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MONTEREY — Host, Sarah Rutan: If you&#8217;re planning on re-roofing your home, you&#8217;ll need to know how to prepare before remodeling begins. Today, we&#8217;re in Monterey with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Pete Scudder of Scudder Roofing Company to learn more.
Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Pete Scudder: Okay. When preparing for a residential re-roof, there’s a few things to consider that are really important. You’re going to &#8211; it’s going to be like going through a mild earthquake at your house. So, kind of consider that when you’re putting your project together.
You want to make sure that any fragile items that are on the walls are stabilized or moved off completely. You want to make sure your storage area &#8211; so, that’s your attic, your garage, storage, those things &#8211; are covered with plastic tarps or removed as well. Because what can happen is when you tear off the existing roof system, debris can come down in there and get inside of boxes. And when Christmas comes around and you have to get inside there and get your stuff out, you’ll see a bunch of debris in there, which you probably don’t want.
Other things to consider is access and egress; how the trucks are going to get into your property. Can they be &#8211; can you use your driveway, are there other access points? Even neighbors’ driveways sometimes are used, if you’re friendly with your neighbor. But making sure you have good access points and making sure your driveway is stable enough to take the equipment that’s needed to go on your roof.
A couple of other things you want to think about is your pets; pets and young kids. They’re going to have a bunch of people on the roof and a lot of noise, vibration going on, and some might get scared, your pets might get scared. So, some people actually check their pets into a pet clinic. And they just have to let their kids know there might be some dangerous things going around the outside, meaning debris falling off the roof and those type of things.
So, you want to make sure that protection of the grounds has taken place, which is covering landscape, moving patio furniture, anything that you’re concerned about, protecting walking decks and, again, protecting children from walkway areas so they don’t walk under those type of fall zones.
Also, when you’re inside a house and you’re tearing the roof off, you have to prepare the internal piece. Like I said, it’s like going through a mild earthquake. But when we have to lift the skylights up, you can get dust down inside the house itself.
So, if you have any open beam ceilings, any cathedral type of ceilings, areas where the ceilings could actually vibrate and dust could come through those locations, that can get debris all over your house as well. So, you want to make sure if that’s the case, the contractor is going to cover everything so you don’t have the dust and clean it up afterwards, or something you’re going to think about doing prior to the job.
Probably most importantly is be real proactive; kind of think, kind of walk around the house. Hopefully you’re there with your contractor. He’ll walk you around and show you things that you want to &#8211; that you should expect, and where you could help him make his job a lot easier, and just kind of follow those things methodically, and just be there the day the job starts, because that’s a crucial point. Because the day the job starts, things start unfolding, you can see exactly what needs to happen and what doesn’t need to happen.
So, to sum it up, I would say, be proactive, think of it as a mild earthquake, you know. Put the fragile things away or tighten them up. Just make sure it’s a safe environment for everybody who is involved in the process, and you should have a successful project.
Host, Sarah Rutan: To learn more from local top-rated companies, visit our Diamond Certified Expert Reports at experts.diamondcertified.org.

Video: Getting Ready For a Roof Remodel

Peter H. Scudder, Owner of Scudder Roofing Company, a Diamond Certified company, explains if you?re planning on re-roofing your home, you?ll need to know how to prepare before remodeling begins.

Getting Ready For a Roof Remodel from Peter H. Scudder of Scudder Roofing Company.

with Pete Scudder of {BR} Scudder Roofing Company

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How to Prepare for a Reroofing Project

if you're planning on re-roofing your
home you'll need to know how to prepare
before remodeling begins today we're in
Monteray with diamond certified expert
contributor Pete Scutter of Scutter
roofing company to learn more okay when
preparing for a for a a residential
re-roof there's a few things to consider
that are really important um you're
going to it's be like going through a
mild earthquake at your house so kind
and consider that when you're putting
when you're putting your project
together you want to make sure any
fragile items that are on the walls are
stabilized or moved off completely you
want to make sure your storage area sets
or your attic your garage storage those
things are covered with plastic tarps or
removed as well because what can happen
is when you tear off the existing roof
system debris can come down in there and
get inside the boxes and when Christmas
comes around and you have to get inside
there and get your stuff out you'll see
a bunch of debris in there which you
probably don't want other things to
consider is access and egress uh how how
how the trucks are going to get into
your property can they be can you use
your driveway their other access points
even neighbors driveway sometimes are
used if you're friendly with your
neighbor but making sure they have good
access points making sure your your
driveway stable enough to take the
equipment that's needed to uh to to go
on your roof a couple other things you
want to think about is your pets uh pets
and young kids um they're going to have
a bunch of people on the roof and a lot
of noise vibration going on and some
might get scared your pets might get
scared so some people actually check
their their pets into a into a pet
clinic um and they just have to let
their kids know that might be some
dangerous things going around the
outside meaning debris falling off the
roof and those type of things so you
want to make sure the protection uh of
the grounds is is is is taking place
which is you know covering landscape
moving patio furniture uh anything
that's that you're concerned about uh
protecting walking decks and again
protecting children uh from walkway
areas so they don't walk under those
type of fall zones um also when you're
inside of a house and you're turning the
roof off you have to prepare uh the
internal piece I said like going through
a mild earthquake but when when you have
to lift the skylights up you can get
dust down inside the house itself so if
any open beam ceilings any Cathedral
type of ceilings areas where the
ceilings could could actually vibrate
and dust could come through those
locations that can get debris all over
your house as well so you want to make
sure if that's the case the contractor
is going to cover everything so you
don't have the desk and clean it up
afterwards or something you're going to
think about doing prior to the job
probably most importantly is be real
proactive kind of think kind of walk
around the house hopefully you're there
with your contractor he'll walk you
around and and show you the things that
you want to that you should expect and
where you can help him make his job a
lot easier and just kind of follow those
things methodically and just be there
the day that job starts because that's a
crucial point because the day the job
starts things start unfolding and you
can see exactly what needs to happen and
what doesn't doesn't need to happen so
to sum it up I would say be proactive
think it was a mild earthquake you know
put the fragile things away or tighten
them up just make sure it's a it's a
safe environment for everybody who's
involved in this in the process and you
should have you should have successful
project to learn more from local top
rated companies visit our Diamond
certified expert reports at experts.
Diamond certified.
org

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