How do you select your medical doctor? Is it by word of mouth? Online review? Level of experience? Convenience? Which insurance he or she accepts?

There are many ways we go about selecting service professionals. The reason most of us assess our choices from so many angles is that “we don’t know what we don’t know.” In the case of your choice of physician, you probably strive to have a level of comfort and trust that he or she has your best interest in mind and is competent at finding and solving health issues.

The same can be said when you select a roofer. Do you really have any way (without formal industry knowledge) of knowing whether or not you are being snowed over by a company? There are plenty of ways to install a roof and make it look okay to the naked eye, but there are so many components that go into the placement and installation of your roof that make it either function well or fail. I’m talking about minute details such as how the installers place materials around our chimney and how many nails they use to apply each section. These are areas where other companies can skimp and the consumer would be none the wiser. And isn’t the devil always in the details?

So, how do you select a service professional? We hope it’s by taking a long look at their history and reputation. After all, what speaks more about promises made than promises kept?

What can you do?

So how do you go about shopping for a roofing company? Awards from the industry and from the public for workmanship, service, and performance speak volumes about contractors and their accomplishments. There is little as solid as a company that has earned stellar industry awards and an overwhelming number of raving consumer reviews. It’s a collective review that trumps a single referral tenfold because you have more people weighing in on an impartial platform. What do you think?

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