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After a hellstorm hits, customers frequently ask us, "How does the insurance claim process work?" And it's a pretty simple five-step process. First, you call out the contractor of your choice, and they're going to climb on top of your roof, and they're going to take as many photos as they possibly can. And we highly, highly, highly encourage you to use a roofer that uses a ton of documentation. You can never use too much documentation. We specifically use Company Cam. There's a lot of different great applications out there. The second thing that happens is after a severe weather incident, if there's immediate damage, the roofer is going to go up on there and prevent the further damage by maybe placing a tarp on the roof. Now, while the roofer's on your roof, if there are any immediate actions that need to be placed, like tarping the roof so that further leaks don't happen, they will also do that. And that's the second step of the process. After a roofer shares their documentation with you and fixes any immediate issues that need to be fixed, you're going to file an insurance claim. Once you file an insurance claim, your insurance company is going to schedule a date for one of their adjusters to go to your house and look at the hail damage to see whether or not there's actually damage. Typically, the roofer will join them to represent the customer, but at the end of the day, it all comes down to what that adjuster says. Now, when I attend those meetings, I show up on behalf of the client, and I never tell the adjuster what is hail damage and what isn't, because at the end of the day, it's their decision, not mine. But I always try and be helpful and say, "Hey, I climbed up on the roof, and I think I might have found hail damage here, here, and here. I chalked it up to make things really nice and easy for you, but you're the expert, you know, you tell me what hail damage is. In that situation, the roofer is going to help the customer out however they can by giving the adjuster everything they need and answering any questions about where hail damage could possibly be. But at the end of the day, the adjuster is going to document their own findings and then they're going to send that back to the insurance company where someone who sits at a desk, you should call the desk adjuster, is going to make a final decision about whether or not that claim gets approved.

So, first off, after a hailstone hits, customers can walk around their house without having to get on the roof and look for potential signs of hail damage in three key areas. The first is gutters and downspouts. The second is windows and window screens. And the third is siding.

Hey Austin, Nick Crowder here with Driftwood Builders Roofing. Now, as we live in Austin, Texas, in a very hail-prone area, we frequently get asked by customers and potential customers, "Do I have hail damage?" And so, I put together this really quick educational resource guide for how to spot hail damage without having to get on the roof. So, let's get started. So, first off, after a hailstorm hits, customers can walk around their house without having to get on the roof and look for potential signs of hail damage in three key areas. The first is gutters and downspouts. The second is windows and window screens. And the third is siding. And so, today we're going to walk through specific examples from recent customers we've worked with, and I'll show you what is hail damage versus what's not hail damage. But, after a hailstorm hits, we highly encourage you to walk around, look at those three things, and take as much photos and documentation as you possibly can. So, this is a recent example from a customer in Northwest Austin. They had hail hit, and then they called us, we found hail damage, Travelers came out and approved their full insurance claim for 95 squares, huge roof. And so, today I'm going to show you some pictures from that house for what is hail damage for what is not hail damage. So, on the left, you can see circles You can see on the gutter spout, this circle right here, that is hail damage. And we can tell because hail, you know, always comes in a circle, sometimes really big, sometimes really small, but it's always relatively the same shape, right? And then, the picture on the right, apologies for that, the top of it, encircled in red, you can see that is hail damage because, once again, the shape is a circle. But, if you go down to the items circled in yellow, you can see it's somewhat circular, but there's a giant line through the gutter spout. So, hail, you know, does not fall in squares, it falls in circles. So, a giant line in the gutter spout is usually from someone walking past it and accidentally shoving it, or maybe some metal smashing into it when someone was moving. But, a line in the gutter spout indicates it's not hail damage. So, now this slide on the left, circled in red, you can see that, you know, circle is hail damage. And then on the right, circled in yellow, we once again see a line and a dent in the gutter spouts, which shows us that it's not hail damage. It's most likely, you know, someone accidentally hit it, or walked by it, and it's not hail damage if it's not a circle. So, now we get to this third example, and both examples indicate hail damage. So, on the left, circled in red, you can see, you know, that's a really small circle. That one was hard to see, but we found it. And then on the right, you know, that's pretty small as well, but you can clearly see, you know, there's, you know, there's a circular hail that hit that gutter spout, so we can tell that it is hail damage. Now, this last example for gutter spouts is not hail damage for a couple big reasons. One, you can see the mark on the top right here is significantly bigger than the other marks. And hail typically falls in roughly the same size. So, if you see, you know, most of the examples we went through, the the hail was about this big, probably 0.75 inches, maybe an inch. This top mark right here looks like it's 3 inches. We know this isn't hail damage for the first reason, some marks and much bigger than others. And then, as you can see, there's so many lines on that. And like once again, hail, you know, falls in circular balls and not, you know, straight lines. And then, lastly, as you can see from the photo, this hail's this gutter spout is right next to a metal gate. And so, my hypothesis is is that, you know, when someone walked by, you know, probably maybe you know, the HVAC guys or someone were installing a bunch of stuff and accidentally, you know, smashed up the gutter spout. So, we can tell that this is not hail damage on the gutter spout. Now, my next example we're going to go through is how to spot hail damage on windows. So, as we look on the left, um we see hail damage by chipped parts of a window. So, as you can see on the bottom of the windows, there's a chipped part there, a chipped part there, a chipped part there. And they're relatively the same size. And then we look on the right and we see there's all these little beats or, you know, kind of holes in the window. We can tell it's hail damage because it's roughly all the same size and it's roughly all the same mark. Now, the next example we have for hail damage on windows, as you can see on the left, this window was hit by a circular mark. This is a little bit harder to see, but as you can see from our example, this is most likely hail damage as, you know, the circular mark indicates hail. And then on the right, we see pretty much the same exact thing except, you know, on the top of the window rather than the side of the window. So, these are both great examples of what hail damage looks like on windows. And here we have hail damage on window screens. You know, sometimes people have screens on their windows and so, you can see the hail damage on those. And so, on the left we have, you know, a circular ball right in the middle of the screen. That's hail damage. And then on the right side, we have quite a few holes there. As you can see, they're all relatively the same size. Obviously, you know, some like this are bigger than others like this, but they're all relatively the same size and shape, which tells us that that's hail damage. All right. So, we're Here we have examples of hail damage on siding. So, on the left side, we can see that that is hail damage because once again we see that, you know, the circular hail ball, and we see it spread across the siding in the middle as well, and not just at the very ends in the corners. And then on the right side, we see circled in yellow that is not hail damage. Uh there's no circles. It's just old warped siding, probably caused by old age and the Texas heat, but that is not hail damage on the right side. Now, going to this slide, on the left side, we have examples of hail damage on aluminum siding. And once again, we see the same circular holes, all about the same size, hitting on all different parts of the siding, so that is hail damage. And then on the right side, what we see is example circled in yellow that is not hail damage. And so we see this a lot, and as you can see, that is, you know, the size of that mark on the right is relatively similar to the size of the marks on the left. However, this mark and all the marks at the corners of this house that we inspected last Friday, they all came at the very corner of the side. And so, typically, like if siding is old, um you know, the end of a board nears its useful life, and it starts to crack at the very corners. But that's just wear and tear and old age, but it is not hail damage. So, lastly, our example, is it hell damage, yes or no? No, that is not hell damage. It's Santa Claus after drinking too much eggnog. Thank you so much for your time and have a good rest of your day.

The second thing you should keep in mind is wear and tear is a huge deal. So wear and tear is a big deal because if a roof is 20 years old, the insurance company is significantly less likely to pay for a new roof than if a roof is 4 years old and got hit by hail.

