This spring, our asphalt-shingled roof announced that it was time to be replaced - again - by curling up its edges and shedding its granules. We had installed it in 1999 with a 25-year-warranteed product that had been highly recommended at the time. We were disappointed, therefore, that it had lasted only 16 years until we started researching online. There we learned that since asbestos was removed from asphalt shingles, many of them need to be replaced every 10 to 15 years; we had beaten the average life with ours.
After some deliberation, we decided it was worth the extra cost to go for a metal roof this time so we won't have to replace it again. We asked for quotes from 4 different roofing companies listed on HomeStars - 3 of which sent a representative to see our home and give us a quote. The fourth firm gave us a quote by phone after viewing a satellite image of our house.
Of the 3 representatives who came to see us, we were most impressed with Solomon from ClickLock. Before even coming to see us, he forwarded links to a CBC Marketplace episode about roofing replacement, a Mike Holmes discussion, and a video from ClickLock showing their installation process. He then arrived with a wealth of samples for us to examine and explained the pros and cons of each type. During our walk-around of the house, he also identified something that we had not mentioned but really appreciated him including in our quote - the roofs over our two outside decks both leaked and had resisted our personal efforts to seal them.
We ordered our new roof at the end of May 2015 expecting a 6-to-8 week wait for installation. To our surprise and delight, our installer Ben arrived during the last week of June and began the job. What a wonderful worker he is, too - despite a rainy week and his having only one helper, Ben completed our roof on July 4th. Throughout July and August, our beautiful new steel roof has resisted wind, rain, and thunderstorms, helped keep our house cooler in the heat, and - to our ears - has helped mute the sound of rain during some of the torrential downpours we have had.
We continue to be delighted to have met both Solomon and Ben and to have had them arrange and install our wonderful ClickLock Metal roof. We are thoroughly impressed, too, with the rest of the ClickLock team, including Adam and Brad, who support and inspect the entire process. We could not be more pleased with the entire project.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $15,750.00