Is this normal?

iazh5 · 2006-12-08T23:04:24+00:00

Hi everyone,I need your advice if possible.We called a local contractor to give us a free estimate for a minorrepair (a few shingles need to be replaced after a recent wind storm).He came over and quickly applied some kind of a temporary patch andtold my wife that he would give as call to discuss this and then heleft. The next day I noticed lots of dents on the garage roof thatweren't there before. Apparently that's where he placed his ladder tobe able to access the area that needed work. Here is the picture: arrow indicates the area that needed work. The white dots are thedents that I noticed.Here's a couple of more detailed pictures of the damage taken frominside the house: are actually many more dents than seen on these pictures as if heneeded to reposition his ladder a few times.I have a few questions. Do the shingles look damaged badly enough thatthey need to be replaced?Can he claim that was the only way to reach the upper roof? Could havehe avoided this? Can we hold him repsonsible for the damage he causedor that's normal? Shouldn't he have some kind of a stabilizer or astand-off or whatever you call it to avoid resting the ladder directlyon the roof? Why would he need to reposition his ladder so many timesto apply a patch to cover such a small area (just a few missingshingles all in the same place)?What I find frustraing is that we wanted him to just give us a freeestimate and possibly replace maybe a dozen missing shingles, that'sall. He hasn't done that yet but he has already damaged a dozen more :(What woud you do in our place? Your input is greatly appreciated.

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CJT 19 years ago

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