Have you had personal experience with the two we've narrowed down to ? We eliminated the one you mentioned, but hope to make a decision based the two left on our list. Thank you so much if you'd share on either, really appreciate it.

Used McGinnis to replace the roof on our Premier home 6 weeks ago.

They did a great job and were the lowest price of the three estimates we received.

Highly recommended.

Conclusion, nobody used either one.🤷🏼

& no one seems to read the other posts. The OP was perfectly clear he did his homework and narrowed it down to (2) potential contractors. Apparently that's not good enough for TOTV.

I recently did a new roof on a large home in Trinity. Being 1500 miles away, I researched the exact same way as the OP and hired a friend to be there to watch the job being done. I ended up with one of the best sub-contractors I ever dealt with and he did a great job. Unfortunately he doesn't work in TV, but I wouldn't recommend his anyway ... the OP only asked about TWO specific contractors.

[Fredster]

OP It might bother you the numerous referrals to McGinnes, but there is a good reason for that.
A lot of folks on TOTV have previously used them and had positive experiences.
Plus a friend used and recommended them to me, and I used them and was very pleased with their work.
When three people asked me about roofers, I suggested they at least have McGinnes give them a quote.
All three ended up using McGinnes and were happy they did!
That’s enough for me!
By the way, I’ve read all the previous posts!

[Two Bills]

If you are down to two companies after eliminating so many others, surely now it's the one with the best quote?

[Burnie]

Have you had personal experience with the two we've narrowed down to ? We eliminated the one you mentioned, but to make a decision based the two left on our list. Thank you so much if you'd share on either, really appreciate it.

Just curious about why Batterbee was eliminated. They did our roof a couple of years ago and did a great job. They are not the cheapest around, but are an actual local company located on 301 in Oxford.

[TSO/ISPF]

Just curious about why Batterbee was eliminated. They did our roof a couple of years ago and did a great job. They are not the cheapest around, but are an actual local company located on 301 in Oxford.

It seems like you have done a thorough job of evaluating candidates for a very expensive process. If you could rank your main reason(s) for disqualifying roofers it would help me when I think about doing a new roof on our 13-year-old home.

[bilcon]

Information we've received concerning roofing contractors has been overwhelming, but have narrowed it down to two: AAA and Noland. Anyone had personal (not hearsay) experience with either of these ?

Eustis Roofing did my roof in Dec and they have since done several in my neighborhood. Very thorough and professional. You get what you pay for.

The guy next door got one of those "Free" roofs 4 years ago and he has had a lot of trouble since.

[MrFlorida]

Never heard of those two. Don't know of anybody that ever used either of them.

[Pairadocs]

Used McGinnis to replace the roof on our Premier home 6 weeks ago.

They did a great job and were the lowest price of the three estimates we received.

Highly recommended.

I am sincere in my thanking you for the input, NOT trying to be Snarky, but I tried to make my post so it would be clear we have narrowed out list to consider to two, and I am trying to ask if anyone would SHARE their experience with either of the two on our list. Also not being a snarky person at all, I am sincere in asking how anyone can recommend a 6 week old roof job ? I'll try to explain, we were really stunned when we got bids and talked to their representatives, NOT the door knocker, but actual employees. Just an example, if we asked about installation techniques; clips, single wrap, double wrap, etc. or ask if they apply secondary water resistance to hip roofs routinely, or, ask about plywood (OSB with 8d nails, and ask about spacing like 6"/6" 12" apart. You understand, ANYTHING we asked that was too specific, they would kind of drift to some other sales line.... if you know what I mean. We are not experienced roofers, but these are pretty basic things a potential customer would want to know I think. I am just surprised that so many people were willing to reply to my post, but their roof jobs seem to be so new to say the techniques used were "GREAT"... seems that would take time is all I'm thinking. And I suppose with this kind of thing, some replies may only be people advertising for a certain company but have no experience with the ones we asked for reviews on from fellow village residents ? ?

[Pairadocs]

what criteria did you use to select those two?

Terry, I already tried to answer you with as much detail as possible, but today thought it might help to tell you how we eliminated a quite a few. When they gave us a bid and we had questions about things like techniques used, or grade of various materials used on all shingle roofs, or ask about clips, single wraps, double wraps, things that make a HUGE different in a wind mitigation assessment, the ones who just kind of looked at us with a "deer in the headlight" look, LOL, so to speak, we just thanked and crossed off.

[Pairadocs]

Eustis Roofing did my roof in Dec and they have since done several in my neighborhood. Very thorough and professional. You get what you pay for.

The guy next door got one of those "Free" roofs 4 years ago and he has had a lot of trouble since.