Hey Austin, Nick here with Driftwood Builders Roofing and today we're going to talk about does my roof need to be repaired or fully replaced? And to be honest, it's a question we frequently get asked and it's also a very controversial hot topic as repairs cost significantly less than for replacements. And so as a roofing company business owner, our business model is very simple. At a high level, we do three things. The first is free inspections, which we obviously lose money on because we spend time and gas but don't charge anything. The second is repairs, which to be honest make a little bit of money, but not that much, unless it's a big tile roof or a complex metal roof or such situation like that. And then the third thing we do is full roof replacements, which which to be honest is where we make 80 to 90% of our profit. So there's a very big ethical dilemma here as a roofing company business owner, but we also want to do the right thing for customers, which is what we always do. Usually that's suggesting a repair, but sometimes the best solution for customers is to suggest a full roof replacement. So today I'm going to go over everything customers should know as it pertains to repairs versus replacement. And the number one thing I want you to keep in mind is timing. So let's get started. So at a high level, the question that we want to ask is not can it be fixed. The question we want to ask is will the fix actually solve a problem long term. So typically repairs are the best solution when the roof is newer and not that old and the problem can be isolated to one single area that can pretty easily be fully repaired and then we don't have to deal with it for a while. Now for replacement is often the best solution when the roof is near the end of its life and there are multiple parts of the roof that are damaged and in that situ situation we usually recommend a full roof replacement instead of a repair. So when a repair usually makes sense is when the roof is relatively young and otherwise performing well. the problems in the roof are limited to one area that can easily be fixed, such as a few missing shingles or maybe one pipe jack that needs to be replaced. Just small stuff like that that can extend the roof's useful life. So, here are some examples of clients that we had where we recommended a repair and not a full roof replacement. So, the situation was a customer who lives in Clarksville, close to Terry Town, had the roof leak after the rain. And so, we went out there and I took these pictures from the inside of the house. And then, GMO, our crew litter, and I climbed up on the top of the roof and we saw that this reason why ceiling was leaking is because the sealant around this pipe jack was worn down and deteriorated. So, in this in this situation, our recommendation was to reseal the pipe jack and charge a customer $800, and that would permanently fix the problem. Now, as a roofing company owner, I would have loved to charge a customer $20,000 for a new metal roof, but that's not the right thing to do. So, we only charge him $800 for a small repair in this situation. So this situation was for a asphalt shingle roof in Terry Town. Our customer called us because their ceiling started to leak after the recent rain. So I went to their house, climbed in their attic, climbed up on the roof, and diagnosed that the problem was the pipe vent was incorrectly installed. So our solution here was to reinstall the pipe vent and fix the roofing around that. So the next time it rains, their ceiling won't leak again. Now, with this roof, it was about 15 years old, so it's getting up there in age. However, I told the customer, you probably have around 5 more years until it needs to be replaced. So, in this situation, we're going to just suggest a repair. So, pertaining to repairs, the most common issues we see are pipe boots and vents that need to be fixed, flashing issues, some hissing shingles and isolated locations, some small storm impacts, fies and transitions, and nail popups and sealant failures. These the top six, but it depends on the roof, and we've seen a lot of different ones as well. Now, there are situations where a full roof replacement makes more long-term sense for customers than just a repair. Now, typically these situations are when the roof is older and nearing the end of its useful life, and the problem with the roof can be seen in multiple areas, which makes repair expensive. So, sometimes we do recommend full roof replacements over repairs. And a recent example is we had a customer downtown South Austin who was recommended to us and we went over there and her roof was 22 years old and there was and it was failing in multiple places. And so we did our estimate and to repair that roof would cost $8,000 but to fully replace a roof would cost $12,000. And so in that situation, we suggested a full roof replacement because as a roof is 22 years old, if we repaired it, then what would have happened is a customer would have spent $8,000 now to repair the roof. And then a couple years down the road, they would have had to pay to fully replace the roof, which a couple years from now, I'm I'm sure it will be a lot more than $12,000. So, in that situation, we recommend to the customer, listen, your roof needs to be fully replaced. We can repair it if you want to, but we highly recommend you pay $12,000 now, and then you won't have to worry about it for the next 20 years. And they took our advice and replaced the roof, and it went great. Now, back to the age of the roof is the number one maritant variable. So on average, asphalt shingle roofs in Austin, Texas last around 15 to 20 years. So if your roof is less than seven years old, you know, the 99% chance you don't need to get it replaced. If it's in the 18 to 14, you know, typically you don't need to get it replaced. But if it's over 15 years, then the probability that you need to get your roof replaced is significantly higher. The analogy we always give customers is it's like ball tires on a car. Sometimes you just have to replace them. Now, let's talk about repairs versus replacements as it pertains to storm damage and insurance coverage. So, typically we see repairs when there's a really big windstorm and the strength of the wind just rips off a couple asphalt shingles on a newer roof. And in those situations, we just repair it, which is what happened to my house 3 years ago. However, replacements usually we see when there's a huge hail storm and hail damages the roof and then we climb on top of the roof and we're able to find significant hail damage. The the customer files their insurance claim and then insurance usually pays for the roof. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. However, the most important thing to keep in mind is that a roofing contractor's diagnosis is completely separate from the insurance claim diagnosis. So, you should always ask your roofer for lots of detail and lots of documentation. Now, let's talk about repairs verse replacements and specifically their cost. Whether you're repairing or replacing your roof, it's a very big decision that you should spend a lot of time thinking about. For most homeowners in the United States, around 70% of their equity is in their home. And as the roof protects the home, whether you should repair or replace your roof is a very big investment decision. Now, the number one factor I talked about is timing. Now, typically, if you have a newer roof with smaller issues, the best investment is just to repair your roof so that way you won't have to spend money on your roof for the next 10ish years. However, as it pertains to older roofs that are nearing the end of the useful life, a full roof replacement is typically the much better investment decision, as you only have to pay for a full roof replacement once, and then you don't have to worry about your roof for the next 15 to 20 years. Whereas, if you just repair an old roof, you have to pay once to repair it, and then a couple years down the road, you're going to have to pay to fully replace that roof. Now, repairs and replacements have a lot of differences, but the one commonality is that due to the time value of money, the cost of both of them is only going to go up over time. Now, as it pertains to roofing contractors and repairs with replacements, be very, very careful who you trust. Like I said, as a roofing company business owner, we make significantly more profit on four roof replacements than we do repairs. So regardless of what contractor you talk to, I highly suggest ask them for documentation, documentation, documentation. Roofers can never provide too much documentation. We also suggest you ask them for a detailed scope of work. And if a roofer does suggest a full roof replacement instead of a repair, you need to grill them and ask them why specifically can you not repair my roof? What are the specific issues? And like I said, remember the age of the roof is a big factor. Now, as it pertains to whether your roof needs to be repaired or replaced, or maybe you don't need to do anything at all. To recap, here are the top five factors you should keep in mind. Number one, how old is the roof? Number two, is the damage isolated or is it widespread? Number three, have there been repeated leaks or is this a one-time issue? Number four, can a repair even be done? And number five, documentation. Show me the Carfax. What does the documentation show? Now, as it pertains to repairs versus replacements, I know I've talked about timing and age a lot, and the timing and age of your roof is a huge factor. However, the number one factor that people need to think about is the timing and age of the roofing company that you choose to work with. Now, at the beginning of this talk, I talked about how the roofing company business model works. Just to recap, we do three things: inspections, repairs, and full roof replacements. Now, we do not make any money on inspections. In fact, we lose money since we spend time in gas, but don't charge for those. We make a little bit of money on repairs, but to be honest, not that much. But around 80 to 90% of the money we make in roofing pertains to full roof replacements. Now there are over a thousand roofing companies in Austin, but we can categorize them into three broad categories. The first is local familyowned operated companies like Driftwood Builders Roofing. We've been around for the last 21 years and will be around for the next 50. The second is private equitybacked roofing companies. Now, recently, private equity has been buying up roofing companies in Austin, Texas like crazy. Jar Sheet metal is a great example. Now, the third type of roofing company is a chuck in a truck. You know, a guy who doesn't have insurance, just getting started. A lot of times they come in from out of town during hell storms. And that's a third type of roofing company. Now, let's go over why repairs versus replacements really matter as it pertains to timing. Like I said, we barely make any money off repairs, but we make 80 to 90% of our profit off full roof replacements. Now, I know I mentioned timing a lot as it pertains to the age of your roof and repairs, roof replacements, but it's even more important as it pertains to the roofing contractor that you choose to work with. In roofing, it frequently happens that there's an ethical dilemma where a customer only needs to have the roof repaired and not replaced. And in those situations, roofing contractors obviously make a lot more money if they suggest a full roof replacement than a repair. However, timing is so huge because of this reason. So, if a local business has been around for the last 21 years and plans to be around for the next 21, then from a business model standpoint, it makes sense to do the right thing and only suggest a repair. And here's why. Because since we're going to be around for the next 21 years, we can only suggest a repair, make a little bit of money off the repair, and then that customer is going to tell all their neighbors what a great job we did. And then 10 years later when that customer needs to get the roof fully replaced, they're going to remember what a good job we did and how honest we are and they're going to come back to us for a full roof replacement. It sometimes happens in the roofing industry where a customer only needs to have their roof repaired and yet a roofing contractor suggests that they fully replace it so they can make a lot more money. And the number one reason why timing is such a big issue is because if contractors have been around for a long time and plan to be around for a long time, then that way they can suggest the repair and not only is it the right thing to do, but it makes sense for their business model. If a business plans to be around for the next 20 years, when ethical dilemmas come up of whether we should suggest a repair versus replacement, if you plan to be here for the next 20 years, then suggesting a repair not only is the right thing to do, but it also makes sense from a long-term business model standpoint. Because you can do the repair, make some money, and then do a great job that customer is going to tell all their friends. And then in 10 years from now when the customer needs to have the roof fully replaced, they're going to remember what a great job you did and they're going to come back to you. Since Driftwood Builders has been in business for 21 years, we frequently see this happen. Now, I know a lot of people who work in private equity and most of them are very good people. However, how the private equity business model works is they buy a business and then they work to improve that business for around five years and then they try and sell that business at a much higher price than they bought it for. And so a lot of times in these repair verse replacement situations, if a private equityowned roofing company is in year three of their 5-year hold, then they know they're only going to own the company for the next 2 years, and they're not going to do the ethically right thing, and they're going to push for a full roof replacement when a customer only needs a repair. And then with trucks in a truck, they usually don't live in Austin. They mostly coming out of town and so in those situations they almost always suggest a full roof replacement instead of a repair because they're just trying to make a quick buck. Thank you so much for watching.

Now, let's talk about repairs versus replacements and specifically their cost. Whether you're repairing or replacing your roof, it's a very big decision that you should spend a lot of time thinking about. For most homeowners in the United States, around 70% of their equity is in their home, and as the roof protects a home, whether you should repair or replace your roof is a very big investment decision. Now, the number one factor I talked about is timing. Now, typically, if you have a new roof with smaller issues, the best investment is just to repair your roof, so that way you won't have to spend money on your roof for the next 10-ish years. However, as it pertains to older roofs that are nearing the end of their useful life, a full roof replacement is typically the much better investment decision, as you only have to pay for a full roof replacement once, and then you don't have to worry about your roof for the next 15 to 20 years. Whereas, if you just repair an old roof, you have to pay once to repair it, and then a couple years down the road, you're going to have to pay to fully replace that roof. Now, repairs and replacements have a lot of differences, but the one commonality is that due to the time value of money, the cost of both of them is only going to go up over time.

