I'm in need of a new roof on my house in Bryan, and some of the decking may also need to be repaired/replaced, along with adding another vent.

Seeking recommendations.

Thanks in advance!

Call CP Wade with Hargrove Roofing.

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Stay away from anyone that says they'll do it for whatever your insurance quote is. They're the same as a car salesman asking you where you need your payment to be as opposed to discussing actual price. My experience is most roofers are just brokers that markup 100%.

Big fan of United. At least get a bid and talk with them.

My husband.

Scott Merrill with Holden Roofing

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Call Adam Dodson 1 (979 ) 219 -1077

Highly highly recommend Stinson and Stinson. They do excellent work and are local. The best.

Many of the roofers simply use different crews. I have even seen crews drive in from Houston.

Basically just sub it out?

Kind of. Roofing crews don't generally have the relationships with the suppliers or want to deal with that aspect. So roofing companies have crews that they use for installs. My husband works for Holden, the crews they use exclusively contract for Holden, but are not Holden employees. As far as the relationship with suppliers- when there was a shingle shortage a year or so ago, Holden was able to get colors other people weren't because they are preferred vendors with Owen's Corning.

As far as them coming in from Houston- there aren't many roofing crews here in BCS. Even the larger companies here will use crews out of Houston.


Edit- right after a storm, you will see a lot of "fly by nught" roofers (what my husband calls them). People who get an LLC, and decide they will go try their hand as a roofer. What you have to worry about with a lot of companies is that they can't find a crew to actually do the work, or they can't get priority for materials- so you could be waiting for a long LONG time for them to actually do your roof- and by that point they may no longer be in business and somehow convinced you to give them your first insurance check.

Find a company that doesn't require payment until "Roof Day", and check their LLC to make sure they have been around more than a year (many will claim 5-10 years experience, but not with their own company). Also ask about their insurance coverage, should something go wrong. Legit companies will have a large umbrella policy to cover any damages.

With that said
I do like Jay Rudder

I also like Stinson and Stinson. I think they are more experienced with the insurance side of it

I have numbers for both and can answer maybe some questions before they get there if you need any guidance

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Just had our roof replaced last month, and we are very pleased with Aggieland Roofing (The Roofer Girl). The crew left our yard clean and they ran magnets around the yard several times. I only found one nail in a potted plant and one in a birdbath.

Ive got some guys that can do it for well less than half the price of the big companies. Same workers, same materials. Extremely trustworthy and reliable but its cash, no insurance, etc.

Post your contact if youd like their info.

JMac03 said:

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We used Stellar Roofing and Scott and his crew are fantastic.

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We had our roof replaced by Stellar before my husband changed jobs. They did a good job.

Ive had two roofs done in the last month. Smaller 3/2 houses with garage. Right at $5000 each. The roofers know what the insurance companies will pay and it would have been $15,000+ each if i filed them as storm damage and went with a big company. Meanwhile my rates would have gone up. And Id be lucky to not get canceled. It's all a racket.

Exactly. We had hail damage and the insurance estimate was ridiculously high. Over 3 times the cost of the roof back in 2013. 3 roofing companies quoted, we'll do it for your insurance estimate and talked about law and blah blah blah. I found the company that first put our roof on and got a labor quote for removal, install and disposal. Then I got a materials quote with delivery and all in it was less than half of insurance. We still went through insurance and paid our deductible but the roofing brokers didn't walk away with 15k do do absolutely nothing more than schedule one sub and material delivery

CS78, question.

On the 3/2 house for $5000, about how many square feet is the house?

That will kind of help me figure out how much my roof cost would be.

They can't raise your rates for an act of God claim, nor can they cancel your policy for making an act of God claim (which is what wind and hail are).

Summary: when using insurance, or not, you should focus on the MOST QUALIFIED roofer, not the cheapest one. There are a lot of good recommendations on this thread. I'd suggest using one.

First, I'm responding to your post but not "you". This is general "you". This topic comes up frequently.

Bear in mind that Many folks don't understand how insurance works. It's the project manager's job to explain that. If the roofing "dude" just scheduled materials and subs then you need a better project manager because there is far more to it than that. I handle everything from inspections, contracts, materials, educating homeowners on multiple brands and products, technology, managing crews, install day, material shortages, homeowner issues, billing, invoicing, adjuster meetings, supplements, all the way to litigation if a customer doesn't get what they are owed. If you didn't get upgraded shingles, hip and ridge, underlayment, manufacturer warranties etc, at a MINIMUM, they didn't do their job for you. When you cut out the roofing company, you also cut out your warranties, expose yourself to liability (I carry $2 Million) and you are at the mercy of the crew to fix issues if you can even get a hold of them. That crew is contracted by a roofing company, and when I have them busy for 6 days a week, guess where your roof issues falls on their priority list…probably 7 months from now. Why take that risk? You paid the same. Your insurance got a deal and you got shorted.

Folks can do it your way to be sure. The insurance company prefers it because it saves THEM $$$$$. You paid more for less. That's why they want you to get estimates, so they can get out of paying full price.

