Had roofers redo the roof awhile ago. I checked the lawn for errent nails thinking I'd find none or two. It went from mildy to infuriating.
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I went with a local roofing company where the guy seemed trustworthy and they had good reviews.
Worked out well, their crew had big magnets on wheels and did multiple sweeps.
The only downside is I thought it would be fun to go around with a magnet and hear “ping ping ping” as it found nails but none to be found.
I consider this complete blind luck though. I think the issue with roofing is it is a service you need every decade or two, so every time I need roofing done I feel like I’m just blindly picking out a company.
Shout out to Hibco Roofing in central ohio though, they did a great job.
I mostly picked the guy based on his small talk about leaving Able Roofing at 20 years because “private equity came in and fucked everything up and I couldn’t just do a $100 fix for someone if I could sell them a brand new roof.” And how “these fucking datacenters are ruining Ohio”
I was sold
Yeah, I'm purely a vibe check homeowner when it comes to hiring contractors, which I'm only doing for medium to large projects. Having a guy talk to me the way yours did to you would've definitely pushed the needle in the right direction. I just find that sensible people do sensible work.