Now, there are situations where a full roof replacement makes more long-term sense for customers than just a repair. Now, typically these situations are when the roof is older and nearing the end of its useful life, and the problem with the roof can be seen in multiple areas, which makes repair expensive. So, sometimes we do recommend full roof replacements over repairs. And a recent example is we had a customer downtown South Austin who was recommended to us and we went over there and her roof was 22 years old and there was and it was failing in multiple places and so we did our estimate and to repair that roof would cost $8,000 but to fully replace a roof would cost $12,000. And so in that situation, we suggested a full roof replacement because as a roof is 22 years old, if we repaired it, then what would have happened is the customer would have spent $8,000 now to repair the roof. And then a couple years down the road, they would have had to pay to fully replace the roof, which a couple years from now, I'm I'm sure it'll be a lot more than $12,000. So, in that situation, we recommend to the customer, listen, your roof needs to be fully replaced. We can repair it if you want to, but we highly recommend you pay $12,000 now, and then you won't have to worry about it for the next 20 years. And they took our advice and replace our roof and it went

So, when a repair usually makes sense is when the roof is relatively young and otherwise performing well. The problems in the roof are limited to one area that can easily be fixed such as a few missing shingles or maybe one pipe jack that needs to be replaced. Just small stuff like that that can extend the roof's useful life.

After a hail storm hits, customers frequently ask us, "How does the insurance claim process work?" And it's a pretty simple five-step process. First, you call out the contractor of your choice, and they're going to climb on top of your roof, and they're going to take as many photos as they possibly can. And we highly, highly, highly encourage you to use a roofer that uses a ton of documentation. You can never use too much documentation. We specifically use Company Cam. There's a lot of different great applications out there. The second thing that happens is after a severe weather incident, if there's immediate damage, the roofer is going to go out on there and prevent the further damage by maybe placing a tarp on the roof. Now, while the roof is on your roof, if there are any immediate actions that need to be placed, like tarping a roof so that further leaks don't happen, they will also do that. And that's the second step of the process. After Roofer shares their documentation with you and fixes any immediate issues that need to be fixed, you're going to file an insurance claim. Once you file an insurance claim, your insurance company is going to schedule a date for one of their adjusters to go to your house and look at the hell damage to see whether or not there's actually damage. Typically, the roofer will join them to represent the customer. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to what that adjuster says. Now, when I attend those meetings, I show up on behalf of the client. And I never tell the adjuster what is hell damage and what isn't because at the end of the day, it's their decision, not mine. But I always try and be helpful and say, "Hey, I climb bump on the roof and I think I might have found hell damage here, here, and here. I chocked it up to make things really nice and easy for you, but you're the expert. You know, you tell me what hell damage is." In that situation, the roofer is going to help the customer out however they can by giving the adjuster everything they need and answering any questions about where hell damage could possibly be. But at the end of the day, the adjuster is going to document their own findings and then they're going to send that back to the insurance company where someone who sits at a desk, usually called the desk adjuster, is going to make a final decision about whether or not that claim gets approved.

The second thing you should keep in mind is wear and tear is a huge deal. So, wear and tear is a big deal because if a roof is 20 years old, the insurance company is significantly less likely to pay for a new roof than if a roof is 4 years old and got hit by hail.

So, the first question customers ask us is after a big hail storm and damage is found, will insurance pay for new roof? And the answer is most of the time, but not always. So, every insurance company is different and it depends on the specific adjuster for that insurance company. So, there is a lot of element to look to it.

Hey guys, Nick Crowly here with Driftwood Builders Roofing in Austin, Texas. Now, everyone knows Austin, Texas is an area very prone to hail, and everyone also knows that new roofs are not cheap. So, customers frequently ask us a lot of insurance questions, but the biggest one being, "My house has been hit by hail, will insurance pay for a new roof?" And today, we're going to go over all your insurance-related questions, and I'm going to walk you through exactly what you should know, and exactly how to deal with insurance companies. So, let's get started. So, the first question customers ask us is after a big hail storm and damage is found, will insurance pay for a new roof? And the answer is, most of the time, but not always. So, every insurance company is different, and it depends on the specific adjuster for that insurance company. So, there is a lot of elements to look to it. The second thing you should keep in mind is wear and tear is a huge deal. So, wear and tear is a big deal because if a roof is 20 years old, the insurance company is significantly less likely to pay for a new roof than if a roof is 4 years old and got hit by hail. And then, the third thing to keep in mind is your deductible still matters. We're seeing a trend right now in the percentage of deductibles going up and up, and in my opinion, it's only going to increase. So, so a lot of times, even if insurance does cover your roof, you still have to pay a pretty big deductible. So, we created this specific guide at Driftwood Builders Roofing called, "What's the probability insurance will pay for my roof?" So, we've been in business for almost 21 years now, and I talked with the entire team, and we created this internal guide that we use. So, this very much depends on the insurance company, and every insurance company is a different policy, and they're frequently changing. Also, you have to keep in mind that different adjusters work for different insurance companies, so every adjuster is different, but [snorts] this general rule of thumb we put together is after hail hits your roof we look and inspect how big the hail is. So, if hail is less than half an inch or less, the probability insurance pays for your roof is generally less than 10% cuz that's very small hail damage. If hail is about half an inch to 0.75 inches, then the probability that insurance is going to pay for your roof is about 25%. However, if hail damage is 0.75 inches to 1.25 inches, then it's a coin flip whether or not insurance is going to pay for your roof. But, if hail is 1.25 inches to 1 and 1/2 inches, then the probability insurance is going to pay for your roof is around 75%. And then lastly, if the hail damage that's found is greater than 1.5 inches, the probability that insurance pays for the roof is usually 80% or greater. So, like I said, it depends on the specific insurance company and the individual adjuster that assesses your home, but this is a general rule of thumb for what is the probability that insurance pays for your roof depending on the size of hail damage found. One of the big questions our customers ask us is what roof damage is commonly covered. And by far the biggest one is hail damage. About 90% of the insurance situations we work with are due to hail damage on a roof. However, there are some other things that we see insurance covers such as wind that remove shingles or a lot of times after a big storm trees will fall on roofs and insurance usually covers that stuff as well, but 90% of the time it's hail. Now, what is not covered? Well, there's a lot of things that's not covered, but the top three things is an old roof that has a lot of wear and tear. Like we usually compare an old roof to bald and tires on a car, they eventually need to get replaced. Insurance companies and adjusters are smart, they know that. They're not going to pay for a new roof if they don't have to. The second thing insurance companies usually don't cover are pre-existing problems, more often found on older roofs, but a lot of times if a roof was repaired and the roofer did a bad job, insurance companies won't pay to get that fixed. The third thing that insurance companies don't pay for is cosmetic damage only. I encourage you everyone to thoroughly read through your insurance documentation, or if you don't have the time, upload [clears throat] it to chat GTP or your other favorite AI tool and have your AI bot analyze your insurance coverage and tell you what the high-level overview is. Now, customers frequently ask us about their deductibles because deductibles have been a big deal and in the future they're only going to become more and more important. So, we're seeing a huge trend where in the past deductibles were very low, most of them at 1%, and now we're starting to see deductibles take up to 2% and sometimes even as high as 5%. So, deductibles are increasingly becoming more and more important. So, what we need to understand with deductibles is that that's the amount that simply that the homeowner pays. It's a percentage number that's a percentage of the total installed dwelling unit. So, let's say hypothetically the total dwelling amount is $1 million and you have a 2% deductible, then your deductible payment would be $20,000. Now, a lot of times with homeowners who live in really nice houses, their deductible is higher than the repair. So, for this simple example, let's say a house was hit by hail damage and the total cost to replace the roof is $18,000. Customers frequently ask us, "What's the difference between replacement cost value and actual cash value?" And to summarize in one sentence, replacement cost value is the total cost to replace your roof today, whereas actual cash value is the total cost to replace your roof minus the depreciation that's already been accounted for. So, typically this comes into play with older roofs where the actual cash value gets paid instead of the replacement cost value. We highly encourage all customers to ask your insurance agent, "Is my roof covered at replacement cost or actual cash value? And does [clears throat] the age of my roof change that?" After a hail storm hits, customers frequently ask us, "How does the insurance claim process work?" And it's a pretty simple five-step process. First, you call out the contractor of your choice and they're going to climb on top of your roof and they're going to take as many photos as they possibly can. And we highly, highly, highly encourage you to use a roofer that uses a ton of documentation. You can never use too much documentation. We specifically use CompanyCam. There's a lot of different great applications out there. When the roofer is on the roof, they're going to prevent more damage if it's, you know, an emergency situation and hail's coming, you know, sorry. The second thing that happens is after a severe weather incident, if there's immediate damage, the roofer's going to go on there and prevent the further damage by maybe placing a tarp on the roof. Now, while the roofer is on your roof, if there are any immediate actions that need to be placed like tarping a roof so that further leaks don't happen, they will also do that, and that's the second step of the process. After a roofer shares their documentation with you and fixes any immediate issues that need to be fixed, you're going to file an insurance claim. Once you file an insurance claim, your insurance company is going to schedule a date for one of their adjusters to go to your house and look at the hail damage to see whether or not there's actually damage. Typically, the roofer will join them to represent the customer, but at the end of the day, it all comes down to what that adjuster says. So, how does the insurance claim process work? Well, after a storm incident, you're going to call a roofer of your choosing, and they're going to go onto your roof, and they're going to look for hail damage or wind damage, and you should choose a roofer that takes as many photos as possible and documents as much as they possibly can. And then, while that roofer's on the roof, if there's any immediate issues that need to be taken care of, like an emergency tarping to prevent further leaks, they're going to do that. And then, after your roofer provides you with every single photo they took, then what's going to happen is you're going to file an insurance claim. You're going to take all the documentation from your roofer, use that to file an insurance claim, and then your insurance company is going to schedule a meeting for one of their adjusters to go out to your house and meet with you and the roofer to see whether or not there's actually hail damage. Now, when I attend those meetings, I show up on behalf of the client, and I never tell the adjuster what is hail damage and what isn't, because at the end of the day, it's their decision, not mine, but I always try and be helpful and say, "Hey, I I bumps on the roof, and I think I might have found hail damage here, here, and here. I chalked it up to make things really nice and easy for you, but you're the expert. You know, you tell me what hail damage is. And so, in those situations, the roofer is always trying to be helpful to the adjuster and not get into a fight with them. That's No, this is hail damage. This isn't. The roofer in that situation is supposed to represent the customer by being honest and try to give the adjuster everything they need. But at the end of the day, it's up to the adjuster. During those meetings, the roofer is trying to represent the customer and give the adjuster every single thing they need. However, at the end of the day, the decision is up to the adjuster. In that situation, the roofer is going to help the customer out however they can by giving the adjuster everything they need and answering any questions about where hail damage could possibly be. But at the end of the day, the adjuster is going to document their own findings, and then they're going to send that back to the insurance company where someone who sits at a desk, who you should call the desk adjuster, is going to make a final decision about whether or not that claim gets approved. The most important thing about insurance claims is that they're all about evidence. So, typically, an insurance claim happens because a homeowner notices hail at their house or their roofs are susceptible to leak or an event like that, and then the roofer will go out and they look at the roof from what they see and whether or not the roof needs to be immediately fixed and what the long-term solution for that roof is. And then the adjuster will go out and look at whether loss is covered, whether damage is functional, and what scope is owed, and how the deductible applies. One of the most important things for customers in Austin, Texas to know is that there's no no thing as a free roof. Now, the thing about roofing is that there are no barriers to entry whatsoever to be a roof. And so, because of that, you see a lot of sketchy roofers, a lot of slimeballs, a lot of scumbags, a lot of shock-in-a-truck who lie, deceive, and take advantage of people. And one of the biggest things they do is they scam insurance companies. So, in the past, what a lot of roofers have done is offered to eat the deductible for homeowners. So, in the past, let's just say a homeowner had a house with a total value of $500,000 and hail hit that house, and they needed a new roof to be replaced, which cost a total of $30,000, and they had a 1% deductible, which is a one-time charge of $5,000. What the sketchy roofer would say to the customer is, "Hey, if you file an insurance claim and get insurance to pay for your roof, then the cost for you will be $5,000, and I'll give you that, and and I'll pay that for you." And so, from a roof from a business standpoint, it made sense for the roofer because the margins on insurance-approved roofs and for a business standpoint, it made sense for a roofer because the margins on insurance-approved roofs are about 50%. So, 50% of 30,000 is about $15,000 profit on the roof, and they're going to pay a $5,000 deductible to get that, so it makes sense from a business standpoint, but it's incredibly sketchy and illegal. In fact, it's insurance fraud. So, when you deal with a roofer and insurance, you want to be very careful of roofers who say, "We'll eat your deductible, you'll get a free roof." Or a lot of vague contracts and handshake promises, you want to stay away from those. What you want to look for in a roofer is a detailed written scope of work that outlines all the materials, significant documentation, and the recommendation. A thorough explanation of their deductible, and a clear explanation of repair versus replacement costs. Now, there's a lot that goes on with insurance, but the top five things we want customers to know is number one, thoroughly read through and review your policy. Or if you don't want to read the whole thing, have your favorite AI chatbot read it for you and summarize it, but definitely know your policy. The devil is in the details. The second thing we want homeowners to know is it's impossible to take too much documentation. One of my nightmares is my customer has hail hit their roof, and we don't take enough documentation, so insurance doesn't approve it. If that happened, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. You can never take too much documentation. Take as many photos as you can, and ask your roofer to do the same thing as well. The third thing is is get an honest inspection. Use a quality roofer who's been in business for a long time, and not some shotgun and Chuck who knocks on your door. The fourth thing homeowners need to account for is their deductible. Now, this is very important recently as deductibles have been constantly rising. Make sure you know how much your deductible is. It might be more expensive to pay your deductible than for insurance to pay for a new roof. And the fifth thing is avoid insurance deductible games and sketchy roofers. There's no such thing as a free roof, and be very, very skeptical of roofers who offer to pay for your deductible. Hey Austin, Texas homeowners. So, lastly, we're going to go over the top 10 myths about insurance. So, the number one myth is filing a claim always makes your premium go up. That is simply not true. If you think there's a potential for damage, you should absolutely file a claim. That's what you pay your insurance company for. You have nothing to lose. The second biggest myth homeowners think is that insurance always buys a new roof. That is not the case. They usually do, but not always. And the third most important factor is the adjuster your insurance company sends out. Which is why we suggest that if there is possible for a hail damage, you file a claim with your insurance companies because there's definitely an element of luck with the insurance juster that you get there. The fourth biggest myth is my roofer can waive the deductible. No, that's not true. In Texas, it's illegal. It's called insurance fraud. The fifth biggest myth is that a roof leak guarantees coverage. That's absolutely not true. It totally depends on the amount of damage found. The sixth biggest myth is that replacement cost and actual cash value pay the same. That is not true. They produce two very different checks for customers. The seventh biggest myth is that a denied claim means customers are stuck. Having insurance companies deny your claim is very disheartening and we've seen it happen all the time. However, there are certain recourse actions you can take. The eighth biggest myth is that cosmetic dents are always covered like functional damage. That is not true. It's a very different situation. The ninth biggest myth is that the juster and the roofer have the same job. That's absolutely not true. The roofer goes up and takes as much documentation as possible and tries to help the juster out by saying, "Hey, we found hail damage here and here, but let me know what you think." And it's the juster's job to review that hail damage and decide whether or not it should be covered. And then they send it up to your desk juster who makes the final decision. The 10th biggest myth is that you should make permanent repairs before filing. That's absolutely not true. You You should file as soon as possible. And if there are emergency tarpings or things like that that need to be done, ask your roofer to do that when they're on the roof, taking documentation. Thank you so much for your time and have a great day.

