They ll pass out leaflets and even show up unannounced or offer a free inspection.
Hail roof stormchasers.
The storm chaser hits a neighborhood and wants to replace as many roofs as possible for as little cost as possible and then gets the heck out of town.
Most legitimate roofing companies will have some form of branding attached to the name.
Or in some cases storm chasers have been known to simply take the money and run.
The storm chaser completes a rush job on the roof and a few years later it s already beginning to fail.
Look for a local phone number and address on business cards truck signs and on their website.
Be wary of companies with names like number one hail experts that suddenly show up in your neighborhood.
They collect homeowners insurance claim checks in payment for their services and complete the work often shoddily before moving on to the next storm ravaged area.
The work done by storm chasers is often poor.
With that roofing companies of all kinds must drum up ways to generate targeted roofing leads on a consistent basis.
Storm chasers do what their name describes they chase storms around from area to area hawking their roofing services.
Some storm chasers even offer to pay the homeowner s deductible or offer cash back.
The lifespan of these hastily assembled roofs may be half that of a well constructed roof or much less.
By encouraging homeowners to make use of their home insurance policies.
Within minutes of joining the storm chasers a group of scientists and filmmakers from the discover channel who hunt down tornadoes to capture stunning severe weather video my producer seni tienabeso and i nearly ran into a massive multi vortex tornado.
While some companies are legitimate and may do great work how responsive will out of town roofers be if you have a problem later.
Storm chasers are companies that follow severe weather from area to area completing home repairs generally roofs and siding that are damaged by hail and wind.
The way the scam works is the storm chasers will blanket an area hit by hail or wind damage and look for unsuspecting homeowners in need of roof repairs.
Since storm chasers are entirely dependent on these storms for work it is common for them to file fraudulent claims when there is no damage.
For those in repair and restoration storm and hail reports are a great way to prepare for track and analyze severe weather both as a matter of staying informed but also as a.
In some scenarios storm chasers will even pay local companies a fee to use their name to mask that they are from out of town.
According to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa there was a total of 4 611 hail storms in the united states during the year 2018 with 2019 ending on a higher number as of year end more than 5 396 hail events were recorded although most people think that property and roof damage only occur in rare instances with larger than average hailstones even the smallest.
