Homeowners are very likely to have questions about a roof replacement estimate as submitted by a roofing contractor. This includes the attic ventilation portion of the estimate. During the Q&A session of our seminars across North America, contractors frequently ask that we roleplay responses to typical homeowner questions — especially when an improvement or needed fix to the attic ventilation is involved.
Daniel White, roofing consultant at Roof Life of Oregon in Tigard, Ore., walked us through a point/counterpoint roleplay in a recent episode of our podcast. Here is a portion of that conversation. For simplicity, we assumed the homeowner understands a new roof is needed. It’s the attic ventilation line items within the estimate being questioned by the homeowner.