So Nick with you with over a thousand roofing companies here in Austin, what makes Driftwood different? >> Yeah, great question. So Driftwood Builders is the only roofing contractor in Austin, Texas that's both a GAF Master Elite Certified Contractor for roofing and a James Hardie Certified Contractor for siding. We've been in business for over 20 years and for the last 18 years we've been the trusted roofer of ABC Home & Commercial. They're the biggest home services company in Austin. They've trusted us and you should, too. I love that you guys are doing great work and have great local partnerships. Nick and Nathan, thank you. Thank you. >> [music] [music]

Nathan, how would you say that your Allstate approach is different from other companies here in Austin? Like I said, there are hundreds of roofers in Austin, and if you ever in a storm situation, you're going to hear from tons of them. What you need to do is pick someone who's going to give you a detailed scope of work, and then explain that scope of work to you very transparently. We do that by providing tons of pictures of everything we're talking about. We provide pictures of all the products we're going to use on your roof, and we spend about half an hour to an hour with every customer explaining exactly what those products are, why they're used, and where they're used. So, before anyone signs with us, they're going to be informed about their roof, and they're going to feel like they're making a very educated decision. So, Nick, with you with over a thousand roofing companies here

anything they don't need. Okay, very good. Now, will insurance premiums go up if someone files a roof claim? It's possible that your insurance premiums will change, but that's not based on whether you filed a claim yourself or not. Insurance premiums are decided kind of by the zip code. So, if there is a storm in your area and there's a lot of roofing work done in that area, you may notice some change in premiums, but it's not whether you filed a claim or not. So, don't feel like you filing the claim is going to affect your premiums. It's really the situation of the neighborhood that affects that. >> Yeah, I love that. And if And how would you say that your overall process

So, Nick, for you, what should homeowners do here in Austin if they're worried about their roof after storm damage? If home- homeowners are worried about their roof after storm damage, they can always call us for a free, no-pressure inspection. We will never push anything they don't need. Okay, very good. Now, will you

can help. So, Nathan, let's start with you. With so many roofing companies here in Austin, how can homeowners choose the right one? >> That's a great question. And if you ever have a storm situation, you're going to be overwhelmed with the number of roofers trying to get a hold of you. The best course of action is to take that decision-making process into your own hands. And you research the roofers that are reaching out to you. Find someone that has great reviews >> and look for someone that has reviews over the course of the last several years, not just recent reviews. >> And you can narrow down to a list of roofers that sound great for you. Okay, sounds like a pretty seamless process.

The following portion of Studio 512 is sponsored by Driftwood Builder Roofing. Austin weather can be unpredictable and your roof is your home's first line of defense. Nick Riley, owner of Driftwood Builder Roofing, and Nathan Thomas are here to talk about how they can help. So, Nathan, let's start with you. With so many roofing companies here in Austin, how can homeowners choose the right one? >> That's a great question, and if you ever have a storm situation, you're going to be overwhelmed with the number of roofers trying to get a hold of you. The best course of action is to take that decision-making process into your own hands. And you research the roofers that are reaching out to you. Find someone that has great reviews and look for someone that has reviews over the course of the last several years, not just recent reviews. >> And you can narrow down to a list of roofers that sound great for you. >> Okay, sounds like a pretty seamless process. Now, Nick, for you, what should homeowners do here in Austin if they're worried about the roof after storm damage? >> If homeowners are worried about the roof after storm damage, they can always call us for a free no pressure inspection. We will never push anything they don't need. >> Okay, very good. Now, will insurance premiums go up if someone files a roof claim? >> It's possible that your insurance premiums will change, but that's not based on whether you filed the claim yourself or not. Insurance premiums are decided kind of by the zip code. So, if there is a storm in your area and there's a lot of roofing work done in that area, you may notice some change in premiums, but it's not whether you file the claim or not. So, don't feel like you filing the claim is going to affect your premiums. It's really the situation of the neighborhood that affects that. >> Yeah, I love that. And Nathan, how would you say that your all's approach is different from other companies here in Austin. >> Like I said, there are hundreds of roofers in Austin and if you ever in a storm situation, you're going to hear from tons of them. What you need to do is pick someone who's going to give you a detailed scope of work and then explain that scope of work to you very transparently. We do that by providing tons of pictures of everything we're talking about. We provide pictures of all the products we're going to use on your roof. And we spend about half an hour to an hour with every customer explaining exactly what those products are, why they're used, and where they're used. So before anyone signs with us, they're going to be informed about their roof, and they're going to feel like they're making a very educated decision. >> So Nick, with you, with over a thousand roofing companies here in Austin, what makes Driftwood different? >> Yeah, great question. So, Driftwood Builders is the only roofing contractor in Austin, Texas as both a GAF Master Elate certified contractor for roofing and a James Hardy certified contractor for sighting. We've been in business for over 20 years and for the last 18 years, we've been the trusted roofer of ABC Home and Commercial. They're the biggest home services companies in Austin. They've trusted us and you should too. >> I love that you guys are doing great work and have great local partnerships. Nick and Nathan, thank you. >> Thank you. Sign up for an inspection today at driftwoodbuildersroofing.com. The preceding portion of Studio 512 was sponsored by Driftwood Builders Roofing.

