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Roofing Basics: What Does a Roofer Do?


Have you ever wondered what a roofer does? Sure, you’ll often think of contacting a roofer when you have an issue with your roof or when you want to do some maintenance. But roofers’ functions, skills, and expertise go far further than this, and they should be your go-to for everything roof-related, whether it’s fixing a problem, installing a new roof, or just having your questions answered.

In this post, we’ll give you a broad overview of what a roofer does and how they can help you when it comes to your home or office’s roof.

What Does a Roofer Do?

Let’s face it, you generally don’t give much thought to your roof. That is, until there’s an issue. When this happens, you’ll typically hire a roofer or call West Palm Beach Roofing to carry out some repairs or maintenance. In some cases, you might need to hire a roofer to install a new roof. Sure, these are a roofer’s primary tasks, but their skills and expertise go far further than this. With that in mind, let’s look at what a roofer does in more detail.

Roof Repairs and Maintenance

One of the first instances when you’ll contact a roofer is when you want to do roof maintenance or repairs. Here, a roofer will check your existing roof materials and remove old tiles, shingles, or other roofing materials. A roofer has the skills and expertise to work with a large range of roofing materials, and once any old material is removed they’ll be able to accurately measure new materials, cut them to size, and replace where necessary.

In addition to the repairs and maintenance mentioned above, roofers can also repair and replace your roof’s waterproofing, apply protective coverings, and fit roof fixtures like vents, skylights, or chimneys. They can also cut and fit flashing, seal joints, ridge caps, and the ends of gables. To properly do their work, roofers will also erect and dismantle scaffolding, tile elevators, and ladders and, with their expertise and experience, they’re able to get all this done while minimising any safety risks.

Roof Installations

Apart from doing roof maintenance and repairs, roofers also install roofs at newly constructed buildings. Here, they’ll measure, install, and secure a variety of roof materials, ensure proper waterproofing, install guttering, and seal joints, ridge caps, and the ends of gables. Similar to the repairs mentioned earlier, roofers will also ensure that any work is done in the safest possible environment and, more importantly, that any work is carried out in accordance with building regulations.

Estimations

To do the maintenance, repairs, and installations mentioned, roofers understand technical drawings and specifications, and they understand what materials are best for a specific job. As a result, they will be able to identify the right materials and measure the quantities of these materials necessary for a specific repair or installation. In addition, they’ll also know what other materials they’ll need to complete a job.

This knowledge enables them to provide detailed estimations of what a job will cost, which, in turn, eliminates any unexpected surprises when you need to do roof maintenance or repairs.

Conclusion

Hopefully, this post gives you a broad overview of what a roofer does and why you’ll need one when you have issues with your roof. When you do, it’s time you contact a qualified roofing installer.

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