Ridge tile repair (moved)

[Alastairreid]

Supply and demand, Have ladder become roofer....the windows can wait.

 

[Vinty]

after every storm, the firm i work for charges between £200 to £500 for minimum roof/guttering jobs.
all bigger jobs are promised immediate attention but only attended to days or even weeks later once the paper is signed.

Every storm cloud has a silver lining.
In your firms case it seems to be a Golden one.

 

[catlad]

I wouldn't go to that job and replace the ridge tile for a £100 and I think if you don't make hay while the sun shines then your a fool! its simple economics supply and demand.

 

[bbjc]

Tbh as a homeowner i,d happily pay 100 to get that fixed regardless of a storm or not. 50,s probably too low tbh. Bearing in mind the roofer has to come to the job. Then probably go to the roofing supplier to get the correct ridge. Back again. Put up a ladder. Put up a roof ladder. Get up there and actually do the work. Its a risky business going on any roof without a scaffold. Lets be honest most roofers wouldn,t be getting a scaffold for a job like that imo. I,d be grateful for anyone to do that for a 100.

Homeowners need to take into account the outlays of a business. Ladders. Roof ladders. Van. Diesel. Insurances. Sand. Cement. Pva. Tools. Etc. It all adds up.

 

[bobasd]

my firm, like other firms i know of, insist on two workers to attend all roofing jobs - those who insure the roofing trade insist on two or more in attendence for work at certain heights eg typically 3-stories.
H&S assessment might call for a harness or a warning sign/barrier for the public?
sometimes, on arrival after up to an hours difficult traffic, we're getting ladders up and unloading, then with adverse weather like we are having the weather changes and jobs off - silver lining, golden lining?
tomorrow might be better but today is a wet, cold money loser.

its at times like that that our thoughts turn to free jobs - £50 to £100 jobs an all other fantasies that might cause us to bolt from one place to another fixing everybodies roofing problems - damn the expense.
Batman does it - Spiderman might do it - why shouldn't a small builders join the Bob-a-Job crew?

 

[Vinty]

The roofing firm i worked for specialised in industrial and commercial properties.
They charged £400 a day minimum to send out 2 men and van to carry out repairs.
A manager explained to me that any less than £400 wouldn't pay the company for time lost diverting men and vans to carry out repairs.
The company had roofing contracts with councils and commercial landlords, any repairs they carried out were usually for their own clients.
If some old lady phoned up looking to have a tile replaced they would explain to her that she should try some other company.

 

[Vinty]

my firm, like other firms i know of, insist on two workers to attend all roofing jobs - those who insure the roofing trade insist on two or more in attendence for work at certain heights eg typically 3-stories.
H&S assessment might call for a harness or a warning sign/barrier for the public?
sometimes, on arrival after up to an hours difficult traffic, we're getting ladders up and unloading, then with adverse weather like we are having the weather changes and jobs off - silver lining, golden lining?
tomorrow might be better but today is a wet, cold money loser.

its at times like that that our thoughts turn to free jobs - £50 to £100 jobs an all other fantasies that might cause us to bolt from one place to another fixing everybodies roofing problems - damn the expense.
Batman does it - Spiderman might do it - why shouldn't a small builders join the Bob-a-Job crew?

I think by law that 2 men mimimum for roof repairs, one to get onto the roof and one to phone for an ambulance if his mate falls off the roof.
My mate used to say he could tell the severity of a storm by the number of phone calls he would get next day by people wanting their roof repaired.
I used to give a hand at weekends some times, we would start early and replace a broken tile here, a slipped slate there, rebed and repoint loose ridge tiles and maybe patch a flat roof to finish.
You could earn a good wedge of cash without having to rip anyone off.(except for the taxman of course)