Is my roof leaking? Hey Austin, Nick here with Tri-State Roofing. I'm with Guillermo on this beautiful metal roof in Tarrytown. And the situation was we got a call from a customer whose roof has been leaking after the rain. So we climbed up here and it looks like the sealant by the pipe has completely worn down and needs to be replaced. So this will be a super simple fix. We'll come back here with some sealant, seal it back up and everything is good to go.

And and then last heavy hitter question here would be what do you wish that homeowners knew better about roofing contractors or maybe just roofing in general? Yeah, so I wish homeowners knew better about roofing contractors is that in Texas there are no barriers to entry whatsoever to be a roofer. So it's crazy. So I used to be a licensed CPA and to become that, you know, you need to go to college for 5 years, four really difficult exams, take an ethics exam, and take continuing education.

I think I might. That's a good idea. You might could try. And so I think no barriers to entry, home owners should do a lot of thorough due diligence on who their roofing contractor is, how long they've been in business for, read a lot of their reviews, and do thorough due diligence cuz like paying for a roof is not cheap. And so do as much work as possible to thoroughly research your roofing contractors.

For example, like let's say a homeowner gets a bid, it's Nick Riley who comes in at 20,000. Schlagel and Schlagel comes in at 18,000. Firm like Jaymar, owned by private equity, comes in at 19,000. So, the homeowner is like, "All right, well, you're the highest bid, why should we go with you?" And the reason is is let's just say in 5 years from now a really bad hail or windstorm comes, and you need someone to climb on your roof and look at it for free. In 5 years from now, you have my personal cell phone, I'm the owner. I will drive out to your house at 11:00 p.m. and look at your roof for free because I'm going to be here for the next 20 years, and they're not. There's also that accuracy, which is okay, well, their their estimate that they're giving you is that 99% accuracy? Or when they peel your roof off, are they going to hee-haw you around a little bit and say, "Oh, this is what we found. What are we going to do now? I guess we are adding an extra 3% to the original estimate because we have to."

Before I answer your question, I guess I'd like to piggyback off like the repair versus replacement. When it comes to Chuck and Shrug, it goes in that situation that they sell the full roof replacement. When Private Equity does, they sell the full roof replacement. But for us, since we're going to be around for the next 20 years, we can only sell like through a repair, do the right thing, and then we know that 7 years from now, when that home needs a full roof replacement, they're going to come back to us. And like they're going to go tell all their friends and family and everyone in their community like TruFork did a great job and only sold them a repair.

HELOC versus financing. Honestly, our experience is that HELOC tends to be cheaper. So, usually for most homeowners, everyone's pushing financing, financing, financing, but the interest rates on a HELOC are typically significantly lower than financing. So, like we do offer both options, but you know, we always tell customers like try and get a HELOC if you can, awesome, then if not, then we can help you with financing.

Why is my ceiling leaking? Hey Austin, Nick Raftery with Driftwood Builders Roofing. So the situation is we have a customer buying this beautiful house in Bastrop and there was they were wondering why their ceiling was leaking. And so obviously you can see from the inside. So I came out here, I went up to the attic and I looked everywhere and I could not find anything. There's actually a bunch of insulation there. So I came outside and I was like, okay, why is my ceiling leaking? And so if you can see here da na da As you can see here, the customer has a giant roof and so every time it rains all the water comes over there from the left side down here and on the right side and all goes down to one location right here. And so all the water from you know, a huge size of the roof all comes down to one small location and there's 6 in of metal flashing. That's the metal flashing right there, but the 6 in of metal flashing on the other side of the gutter. But essentially why the ceiling is leaking is because you have every time it rains, you have so much water that all comes down into one spot and it essentially floods over the 6 in of flashing which is why we see the leak right there. And so I came out, I diagnosed the problem just by looking at the roof and the solution is we're going to add two gutter spouts. One is going to be there and the other gutter spout we're going to add is going to be right here. So currently, you know, every time it rains all the water goes down into one gutter spout and it drains off in one spot, but we'll add two more and so that way all the water will be dispersed in the three spots and the problem is permanently solved.

How much does my roof cost? Hey, Austin. Nickrelly here with Tri-City Builders Roofing. Out on this beautiful roof we just completed for a client in Bass Shoals. Now, a lot of customers ask us how much does my roof cost and obviously depends on the roof. This one in particular came out to $24,397. But overall, the top five factors that determine the price of a roof are number one, the size of the roof. Uh number two, the complexity of the roof. So, as you can see, this roof uh is pretty gnarly. Has a lot of different bits and pieces to it. The slope for this roof um was, you know, obviously low on some ends and then steep on others. Overall, the waste factor on this roof was 16.34. The number three factor that determines the cost of a roof is the shingles that are used. So, for this, we used Class 3 GAF Timberline HDC architectural shingles. That's the standard that we use. Some people choose a three-tab, which is cheaper. We don't do that. The number four factor that determines the cost of the roof is the tear-off. So, once we're removing an old roof, uh we look at two things. One, is there existing underlayment underneath that we have to replace? Or two, is there rotted decking that needs to be replaced? Those cost extra. In this case, there wasn't either, which is, you know, usually which is surprising, but you know, usually it's like five sheets of rotted decking for $500. And then the fifth factor that determines the cost of the roof is the location. So, this is in Bass Shoals, so it's a little bit of a, you know, further drive for us and obviously as we, you know, dispose of all the old shingles, it's a little bit further uh from the dumpster. But yeah, overall, this roof came out to $24,397. So, those are the top five factors that determine the cost of a roof.

How much does my roof cost? Hey, Austin. Nick Riley here with Driftwood Builders Roofing on this beautiful house on Windsor Road. There is a lot of factors that determine the cost of the roof, but one of the big ones is the complexity of it. So, some roofs are really simple and straightforward. We can just order an EagleView to get the measurements. However, if you see this one, uh it's multiple stories. Starts down there, and it climbs up, and there's sections here. It looks like the slope of each section is the same, which is good. But, then there's a middle section there. So, three different stories, multiple different slopes. So, complexity is a huge factor in roof size and cost.

Why is my roof leaking? Hey guys, I'm Nick Rail here with Driftwood Builders Roofing and today we got a call from a client in Circle C and it looks like a raccoon or squirrels tore the ridge completely off this section of the roof. Every time it rains, water goes right through there. So I brought my tarp and I'll patch it up for now and so I'll get to go.

What is rolled roofing? Today, I'm going to tell you really quick. So, as you can see, we're on this beautiful roof in South Austin. As you can see, that's a normal slope. It's a 6 by 12 pitch. However, we have this section here, which is not very steep at all. So, with asphalt shingles, you you know, this base to this base is a very short width. However, with rolled roofing, these are significantly longer sheets. So, what we're going to do, since this part of the roof is not very steep at all, instead of putting asphalt shingles there, we're going to put rolled roofing there. So, that way, every time it rains and all this water comes down and drains into this low slope area, because this is so nice and long, the water will just slide right off and there won't be any house leaks. So, yeah, that's what rolled roofing is and that's how it's used.

What is underlayment, and what is it used for? Well, today I'm going to quickly tell you why. So, this right here, felt buster, is underlayment. At the very bottom, we have wood decking. And then, at the very top of roof system, we have the shingles. So, the underlayment provides an actual layer of protection. So, if there's giant wind or something happens and rain gets through, there's an actual layer of protection from the asphalt shingles into the wood decking.

Happy Wednesday, Austin. Nick Raile here from Gifford Builders Roofing and on this beautiful house in Marble Falls. The situation today was we have a client who has this beautiful tile roof and there's a leak at this very corner section. And so as you can see the decking is rotted underneath and it's starting to crack and so they they installed this metal temporarily fix. And so they hired four different roofers to come out and take a look at the problem. No one could diagnose what it was except us. So the problem with this roof is that every time a bunch of rain comes you have water that obviously comes from the top or that comes from the side and water that comes through that spout right there. And so as you can see this roof is not angled at all. It's almost flat. And so every time it rains there's a ton of water that gets all put down in one corner and it sits there and it starts to rot the decking and as the decking starts to rot it starts to crack underneath and then the situation only exacerbates. So we came out here and we diagnosed the situation. What we're going to do as a solution is we're going to lift up all these tiles put them to the side there add new decking underneath at cost and then put all the tiles back there and it's all good to go. And additionally we're probably going to install an extra layer of ice and water underneath so that way this angle will be more slanted going forward and will permanently resolve the problem.

