Expert: Tyler Scott, Sales Lead/Supervisor

Is a manufacturer’s warrantee enough to protect the life of my roof?

When a homeowner has a new roof installed, they usually choose a solid manufacturer’s warranty to cover the material defects of the shingles. At Scott’s Roofing, we know that the Workmanship Warranty is just as important to the life and well-being of your roof, so it’s important to have this additional security measure.

It’s normal for a homeowner to worry about what happens if they have a leak after spending thousands of dollars on a roof.  It’s also important to understand that there are two factors involved should this happen. Either the leak could be caused by a manufacturer’s faulty product or it could be leaking due to poor workmanship and installation. The only thing that protects a homeowner from workmanship mistakes that lead to premature failure of the roof system is a Workmanship Warranty. 

At Scott’s Roofing, we always make sure that our customers have both! In fact, we offer warrantees for the best shingles from top manufacturers and we also give our customers a 10-year workmanship warranty with every roof replacement. 

Sadly, and all too often in our industry, many of the roofing companies out there have been bought out, changed names, or even gone out of business. So, any workmanship warranties are worthless and consequently, many of the new companies don’t take responsibility for the previous company’s workmanship warranties. 

Scott’s Roofing is a Platinum Preferred Contractor so we are able to also offer up to a 25-year manufacture-backed workmanship warranty! Asking the right questions could be the difference in wasting thousands of dollars on a roof, years before it should ever fail. 

Given the roofing industry’s less-than trustworthy reputation, the most important element with workmanship warranties is the reputation of the company offering it. Anyone can offer any length workmanship warranty, but depending on length of time in business you don’t know if it will hold up any more than the word of the company. 

Scott’s Roofing has been in Lake County for over 51 years and we are a proud, third-generation/ family-owned company that stands behind our 10-year workmanship warranty. 

We would love to earn your business!