PARKERSBURG Crews completed more than $3 million in roof replacements this summer at five Wood County schools, with only a handful of finishing steps left to be done on one of those projects.

Assistant Superintendent Mike Fling gave an update Tuesday to the Wood County Board of Education on projects ranging from laying new carpet to major construction, such as the roof replacements.

I dont think people can realize how much roofing was completed this summer, he said.

The roof replacements are part of the districts $41 million facilities bond call which was approved by voters in November. Three companies put down more than 300,000 square feet of new roofing at five schools over a period of 10 weeks, Fling said. As of Tuesday, only one of those projects, Franklin Elementary School, was not yet completed.

They are doing finishing work at this point, he said.

The cost of the roofing projects was a little more than $3 million, with about $65,000 in additional cost due to change orders, which Fling said officials carefully monitored. Fling said that represents a change of only 2 percent in the budget for the five roofing projects.

Those projects are the first of about $17 million in roof replacements which will be completed over the next several years.

What is exciting about Michaels report is that the taxpayers of Wood County are getting their facilities protected, said Superintendent John Flint. We were getting to the point where the investment was overwhelming, when youre patching roofs to $1 million a year. Now were upgrading, were moving forward. Thats exciting for the Wood County taxpayer.

Board President Lawrence Hasbargen said the secondary effect is freeing up money which would have been used for repairs.

When youre not spending money for repairing and patching roofs, we can do several other things throughout our facilities that have been requested by our schools year after year, he said. Over time, you can really keep it up, and do a better job of it.

A handful of larger projects, such as installation of a new large-volume grease trap at Hamilton Middle School, are being delayed until summer 2018 due to timing issues. Fling said he would be bringing more information on multi-year projects, such as structural repairs at the rear of Blennerhassett Elementary and Middle schools, to the board at a future meeting.

In other business, the board delayed approving a list of supplemental and extra-duty pay scales until its next meeting. Board member Jim Asbury, who attended Tuesdays meeting via conference call, requested the delay because he did not have the list and asked for time to review the numbers.

The board met in executive session to discuss the superintendents performance and contract, but took no action. The session was part of the annual evaluation and goal-setting process for the superintendent.

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SIOUX CITY | A severe June 30 hail storm that dinged most of metro Sioux City also heated up certain sectors of the local economy and drew the interest of numerous outside contractors.

Phones rang off the hook at area auto body shops, insurance agencies, roofing companies and other auxiliary businesses that benefit from the storm's aftermath.

There were reports of golf ball size or larger hail in some Sioux City neighborhoods. The storm left behind piles of the frozen rain pellets large enough to resemble a light snowfall in the middle of summer in areas.

Charese Yanney, owner and managing partner of Sioux City-based Guarantee Roofing, Siding and Insulation Co., said the hail storm may have been the most widespread since a June 1978 that pelted nearly the entire metro area with pellets as large as softballs.

The late June 30 storm was nearly as widespread, sparing only portions of the northside and Riverside neighborhoods, she said. It came on the heels of earlier hail storms this summer that caused widespread damage in cities to the north such as Hinton, Iowa, Akron, Iowa and Elk Point, South Dakota.

In the aftermath, Guarantee Roofing and other roofing crews with more work than they can handle in the near future.

"I'm guessing we'll be busy for a couple years," Yanney said Friday. "You're trying to serve a lot of people, but it's hard because you just can't get to everybody at the same time."

Rick Quintana, general manager of ABRA Auto Body & Glass in Sioux City, said he cant recall seeing such an influx of customers after a storm and hes been involved in the business since the late 90s.

Its been kind of nuts around here lately, he said. Were a pretty high volume production shop probably, if not the biggest, one of the biggest in the area and we stay steady all the time.

Weve got a lot of great relationships with our insurance partners, but when something like this happens it completely turns your whole company upside down with the volume of work that comes in from it.

Roughly, Quintana thinks the hail storm has quadrupled his business and he expects to see upwards of 1,000 vehicles before its all said and done.

Local insurance firms also have been overwhelmed by a ton of post-storm calls from clients.

Kendra Hoffman and Brock DeVries are insurance agents with the Farm Bureau Financial Services office in Morningside.

DeVries said theyve been filing a lot of residential and vehicular claims.

"The low number is 150, said DeVries when asked how many claims he thinks he has written since the storm occurred. Thats a low number though. I didnt keep track of them its tough to keep track.

Hoffman noted they still have clients who are still waiting on an adjuster to stop and assess damages.

She knows the process can be frustrating for those on the waiting list, but she and DeVries said the fallout from this storm is not typical.

We appreciate the patience of the members and the clients while we work through this, she said. We are here for you, we will get through this, well return your calls its just been a lot of extra work.