Hey, Austin. Quick roofer tip, make sure to always check your shingles. So, we're here in this beautiful house in South Austin and we ordered 50 squares and I came out and I checked every single bundle of shingles and I noticed that six of them were damaged. Most likely happened during shipping. So, we got these two over here and you can come and look at these two. Little messed up. And then these two over here as well. So, I just called our amazing contact Mark Parker at ABC Supply and he's going to fix and he's going to take uh these six shingles and ship them out and it's all good to go.

Hey Austin, Nick Crow here with Jeff and Burton's Roofing now. On this beautiful house in South Austin in the Meridian community. And a lot of our customers ask us, how do I know if my roof needs to be replaced? And one way you can tell is discoloration. So, this is a very old roof that we're replacing. As you can see, there's all these white spots because the roof is very old and the granules are just straight starting to fall off. So, if you look at the roof from the lawn, it's you can see it's very shiny and there's white spots that stick out like that. So, that's one sign that your roof might need to be replaced.

Hey Austin, Nick Crowly here with Jeffro Builders Roofing on this beautiful house in Meridian in South Austin. A lot of our customers ask us what happens during a full roof replacement. And today I'll show you. So we got here today. This is a two-day job, 55 squares, and the first step is our guys get on here and they rip off all the old shingles. And the second thing they do is they rip off the underlayment, which is that layer right there. Now fortunately this roof only had one layer of underlayment, so that's good news. And these guys, uh they use these mattress cushions so they don't slip off, which is pretty cool. And yeah, and then the second thing is after they after we rip off the first layer, what we do is we install the second layer of underlayment, which is that top part. And then in the valleys we install an extra shield of ice and water to prevent against further leaks. So yeah, those are kind of the first two steps during a full roof replacement.

Austin, Nick Wright here with Trafford Builders Roofing. We're doing a full roof replacement for the giant beautiful house in Meridian in South Austin. A lot of our customers ask, "How do I know if I have hail damage?" And a lot of times you don't need to go on the roof to find out. So, as you can see these windows right here, there's marks on the windows from hail. And so, you don't even have to go on the roof to check out that this house has hail damage. So, if you don't want to climb on the roof, it's an easy way to find out.

This is a dryer vent that the screen has not been removed on. So, that's what you get. You get a clogged dryer vent.

All right. So, results of the water test, I sprayed right here up about 2 ft above from the solar panels at the end of the ridge, and there was leaks there. And then take a step back 2 ft about 4 ft from the end of the ridge vent and 2 ft from the solar panels, there was water coming in right there. I sprayed it right above here, there's no water coming in above that. And then I sprayed above here, and there's water coming above that. And then water coming in above that. And then I sprayed back here, and there wasn't any of the water coming in right there.

Hey, Austin. Nick Crouley here with Jeffry Builders roofing out on this beautiful house in Kyle. And I'm on the top of the roof with the hose, and you're probably wondering why on earth you have a hose on top of the roof. Well, today our client has a leak at the very top of the roof that's coming from the ridge vent. So, every time it rains, their attic leaks. Now, we don't want to replace the entire roof or the entire ridge vent, so we want to find the specific leak in the ridge vent. So, I climbed up on here with a hose, and Tom is going to go in the attic, and I'm going to spray water on the ridge vent, and then we're going to go slowly down the ridge vent until we find exactly where the leak is, and then we'll fix the problem, and it's all good to go.

Hey Austin, Nick Riley here with Jeffro Builders Roofing out on this beautiful house in Devol. And a lot of our customers ask us, "How do I know if I have hail damage?" or "What does hail damage look like?" And boy, do I have an example for you. So, we got this lead from Devol. I came out here with my chalk, climbed on the roof, and this is what hail damage look like. These giant circles in the middle of a roof. That is not normal. As you can see there, that's a circle there. This is one right here. Another good example of that. That's another example. So, I climbed up with my chalk and for every piece of hail damage I found, I drew a circle or an underline. So, as you can see, there's probably 30 underlines on one side of the roof, so there's a ton of hail damage. So, for next steps, we'll file an insurance claim, the adjuster will come out, I'll meet the adjuster here, and for hail damage like this, there's probably a 99.9% chance it gets approved, but it all depends on the insurance company. So, typically, as a rule of thumb, if it's 0.75 in to an inch, then it's like, "Eh, maybe it gets approved, probably not." If it's an inch, it's around a 50/50 toss-up. If it's about an inch to 1.25 in of hail, most likely. And if it's over 1.25 in, about an 80% chance it gets approved, very roughly. So, those are the rough set of guidelines, but every insurance company is different, so it doesn't hurt to check and doesn't hurt to get a free inspection for hail.

Hey everybody, this is Todd at Driftwood Builders Roofing. This morning I'm going to talk a little bit about flashing. So, when we replace a roof, that flashing right there that I'm showing, right there, so that flashing does not get replaced. And basically, this piece of flashing goes 4 in inches out over the shingle, 4 in inches up behind the siding. That's what keeps the water from getting in at that what we call a roof to wall condition. So again, we do not replace that flashing. It's just not necessary. It's a piece of galvanized metal, so there's nothing wrong with it. And you can see here that this roof roof has been replaced more than once. So, that hole right there is where a nail used to be. That right there is the head of a screw. Let me show you what that looks like. So, in the past and still a lot of roofing companies, most roofing companies today still use a nail because it's the easiest and cheapest way to go about it. Doesn't take as much time. So, that nail on the left, that will eventually back its way out. What my experience tells me is about 10 to 12 years, that nail is going to back its way out. The screw on the right-hand side, that's called a wood screw. It's 2 in It is going to hold in place. So, when we replaced this roof recently, we used screws on all of the flashing. Therefore, that flashing stays in place for the life of the roof, which is about 20 years, without having issues where the nail has pulled out. That's it for today. Make sure you hire Driftwood Builders Roofing for a quality roof.

Hey, Austin. Nick Crowder here with Driftwood Builders Roofing. We're currently doing a roof replacement on this beautiful house by Zilker. Now, our customers often asked us what happens if rotted wood decking is discovered during a roof replacement. And this morning we have a great example. So, our guys got here bright and early. They first tore off all the shingles, and then second they tore off the underlayment underneath. And then what they found is this wood decking underneath that was rotted. And they safely and securely threw it down, and then we're going to count how many sheets need to be replaced, and then I'll run to the Home Depot, grab those, text my customer, let them know that we need to replace a couple sheets, and it's all good to go.

Hey, Austin. Nick Raley here with Chiffon Builders Roofing on this beautiful house in Terrytown. Now, a lot of our customers ask us what are the most popular types of roofs. And at a high level, the most popular type of roof in Austin is asphalt shingle roof. Now, there are two types of asphalt shingles. One is a dimensional shingle, which you see right there. That's probably 80% of the houses that are asphalt shingles. And the other type of asphalt shingle is this older three-tab. Uh so, you see three-tab roofs from, you know, quite some time ago. The second most popular type of roof is metal roof. So, this roof here was clay tile and we're going to replace it with metal. And then the third most popular is obviously clay tiles, which is what this was. And then probably the fourth most popular type of roof that we see is this TPO roof on this commercial building. So, usually So, those are very flat, but they keep the water out. But yeah, so at a high level, the top four most popular roofs are asphalt shingle, metal, clay tile, and TPO.

Hey guys, Nick Raley here with Jeffword Brothers Roofing on this beautiful house in Tarrytown. Now we get often get asked, when you replace a roof, how do you make sure you don't make a big mess? And it's hard sometimes, but in this situation we have we're replacing a old tile roof with a new metal roof. And so the guys installed this metal chute that goes straight to the dumpster. So since you're all morning we've been taking off the old tiles, they go right down the chute and then to the dumpster. Everything stays clean and it's all good to go.

Austin, Nick Raleigh here with Driftwood Boat Roofs, and I'm on this beautiful house in Tarrytown with a pretty cool view. And today I want to talk to you about skip sheathing. So, as you can see, we ripped up the old tiles that were underneath this deck, and we see these wood boards are down, and there's a good space between these. Now, this is similar to tongue and groove. It looks like tongue and groove, but it's not tongue and groove. So, the difference between skip sheathing and tongue and groove is that skip sheathing has a lot of holes in the middle for space, whereas tongue and groove does not. So, the solution here is we're going to add an extra layer of board and battens both horizontally and vertically, and then we're going to add a 22-gauge metal standing seam roof on top of this, and it's all good to go.

Hey, Austin. Nick Raleigh here with Driftwood Builders Roofing out on this beautiful house in Tarrytown. Now, a lot of people ask us why is my roof leaking, especially after the rain we just had this morning. It definitely depends on the situation, but in this instance, it's because there's a giant hole in the roof. So, the roof uh was damaged, and then the raccoons got in and only exacerbate the situation. So, every time it rains, water goes straight through the bathroom and starts to leak. But, I brought my tarp, so I'm going to tarp it up for free, and so I'll get to go.

Hey Austin, Nick right here with Driftwood Builders Roofing on this full roof replacement in North Austin. Now, 95% of our clients don't want to get on the roof. However, some of them do. So, this customer climbed on the roof with us when the adjuster came. And so, sometimes customers ask what's the safe way to get up on a roof and walk on a roof. And so, today I'm going to teach you how to do that. So, first off, you want to set your ladder base up against the roof. At the bottom of the ladder, you want to make sure it's dug into the ground and not anywhere slippery. You want to make sure it's nice and wide, and you want to make sure the top of the ladder gives you some extra cushion at the end of the roof. So, I'm going to climb up the ladder nice and steady. Slow and steady wins the race. Now, when you enter the roof, you want to climb up the valley. The valleys are the easiest to climb up on because they have the lowest steepness. And go nice and slow, step by step. Now, typically I wear my Cougar Paws on, which are boots exclusively for roofers. However, I have my tennis shoes today, which usually just just fine. And you want to walk up nice and slowly through the valley. And that's how you climb up a roof.

