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Please before you sign a contract with your Atlanta roof specialist, make sure you get everything in writing so that everything is clear in the scope of work he will be providing. This article can also apply to any contractor, or tradesman you may hire to work on your home.
1. Have a clear picture of your roofing or roof replacement needs and outcome. You can check the results with your expectation only when you know what you want. There is no point in changing your mind set when half of the job is completed. Know exactly what you want, and what is to be expected.
2. Get everything in writing. Do not wait till the end of your project to find out that they charge extra monies for additional layers, wood replacement, or attic ventilations.
3. Insist on putting dates in the contract. It is very important to have dates included if you want the job finished within a particular time.
4. Big advance payment may be damaging. When both parties sign the contract, you may pay the contractor a deposit or for the purchase of materials when the job is about to start. Never pay in full before the completion of the job.
5. Verify with Consumer Affairs that the roofing contractor is licensed and insist on seeing a copy of there liability and workers compensation insurance policy. Better yet, call the insurance company to make sure that the contractors' policy covers roofing, otherwise you may have to foot the bill if a worker is hurt on the job.
6. Referring the phone book to hire the Atlanta roof specialist ? Instead it may prove wiser if you can ask your friend who had got done similar job or you can seek suggestion from the owner of a hardware store. It is better to have recommendation from others who have got done similar type of jobs.
7. Don't think everything in roof installation and roof repair will be smooth. So many factors which may affect the work like weather delays, quitting of employees, etc. What is important is that the Atlanta roof specialist should be able to sort out the issues smoothly to your liking.
8. Prepare for tackling messes. It may be efficient to keep things near the area of the job where they will be used, instead of removing them. It is prudent, for example, to cover the things properly where lot of dust generate. Make sure to spell out clearly in the contract of cleaning the job site once the job is over.
9. Add penalty clause in the contract. This is important particularly for large jobs. Instead of specifying a target date of job completion, it will be much better to frame the clause like " Beyond May 2nd, for each unfinished day of the job, $200/ day deduction will be made from the contract price. " This may be called a motivational clause.
10. Only contracts will not prevent your problems. Though contracts help, it may be ignored by paradoxical people on both sides of the contract. Too much can be read from the contract which may worsen the situation. It is important to keep an open eye and also to work with somebody you know.