You paid your deductible and got a basic install instead of paying your deductible and getting a top grade install. That's fine if that's what makes you happy but I'm personally not interested in saving my carrier a penny. My homeowners pay a ton for their premiums and they want their pound of flesh in top grade materials when it's time to pay the piper.

When my truck got damaged, Geico wrote me a nifty check for $2,000 then they said they had "a guy". That "guy" magically could do the work for less than 2,000. Guess what…I don't want some "guy" to work on my Ford truck for pennies on the dollar. It goes to mother Ford and their estimate was nearly DOUBLE at $3800. It costs me the same $500 whether it's done cheaply and poorly, or expensive and nice. Ford made it look brand new and insurance ate every stinking penny of it. I hope Ford made a killing. I hope they overcharged Geico. Either way, I don't care, my truck looks awesome.

Treat your roof the same way. It's about the most important part of your home.

Thanks for the recommendations. I suppose I should note that my insurance is NOT paying for this, though they are insisting I replace the roof to maintain coverage, but it's all coming out of my pocket, so that is going to impact my decision here.

Then get quotes from multiple people! Write down exactly what you want done, and have multiple companies quote you on that. The prices will differ, and if they are all reputable companies then there isn't much downside.

Jason Storm just roofed our home. His crew did a great job and I highly recommend him.

Jay Rudder
Rudder Construction

Jason_InfinityRoofer said:

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Summary: when using insurance, or not, you should focus on the MOST QUALIFIED roofer, not the cheapest one. There are a lot of good recommendations on this thread. I'd suggest using one.

First, I'm responding to your post but not "you". This is general "you". This topic comes up frequently.

Bear in mind that Many folks don't understand how insurance works. It's the project manager's job to explain that. If the roofing "dude" just scheduled materials and subs then you need a better project manager because there is far more to it than that. I handle everything from inspections, contracts, materials, educating homeowners on multiple brands and products, technology, managing crews, install day, material shortages, homeowner issues, billing, invoicing, adjuster meetings, supplements, all the way to litigation if a customer doesn't get what they are owed. If you didn't get upgraded shingles, hip and ridge, underlayment, manufacturer warranties etc, at a MINIMUM, they didn't do their job for you. When you cut out the roofing company, you also cut out your warranties, expose yourself to liability (I carry $2 Million) and you are at the mercy of the crew to fix issues if you can even get a hold of them. That crew is contracted by a roofing company, and when I have them busy for 6 days a week, guess where your roof issues falls on their priority list…probably 7 months from now. Why take that risk? You paid the same. Your insurance got a deal and you got shorted.

Folks can do it your way to be sure. The insurance company prefers it because it saves THEM $$$$$. You paid more for less. That's why they want you to get estimates, so they can get out of paying full price.

You paid your deductible and got a basic install instead of paying your deductible and getting a top grade install. That's fine if that's what makes you happy but I'm personally not interested in saving my carrier a penny. My homeowners pay a ton for their premiums and they want their pound of flesh in top grade materials when it's time to pay the piper.

When my truck got damaged, Geico wrote me a nifty check for $2,000 then they said they had "a guy". That "guy" magically could do the work for less than 2,000. Guess what…I don't want some "guy" to work on my Ford truck for pennies on the dollar. It goes to mother Ford and their estimate was nearly DOUBLE at $3800. It costs me the same $500 whether it's done cheaply and poorly, or expensive and nice. Ford made it look brand new and insurance ate every stinking penny of it. I hope Ford made a killing. I hope they overcharged Geico. Either way, I don't care, my truck looks awesome.

Treat your roof the same way. It's about the most important part of your home.

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I didn't go to Dollar General to get materials. Your insinuation that anyone buying their own materials gets less quality than what you are selling is wrong. And as to the pound of flesh extracted from insurance carriers. Your take is that justice is served by the homeowner paying a multi thousand dollar deductible while the contractor enjoys a 100% margin? I've been paying the premiums for decades and the roofer gets the pound of flesh. Somehow that doesn't make me feel better. I guarantee that once insurance stops covering roofs, prices will drop 30% or more.

It's not a 100% margin (in fact, look at your insurance quote. It has labor and profit built in, and that is what the roofing company has to honor (assuming the insuramce company used the correct amount per their own guidelines)), and not getting a warranty is getting a lesser product (and not knowing which line items may be missing is also getting a lesser product).


Edit- but man.... I wish it were a 100% margin. We would be living a life of pure luxury if that were the case.

Random question for you- have you seen an uptick in denials and having to go to PA and litigation lately? I'd say probably 1/3 or more of the files my husband has right now are in PA or litigation (some are blatantly obvious hail damage from recent storms where every other home on the block is getting bought)

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It's not a 100% margin (in fact, look at your insurance quote. It has labor and profit built in, and that is what the roofing company has to honor (assuming the insuramce company used the correct amount per their own guidelines)), and not getting a warranty is getting a lesser product (and not knowing which line items may be missing is also getting a lesser product).


Edit- but man.... I wish it were a 100% margin. We would be living a life of pure luxury if that were the case.

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Insurance numbers are irrelevant. I know what the costs are and the quotes I received were over double that amount. Warranty is irrelevant when I can buy 2+ for the amount I was quoted for 1. Hospital billing makes the same arguments you're making