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Marietta couple ripped off with roof scam

Monday, March 8th, 2010
A couple in Marietta Georgia trusted  an Atlanta roofing company to put a new roof on their home. But the contractor took their money and was never heard from again. Charley & Mary Wheeler live on a fixed income and struggled to scrape up some money for the new roof. Notice what happened next… A roofing [...] Tags: atlanta roofing company, atlanta roofing scams, better business bureau, roofers, roofing company, roofing company atlanta, roofing contractor, roofing scams

Roofer takes a down payment and doesn’t do any work

Monday, February 8th, 2010
A local contractor could face criminal charges for allegedly taking money from a customer and failing to do any work. On February 10, 2009, victim William Heston signed a contract for $13,970 to have his roof redone. He wrote a check for the down payment to the contractor, which was cashed the following day, Heston told [...] Tags: atlanta-roofing, criminal charges, georgia-roofing, georgia-roofing-company, roofing scams

Police arrest area roofer, money repaid

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Homeowners in this New England commumity alerted the Better Business Bureau and police when a local roofing contactor took deposits totaling about $20,000 to replace roofs, but never actually did the work.  The article posted in the Telegraph and Gazette goes on tp sayabout the roofing contractor: “He was down and out with the flu or [...] Tags: atlanta roofing company, atlanta-roofing, better business bureau, georgia-roofing-company, home improvement contractors, roofing scams

Roofer alleging lack of safety equipment sues employer for $500,000

Monday, January 18th, 2010
GALVESTON  Texas – A roofing laborer from Galveston Texas claims he was injured while working on a home  because he was not provided with any safety equipment. Because of this he is suing his employer for a half of a million dollars.  The laborer reports he had no experience in doing siding work and yet [...] Tags: atlanta roof, galveston texas, georgia-roofing, georgia-roofing-company, proper insurance, roofing company, safety equipment, safety harness, scaffolding

Reroofing your home yourself can be dangerous

Monday, December 14th, 2009
If you are thinking about reroofing your Atlanta home then you need to be careful about falling and hurting yourself.  I just ran across this news report about a man in East Bridgewater that fell off a roof he was working on. The news article goes on to say: “A 40-year-old East Bridgewater man re-roofing a [...] Tags: extremity fractures, offing, roof atlanta, roofing company, roofing company atlanta, workers comp insurance

The Hidden Costs Of Atlanta Roofing

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Do you know what one of the biggest hidden costs of Atlanta Roofing is? In fact, these hidden costs affect not only home owners who are looking to replace their roof, but it also affects the  roofing contractor as well as the roofing supply stores too. What are we talking about? Theft. Did you know that as you [...] Tags: atlanta-metal-roof, atlanta-roofing, roofing-materials, roofing-supplies