Hey Austin, Nick Raley here with Gifford Roofing. We're doing a full roof replacement on this beautiful house in North Austin and we frequently get asked by our customers, how do I know if my roofer is doing a good job during the day of installation? And three super quick ways to check is one, are they using starter course shingles? So you guys can see there's quite a few shingles on this roof. However, this packet is different color because these are starter shingles. They're a little bit heavier than most shingles. So they go on the eve or the end of the roof so that on days like today when there's a ton of wind, which frequently happens in Central Texas, the whole roof doesn't lift up and go bananas. The second way to tell whether or not your roofer is doing a good job on the day of installation is this light stuff in valleys called ice and water shield. So this blue ice and water shield is an extra layer that serves to protect against water. So we put it in the valleys as they're obviously more susceptible, you know, when rain comes, they the water gets drained in the valleys. So you put the extra ice and water shield there. And then the third way to tell whether or not your roofer is doing a good job during the day of installation is documentation and communication. So I've texted my client four different times today just every couple hours sending him pictures to keep him in the loop. We did find some rotted decking um here before. So that was a couple extra hundred dollars. I texted him. He was totally cool with it and then I went to Lowe's to grab some decking to replace that.

Hey guys, Nick Raleigh here with Triforce Builders Roofing out on this beautiful house in North Austin where we're doing a full roof replacement. And we often get asked by customers, do I need to be home during a roof replacement? And the answer is very simply, no, you don't. So for this customer, Sam, he's not currently home, but we came in early, tore off all the shingles, and we're doing the full roof replacement without him being here, and I'll just send him a text every couple hours with pictures and keep him informed, and that way we're both happy. And yeah, not being home during a roof replacement is never a bad idea. As you can probably hear, we're definitely not the quietest bunch. So you definitely don't need to be home during a full roof replacement.

Hey Austin, Nick Rally here with Drifter Builders Roofing on this beautiful house, North Austin. And today I wanted to teach you guys about ice and water. So at a high level, there's three components for roofing system. The first is the shingles on top. The second is the underllayment, which goes underneath those. That's this gray synthetic belt you're looking at. And then the third is the wood decking underneath. However, in some situations, we install extra ice and water to serve as an extra layer for rain. And so, as you can see, the extra ice and water in this situation is all in the valleys because obviously every time it rains, all the rain comes down directly into the valleys. So, we always make make sure to add an extra layer of ice and water into all valleys.

Hey Austin, Nick Raley here with Driftwood Builders Roofing out on this beautiful house in North Austin where we're doing a full roof replacement. As you can tell, it's a very, very windy day on top of the roof. And so, I thought I'd talk to you guys today about starter shingles and what they are. So, you guys can see we have all of our shingles listed up here. Most of our shingles are this beautiful GAF Timberline HD high definition shingles. However, what we have here is in these different color shingles are these starter shingles. So, starter shingles are a little bit heavier than regular shingles and they go at the eve or the bottom of the roofline. So, we put these starter shingles right there and since they're a little heavier, when high wind comes, they're able to sit down easier and that way they don't lift up the whole roof creating a domino effect for the rest of the roof. So, there you go. Starter shingles are a little bit heavier, have an extra adhesive line, and they go at the end or the eve of the roof to prevent against high winds.

Hey, Austin. Nick here. with Driftwood Builders Roofing on this beautiful house in North Austin for a full roof replacement for one of our clients. Now, we frequently get asked, "What questions should I ask my roofer?" And today, I'm going to give you the top 10. So, the first question you should ask your roofer is, "How long have you been in business for?" The second question you should ask your roofer is, "Are you part of the Better Business Bureau?" The third question you should ask your roofer is, "How many nails do you use per builders uses exactly six nails per shingle, which is what you want your roofer to use. The fourth question you should ask your roofer is, "Have you done any homes in my neighborhood?" Typically in roofing, if you do a good job, they refer you to their neighbors. So, that's always a great question to ask. The fifth question you should ask your roofer is, "Are you certified with your manufacturer?" Now, Driftwood Builders is a GAF Master Elite certified roofer. So, you always want to make sure your roofer has a good relationship with your manufacturer. The sixth question you should ask your roofer, and this is probably my favorite since it's a trick question, is, "Are you licensed?" So, it's crazy in Texas, uh you are not required to have a license to own a roofing company or even work at a roofing company. So, you should always ask your roofer whether or not they're licensed, and if they say yes, you know they're full of The seventh question you should ask your roofer is, "Are you insured?" Obviously, walking on roofs isn't the safest thing ever, so you always want to make sure your roofer has both general liability and workers' comp insurance. Now, the eighth question you should ask your roofer is, "What do you do if is discovered?" So, at roof system, there's three layers. There's asphalt shingles, then there's the felt paper underneath, then there's the wood underneath that. And you want to make sure if your roofer finds bad decking, they replace it. The ninth question you should ask your roofer is, "Do you remove all old layers of felt paper?" So, each roof system should ideally have one layer of felt paper. However, some roofers uh do not remove the old layers of felt paper, and they just put an additional felt paper on top of it. And sometimes we found even up to four layers. And then the 10th question you should ask your roofer, and you probably never would have thought of this, is, "Do you provide a Porta Potty for your crew?" So, at Driftwood Builders, we always bring a Porta Potty for our crew, and that's just out of respect to our guys. And because of that, our crew has been with us for over 10 years. So, there it is. Those are the top 10 questions you should ask your roofer. Please let me know if you have any more questions whatsoever.

Happy Thursday, Austin. Nick Raleigh here with Triforce Roofing out on this beautiful tile roof in Westlake. After all the rain this spring, a lot of our customers are starting to see leaks in the attic. So, with this situation, I'm on this beautiful tile roof out in Westlake, and I came up here, and I lifted up the tiles, and it looks like the tacking is completely gone and rotten. So, what's happening is is there isn't enough underlayment been underneath the tiles, and so every time it rains, the water stores underneath, starts to rot the tacking, and now raccoons have started to come through.

Happy Wednesday, Austin. Nick Rally here with Triforce Builders Roofing out on this beautiful house in Lake Travis. We often get asked, "How long does a roof last in Central Texas?" And for an asphalt shingle roof, the average lifespan is between 15 and 20 years. So, I came out to do this inspection for this asphalt shingle roof that's only 8 years old. Uh so, we climbed around the entire roof, and it's an almost perfect roof. It doesn't need to be replaced or repaired. So, yeah. I'll come back here in about 8 years and check it again and see how it holds up.

Hey, awesome. Happy Tuesday. Nick Reley here with Driffford Builders Roofing. We often get asked, how do you protect landscaping and personal property during a roof replacement? And so, it's very simple. Right now, we just put, you know, as you can see, the guys are tearing off the old asphalt shingles. We simply just put tarps all over the landscaping. So when the shingles fall off, they fall right on the tarp and the trees are safe and it's all good to

Happy Wednesday, Austin. Nick Riley here with Driftwood Builders Roofing. We often get asked, why is there mold in my attic and what caused it? And a lot of times it comes from issues with the roof. So, in this situation, we had underllayment that was no good anymore and we had to replace. And so because the underllayment was no good, every time that it rained, the rain would come through the old underllayment in and then it would start underneath which to cause mold to start in the attic. So sometimes the mold in your attic is from problems at the top of your roof.

Happy Wednesday, Austin. Nick Riley here with Driffwood Builders Roofing. We often get asked what is roof underllayment and why is it important? Well, right here we have this beautiful tie roof a little bit south of the river. And what was happening is a metal underllayment had been torn off and wasn't working. So, every time there was a rainstorm, the water would start to rot the wood and then what that's why there was a leak at the top of the roof. So, they called us in. Uh, we replaced we lifted up all these tiles, put down new metal underllayment, replace the tiles, and it's all good to

Hello, Tom Baker again with Driftwood Builders Roofing here to show you an example of two products that Driftwood Builders Roofing offers. One is a standing seam metal roof and the other is a 6-in gutter. Now, these larger gutters are typically what we recommend if you have water collection systems so that you can ensure that you capture all the rain water that comes off of your roof.

Hello, Tom Baker again showing you an example of a standing seam metal roof produced by Driftwood Builders Roofing. This is a again a 24 gauge strided panel standing seam double lock metal roof. It's uh one of the many products we offer here at Driftwood Builders. And this is a high quality solution that lasts a long time. It comes with a 40-year Kina finish warranty and Driftwood Builder standard 7-year metal roof warranty that includes 100% protection. So, you know you're getting a quality product for many years.

Hello, Tom Baker here with Driftwood Builders Roofing. Today we're here to show you an example of standing seam metal roofing. This is one of the many products Driftwood Builder Roofing offers. It's a high quality product that is designed to last many years. The example before you is a 24 gauge steel strided panel double lock standing seam metal roof. It's rollformed onsite and applied using our expert installers and is a high quality solution that lasts many many years.

I've been working with Driftwood Builders for many years now with my clients through the real estate business. They've never disappointed. I highly recommend this company. [music] When you cry.

Hey everybody, this is Todd at Driftwood Builders Roofing. This morning, I'm going to talk a little bit about pipe flashings. So, inside of that pipe flashing, which is a metal sleeve, there is a 2-in PVC pipe, which is allowing the smells out of from the bathroom, the P trap to get out. So, when we redo a roof, we have to figure out how do we not get water in around that pipe? Well, there's basically two ways to do it. The way that we do it is that pipe flashing right there that goes all the way around the pipe, so you can't even see the pipe and then tucks in at the top. So, it just is allowed to kind of stand there. The other way to do it, which is the way that we do not do it at Driftwood Builders, unless we absolutely have to, this thing is called a 3in-1 flashing. So, basically does the same thing and it does keep the water out, but this little rubber gasket right here, that's what the pipe goes through. So, that pipe comes up through this hole, sticks up here, and that rubber gasket has to hold onto that pipe. The problem with this is you get 10, 12, 15 years into a roof, mother nature has beat on this rubber enough to make it brittle and let go of that pipe and then the water starts coming in. So, the way that we do it with that metal flashing, it's never going to go anywhere. It's just allowed to stand there. There's nothing gripping the PVC pipe. In this case, 3 in1 boot, it's going to have to grip that pipe and it's going to have to last for 20 years, which it's probably not going to do. So, make sure you hire a company that's using a metal flashing instead of a threein-1 boot. That's driftwood builders ripping.

