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Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Insurance Roof Cleaning Work

Liberty SoftWash · PWS Vender

We did a few this year.

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

I get my fair share of them but it seems they are always in the early spring and early fall. Nothing during the summer months.

Hank

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

We have had a few over the years but no one has mentioned insurance this year.

Maverick Contracting · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Gotta start hitting those insurance conventions and greasing some palms!😉

Bryan P · Approved Exterior Cleaner

It doesn't seem to be as big of an issue with insurance here. Most every roof here was replaced in 2010 so we're just starting to significant algae growth.

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I also been doing email marketing to real estate agents. I go to their sites and grabbed there email address's and add them to my contacts on my Wixs site. I do blasts once a months. Been working out good.

Bryan P · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Art O wrote:
I also been doing email marketing to real estate agents. I go to their sites and grabbed there email address's and add them to my contacts on my Wixs site. I do blasts once a months. Been working out good.

Realtors are my best word-of-mouth. I'm gonna start giving them my $25 gift cards. They love passing that stuff along.

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Bryan P wrote:
Art O wrote:
I also been doing email marketing to real estate agents. I go to their sites and grabbed there email address's and add them to my contacts on my Wixs site. I do blasts once a months. Been working out good.
Realtors are my best word-of-mouth. I'm gonna start giving them my $25 gift cards. They love passing that stuff along.

Make them $25.00 discount cards on your services over $175.00. They can do whatever they wish with the card. Use it or give it to their clients. You keep the money in house.

Fred W · Guru

We do 5-10 a year

Eric Schnaible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Hey Art, yeah I have been noticing a lot this year myself. We got one yesterday. This young couple sent me a photo of the Roof, really didn't look bad at all to me. Insurance companies getting hungry. Poor homeowners have no choice if they want to keep their insurance.

Chris Mozick · Approved Exteior Cleaner

Haven't had any over here. It's not enforced yet by insurance companies over here. Kinda crazy with the high winds we get.

Zach Maynard · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I've probably had about 15 this year, it is certainly becoming more common. I've even gotten them for a siding cleaning. (cedar)

Admin · Head Quarters

Just did a roof yesterday. State Farm came back today to inspect and said the moss and lichen has to be power washed off before they can insure the home. This is the first time I've heard this. They always say they want it chemically treated. Somebody doesn't know what they are talking about.

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Probably a newbie who doesn't know better. Send him documentation.

Hank

Bryan P · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Admin wrote:
Just did a roof yesterday. State Farm came back today to inspect and said the moss and lichen has to be power washed off before they can insure the home. This is the first time I've heard this. They always say they want it chemically treated. Somebody doesn't know what they are talking about.

Well that's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard from someone in the business of insuring roofs.

Maverick Contracting · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Just got one today and the H.O. said ins. Co. said it had to be done immediately. Always been a window of time such as 30 days.

Wonder if imspectors are getting pressure from superiors to have instant results as a stop loss measure.

Of course all they needed done was the front only, 20 min job.

mikepas · Exterior Cleaner

I just did a moss cleaning for RealtyUSA the new homeowner was getting a VA Loan, the the agent for RealtyUSA said the inspector for the VA needed the moss removed before the loan could go through.

When we finished the agent said in all her years of being a real estate agent she was amazed on how the roof turned out.. she said it looked like new.

I was in a hurry and didn't take an after pic

I want to thanks all the guys for there advice and posts

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-- Edited by mikepas on Sunday 30th of July 2017 08:39:46 PM

Rick Fausel · Newbie

Sounds like a good opportunity to me. How'd you get hooked up with these opportunities?

DirtyRoofcom · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I've seen an uptick in insurance jobs. Typically customer submits our receipt showing job is complete or at least scheduled and ins backs off. Never had one say they needed immediate results.

-- Edited by DirtyRoofcom on Sunday 4th of November 2018 08:33:35 PM

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

DirtyRoofcom wrote:
I've seen an uptick in insurance jobs. Typically customer submits our receipt showing job is complete or at least scheduled and ins backs off. Never had one say they needed immediate results.

-- Edited by DirtyRoofcom on Sunday 4th of November 2018 08:33:35 PM

We've had a few that said they had a ridicules time frame to have it done. One was even the dead of winter. I ended up writing them a letter with the estimate so the smart insurance people could understand we can't spray in freezing weather.

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Most insurance inspectors are about as sharp as a beach ball.

Hank

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

BlueRidge wrote:
DirtyRoofcom wrote:
I've seen an uptick in insurance jobs. Typically customer submits our receipt showing job is complete or at least scheduled and ins backs off. Never had one say they needed immediate results.

-- Edited by DirtyRoofcom on Sunday 4th of November 2018 08:33:35 PM
We've had a few that said they had a ridicules time frame to have it done. One was even the dead of winter. I ended up writing them a letter with the estimate so the smart insurance people could understand we can't spray in freezing weather.

I get a few during the winter. If its to cold or we have SNOW I get a $50 deposit for the estimate and put a start date on the invoice