Roofing - Roof Repair - Dekalb County - Dupage County - Kane County - Kendall County

Quality vs Price

When we need roofing or roof repair, we as home and building owners are looking to have our work done at the lowest possible price. The problem is we don't realize that we are setting ourselves up for disaster. There are always roofing contractors all too eager to satisfy this requirement. They will do our roofing or roofing repair for the least amount of money they can, but in the process will give us the least they can in terms of time, labor, and material, attention to detail, quality and value. Who can blame them? Why should they give us more when we are not willing to pay them for more? Yet we all moan and groan when we don't get the good work and service that we really want. We create the catch 33 situation with the unrealistic expectation that we can get great work at a low price. We need to accept the fact that when it comes to your roofing low price and excellent quality and service are diametrically opposed. Top quality people command and get rewarded for their better skills, service, and work. It's plain and simple, and capitalistically, makes perfect sense. All the old clichés apply. "If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys."

So we need to ask ourselves, what is it we want in a major roofing project - whether it is a new roof or roof
repair? Is it a job done correctly, with attention paid to details for a leak and problem free roof, or do we just want a roof job done at the lowest possible price? I know we want both, but these two desires cannot be met, for the reasons explained above, and for a few more listed below.

A job done at the lowest price is the lowest for a very good reason. It is missing all the ingredients and input necessary to provide a leak free roof. These are costs that the roofing contractor added to the price of a job. In other words, it is missing well paid highly skilled labor, a quality control system, and an inspection service that makes sure the roofers are doing the right thing on our roofs. A low priced roofing job is probably from a contractor who lacks manpower to conduct supervision and inspection on jobs to check installers. Men, who are skilled, paid well and subject to inspection and quality control, as in the case of Advanced Roofing Inc. will always do the right thing, take time to do the job right, and pay attention to detail.

It's an expense to have a quality control system which involves inspection during and after project completion. Most contractors don't have this because it would force them to increase their price to pay for it, and they are afraid to lose your job because their price would have to be higher.

A low price is so appealing. We all want it, so we go for it, expecting and hoping for a roof that the higher priced contractors would produce. But we are destined for disappointment. The roof will be cheaper, but it becomes just a question of time before problems emerge, and the joy of a low price is soon replaced with the bitterness of an improperly installed roof. Now we are stuck with trouble and expense for the next 30 years, and live with fear and dread every time it rains. It's just not worth it. The roof is one of the most expensive components of our homes, it protects the entire structure of our house, and everything under it. The roof is the worst place in our homes to try and save a buck, or be satisfied with lower quality. We are stuck with what we buy for the next 30 years at least, so let's do it right the first time.

At Advanced Roofing Inc. that's what we do. We don't leave out vital details, and only employ highly trained and skilled labor, who are monitored and inspected by third party consultants to ensure that Advanced Roofing's very strict and rigorous standards are adhered to and maintained.

We concern ourselves with the correct and appropriate choice and application of materials for the condition found at your home. We will not do anything at the expense of the integrity of the roof. We will not leave an incorrect condition in place just to be able to give you a lower price. Doing so will come back to haunt everyone later on. Corners may have been cut when your house was built, to save money and maximize profits for the builder. We will not cut corners. We will do whatever can be done to correct poor defective work wherever it is found, because it is in the best interest of our customers, and a trouble free roof.

Advanced Roofing Inc. has opted for the quality approach to its roofing business, rather than aiming to be the lowest bidder on each roof estimate. We are convinced that with the quality approach to our work, we will remain successful, because quality is what customers really want. The low price alternative result in enormous amounts of comeback, unhappy customers, high cost for repairs and go backs, substantial reputation damage, diminished referrals, and ultimately the crippling of one's business.

It really is a no brainer. Quality workmanship, whether you are want new roofing or roof repair, is the win win option over low price for everyone.