Totally AGREE. We put the "lowest bid" thing at the bottom of our list, but of course it plays a part. It's the technical skills that count. Both our sons worked 2 high school summers, and their entire under graduate and graduate school years as roofers, and did they ever learn a LOT about quality of materials and how simple things, like 4 fewer nails per strip, or a lesser grade of underlay, seems it would not save a contractor much, but our sons said over a year of jobs, it is a huge amount of money just in something like using fewer nails in the nail gun strips and they said, the home owner would have NO IDEA. So we just felt we would get as much information as we can.... consumers are always ducks ready to be plucked...unfortunately !

[BrianL99]

I am sincere in my thanking you for the input, NOT trying to be Snarky, but I tried to make my post so it would be clear we have narrowed out list to consider to two, and I am trying to ask if anyone would SHARE their experience with either of the two on our list. Also not being a snarky person at all, I am sincere in asking how anyone can recommend a 6 week old roof job ? I'll try to explain, we were really stunned when we got bids and talked to their representatives, NOT the door knocker, but actual employees. Just an example, if we asked about installation techniques; clips, single wrap, double wrap, etc. or ask if they apply secondary water resistance to hip roofs routinely, or, ask about plywood (OSB with 8d nails, and ask about spacing like 6"/6" 12" apart. You understand, ANYTHING we asked that was too specific, they would kind of drift to some other sales line.... if you know what I mean. We are not experienced roofers, but these are pretty basic things a potential customer would want to know I think. I am just surprised that so many people were willing to reply to my post, but their roof jobs seem to be so new to say the techniques used were "GREAT"... seems that would take time is all I'm thinking. And I suppose with this kind of thing, some replies may only be people advertising for a certain company but have no experience with the ones we asked for reviews on from fellow village residents ? ?

You're 100% right. In some states, you might not need to go so deep into the woods, but in FL, you do. The level of "Inspection" by municipal inspectors, is minimal (if any at all). In most counties, their employees aren't even allow to go onto a roof to inspect ... they simply ask the contractor if they're doing a), b), c) & d). If the inspector gets the right answer, they're off to their next inspection.

I see a ton of roofing contractor crews around TV and very few of them have a clue what they're doing and have no concept of the required safety standards. If OSHA ever decided to visit TV, they'd collect a fortune in fines.

[RobbyHarris]

Terry, I already tried to answer you with as much detail as possible, but today thought it might help to tell you how we eliminated a quite a few. When they gave us a bid and we had questions about things like techniques used, or grade of various materials used on all shingle roofs, or ask about clips, single wraps, double wraps, things that make a HUGE different in a wind mitigation assessment, the ones who just kind of looked at us with a "deer in the headlight" look, LOL, so to speak, we just thanked and crossed off.

Understood. Went through the same "technical thing" with a replacement 16yr old A/C a year ago. I did learn that the only people who have the REAL TECHNICAL INFO are those who are actually doing the work and you rarely get to speak with them. Sales people don't have all that info and even most management does not. When we replaced the A/C I insisted on new copper tubing from AH to Compressor and all but 2 (got 5 quotes) says "we never change that as it's not necessary" and most new installs I have seen they do not. It makes the job take a lot longer and most of the time requires crawling in the hot attic. I called 2 of the most "top rated" (here on TOTV) guys along with 3 others and neither would do it and one left and never got back to me because I assume they thought I knew too much and would be a problem (LOL). . Eventually I checked and watched installs in the area and saw one company who always automatically replaced it and the concrete pad and put new wood where the AH sits. They were right in the center of the 5 for pricing.

As for getting the SPECIFIC answer you are looking for this is the internet. Have you never noticed 90% of the topics go off topic?

EDIT: Oh, Batterbee did the original roof here and the replacement (free under warranty) back in 2014. :D. We moved in 2017.

[Bogie Shooter]

So, who got the job?

[Michael G.]

My neighbor had a new roof installed (I wouldn't mention the name of the roofing Co.)
After they left, he took his flashlight around the rafters and notice a complete row of nails
sticking down through the sheathing where they missed the rafters completely. :o

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[lorilorilori]

my AAA insurance covered my Clermont FL roof & Nolands did a great job. Then hired Nolands to do 2 commercial roofs in Orlando - again excellent work.


Information we've received concerning roofing contractors has been overwhelming, but have narrowed it down to two: AAA and Noland. Anyone had personal (not hearsay) experience with either of these ?

[RedChariot]

Op- BBB gives AAA Roofing an F rating. 2 stars due to customer complaints. AAA Roofing is not accredited by BBB. Knowing this Why are they on your short list at all?