Hey everybody, this is Todd at Driftwood Builders Roofing. Today I'm going to talk a little bit about flashing. So you can see this flashing that goes up behind the wall. See if I can point to it. There's the wall. There's the siding. So that piece of flashing goes 4 in behind the siding, 4 in out here over the shingle. The important part that I want to relay today is when we replace a roof, we don't replace that flashing. It's galvanized metal. There's nothing wrong with it. It's all good. But we do pull it out of the way, get the old shingles out of the way, and then reinstall it. As you can see here, this roof was replaced more than once because that's an old nail hole. That's a screw. So, we recently replaced this roof. And these days, compared to the old days of Driftwood Builders, before we knew better, and I must say, most of our competition still does not know better. We use a screw instead of a nail. So on the left is a nail, on the right is a screw with a grommet on it. That nail over time will back its way out maybe 10 years into the to the roof and then start letting water in versus a 2-in wood screw holding that flashing in place. Major major difference. So make sure you hire a roofing company that's doing it right. Call Driftwood Builders Roofing.

Hey, this is Nathan with Driftwood Builders Roofing. A lot of our customers ask how do they know if the roof is getting old, when they should get it inspected. So, I'm going to show you a couple things here that we look for. Now, the first is going to be dark staining on the roof, mold and mildew signs that can let you know that your roof is getting old and it's time to get checked out. Another one that you're also going to see is when the fiberglass matting starts to make itself known. And that's going to be a little bit of a shimmer on the roof. And what you're seeing is the granules have been eroded. The tar has been eroded off the roof. And now you're seeing the fiberglass kind of shine through. And that looks something like that. It's pretty obvious on this roof, but when your roof gets to this stage, it's really time to get it checked out by a professional. Thanks,

So, some recommendations for us is always ask your roofer for documentation. We come on here and take as many photos and videos as we possibly can without obviously. So, that way when I go down to the homeowner and explain what needs to be done, I can just show him all the documentation I took. So, great tip with your roofer, always ask them for documentation. If they say we need to get a full replacement, ask them, "Show me the Carfax.

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Happy Tuesday, Austin Nick Riley here with Driftwood Roofing and beautiful house in Austin. We often get asked does my roof need to be fully replaced or just repaired? And so in this instance we have a tile that is very old but it does not need to be fully replaced. As you can see he's got some algae stains and if you look at here if we lift up this tile you can see the sealant um is coming off. And so the sealant has resulted in a bunch of leaks in the house which is why the homeowner called us. So we came out here, climbed on the roof, replaced that tile and in this instance we just pulled a little bit of sealant under that tile and everything's back to normal.

Hey, happy Sunday, Austin. Nick Riley here from Driftwood Builders Roofing. A question we often get asked is, "How do I know if my roof needs to be inspected?" And a very simple rule of thumb we use is if your roof looks a little bit abnormal, you might want to get it checked. One great example we have here is on this beautiful house in Westlake, you can see the black stains on a brown asphalt shingle roof. Now, this is caused by glorioapsa magma.

All right, good morning. Happy Friday. So, today I want to talk to you about high nail shingles. So, right now we're tearing off all the shingles on this beautiful roof in this beautiful house. And the reason is cuz the old roofer did not nail the shingles well. So, I'm going to show you this part of shingles. Ideally, the nail the nail should go right here so that way the shingles don't slip off. However, unfortunately, the old roofer did not do a good job and they put the nails way too high. So, this is the back of the shingles, which you'll never see, and the nail should go right here to hold the shingles in place. However, as you can see, these nails were way too high, and on a super steep uh slope like that, the shingles were fall off. So, we had to come in, tear all the shingles off, and do the entire job again. So, make sure when you choose a roofer, they put the nail in the right. And make sure to choose Driftwood Builder Roofing.

Hey, this is Todd at Driftwood Builders Roofing. This morning I want to show you real quick uh what Tongue and Groove, this is like a 1970s built house. And you see this occasionally in the roofing business that uh tongue and groove was used instead of plywood. And what happens if we don't cover the tongue and groove is we end up with a lot of gaps. Not only great big gaps like that or that one, but even these small ones really cause a problem for us because when we shoot a nail through the shingle, we can't see this anymore. We shoot a nail through that, all of a sudden that nail disappears, but we can't feel it. We can't see it. And then the next time it rains, we got a problem. So, I know it's expensive to cover everything up with plywood, but you can see that's exactly what we're doing here. So, now we've put a piece of a sheet of plywood, the entire house, sheet of plywood over all of the tongue and groove. And now we're going to have a flat surface. That surface is nice and flat. It's going to accept a nail and we're not going to have any leaks. So tongue and groove, it's an issue. If you don't hire the right company, you're going to have problems.

Hey, this is Nathan with Driftwood Builders roofing. We're just out here inspecting a roof for one of our customers and we wanted to show you something we found on this. Uh, this is the original roof to this home and the builder put this on. And one thing we always check for when it's an original biddler roof is to see how their nail installation was. In this case, they only put three nails per shingle. This nail's high and overblown. It's just a bad roofing job. Definitely something we can improve.

Hi guys, Tom Baker with Driftwood Builders Roofing. This an is an example of bad decking on a roof. It's important that you replace that when you're replacing your roofing system.

This is Tom Baker with Driftwood Builders Roofing. It's important to use grommeted fasteners painted for exposed flashing fastening.

This is Tom Baker with Driftwood Builders Roofing. This is a demonstration of synthetic underllayment install. This protects your decking wood and interior from water. It is the layer directly under the shingles.

I know you're dying to ask me, Chris, why are the materials on the ground? Wouldn't it be way easier if you put them on the roof? Like, yes, for a couple days before the project, but ultimately it's way better for the project if we ground drop them like we do. So, you know, with the work side of it, it's a lot easier to maneuver. We less handling of the materials. We can remove the entire roof before, you know, any materials come up and there's way less stress on the structure ultimately. You know, the your average roof is 4 to six tons. So that's four to six tons on this new roof sitting on the ground and that's 4 to six tons up there already. So there's no reason to put, you know, that much weight on the structure when we don't have to. Also, delivery is a lot less stressful. So these guys can get dropped off from just a piggyback fort truck that's on the back of those those flatbeds you see hauling shingles around town. You know those to to roof load it, they have to use a boom truck. So, that's a large commercial vehicle that has to back up into your driveway, put stress on the the existing concrete, and you know, god forbid, you know, there's something that isn't supported or is eroded over the years, it's it's going to crack the driveway slab. So, you know, that's the last thing we want to do. You know, we're trying to leave your house as good or better than we found it. So, you know, that that's the big thing with construction at the end of the day. Like, the little things matter.

Hey, this is Todd at Driftwood Builders Roofing. Going to talk just a little bit about ventilation today. So, I'm going to turn my camera and we're going to start here. That is called the set vent and they're all the way around the house. Usually about every 8 ft in the set, you're going to find these vents all the way around the house. That in the roofing business is what we call an intake. So, it's pulling the air in so that it will push up and through the attic and let that air ventilate. That little box vent right there is called an air hawk or a total turtle vent. That is letting the hot air out. So, in every attic system, we want to have the set vents at the bottom pulling air in and then the turtle vents letting the air out at the top. You see another one up there at the on the twotory of my roof. Um anyway, that's kind of a brief explanation of how we move air through an attic. There's lots and lots of different ways to to vent a roof from the top, and we'll talk about those in future episodes. Talk to you soon.

Hey, this is Todd at Driftwood Builders Roofing. This morning, we're going to talk about drip edge just a little bit. These are my drip edge samples that I showed all my customers. We choose colors. Uh there's six colors. It basically it's 2 in by 2 in. Let's see if I can do that right. 2 in by 2 in. So, this piece right here that actually gets nailed flip my gets nailed right there to the decking. You see that nail right there? So, that gets nailed all the way across about every 12 in or so. And then the drip edge, the 2-in piece that falls down over the fascia right here, that is protecting the wood. So, you look up here a little bit. Let's zoom in. See the drip edge right there on the fascia board. So, what's what it does is it's wicking water away from the fascia board. So, we put it all the way around the perimeter for every single house that we do. And then the other benefit, if we go back to the gutter here, is imagine the back of the gutter is behind the drip edge. So, any water that comes rolling off the roof, kind of works its way around the shingle, it's got to hit metal. it. There's no way for it to hit wood. Hits metal, drops into the gutter, flows off out the down spout. So, like I said, drip edge all the way around the house. It's a very important piece. Um, don't let a ruffer do your house without putting drip edge on. That would be a bad move. All right, that's drip edge. Driftwood builders roofing.

Hey, this is Nathan with Driftwood Builders Roofing. Just out here inspecting a roof and I wanted to show you what I'm finding on this one. We've got some trees growing over the roof. Now, this may not look like much. It's not a heavy branch, but every time the wind blows, this thing's going back and forth and back and forth across those shingles and it's wearing them down. So, even a small limb like this, keep it trimmed off your roof to keep the shingles in good condition.

Hey, this is Nathan with Driftwood Builders Roofing out here inspecting another roof and I wanted to show youall what minor hail damage looks like. So, here's a shingle that would have looked fine from the ground, but when you get up here and take a look at it, you can see that there actually are some hail hits up here. Just got to get up here and look for them.