Because of the widespread damage in the region, Yanney noted that many insurers are giving policy holders up to two years to file claims, far longer than under normal conditions.

Yanney, whose family business was founded by her grandfather in 1926, said most of the roofs she and her crews have examined will be fine until they can be replaced, even if it takes two years.

"It's not like they're going to leak tomorrow or the next year or the following year," she said. "

John Cain is the owner of JC Roofing & Insulating, a family-owned South Sioux City-based commercial and residential roofing company thats served the area for a little more than three decades.

Like other local businesses, Cain has been busier than normal since June 30.

Were swamped; its crazy, he said. Weve got appointments out for a couple months and were probably two weeks down from probably being able to even look at a roof right now, but its great.

Cain said since the storm, his office receives 20-30 calls a day.

I hate to see it happen, but its good for business, he said.

While the storm has provided a boom for local businesses, local roofers like Cain and Yanney are concerned by the amount of fly-by-night companies that have popped up in the area offering cheaper services to impacted homeowners.

Thats just the way it is. People come in here, they tell you they're local and they're going to be gone in a few months, Cain said. Soon as winter gets here they are going to be gone.

Next year, everybody is going to be wondering where the heck they are if they got a problem. They can guarantee you the world, but if they arent here to back it up what the hell are you going to do?

In the industry, these types of roofing contractors are called storm chasers or roofing gypsies because they swarm into an area after a calamity and promise cheaper and faster solutions that may not always be beneficial in the long run for homeowners.

According to Angies List, a popular online contractor referral service, storm chasers often do shoddy work, lack proper licensing and insurance and quickly move on to the next storm afflicted community.

Cain is keenly aware of this practice, but until this recent storm, he hasnt seen it as much in Sioux City.

Weve had storms before and Ive seen storm chasers come into town, but never seen the level that there are this time, he said. I dont know if its just not any work anywhere or what it is, but Ive seen dozens of roofers Ive never heard of in town.

With so many people still waiting on estimates or work to commence on their roof, Cain advises locals to be patient, do their research and look for familiar names when choosing their roofer.

Quintana is staffing his auto body shop and office with about a dozen workers to better accommodate customers. Appointments are filled for the next six months, he said.

Ive been in this business and in Sioux City for many, many years and I dont remember one (storm) in recent history that was even remotely close to this, he said. We kind of yearn for the weather in our business icy roads, hail, wind, tree damage, you know stuff like that.

...I hate to capitalize on somebodys misfortune kind of like going to the doctors office, were here if you need us but, man, this one has just really been incredible as far as the volume and amount of work its creating for not (just) us, but the whole industry in our market.

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Tesla (tsla) said Wednesday that it has finished the first installations of its solar roofs, less than a week after the company's mass-market Model 3 cars started rolling off the production line.

Announced in its second-quarter earnings report, Bloomberg reports that these early adopters of the solar roofs are all Tesla employeesjust like the first Model 3 customers last week. Tesla said that this approach allows the company to smooth the sales and installation process ahead of a wider release to the public.

"I have them on my house, [Chief Technology Officer] J.B. [Straubel] has them on his house," CEO Elon Musk said, according to Bloomberg. "This is version one. I think this roof is going to look really knock-out as we just keep iterating."

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Roofing pushes building permits to upper floors

A surging in roofing activity brought on by spring hailstorms continues to send construction activity soaring.

According to the City of Plainviews July building report, 161 construction permits were issued during the month for construction totaling $3,325,978.74. By comparison, the city issued 146 permits from the first of January through the end of July 2016 for a total value of $3,414,185.

For the year-to-date through July 2017, construction values stand at $9,012,578.73.

The big difference comes from roofing activity, with 134 for the month for a value of $3,255,861.74, and 401 for the year with a value of $7,039,612.82. The City of Plainview began requiring building permits for roofing Jan. 1. As a result, there is no comparison data for 2016.

Other than roofing, the city issued 27 building permits in July for a value of $70,117.

Those projects include six residential additions for $12,900; three residential remodels, $8,220; 15 garage/carports, $24,737; one commercial addition, $5,000; and two commercial remodels, $19,260.

For the year-to-date in 2017, the City of Plainview has issued permits for 20 residential additions, $63,650; 14 residential remodels, $40,003.51; one residential demolition, $10,000; 35 garage/carports, $56,087; three storage buildings, $25,500; one new commercial, $21,000; four commercial additions, $814,988; 10 commercial remodels, $773,860; one commercial demolition, $20,000; three commercial accessory, $23,000; and 14 signs, $124,877.40.

Thus far during 2017 the city has issued no permits for new residential construction, residential repair, residential accessory building nor masonry fences.

Three certificates of occupancy were issued in July, for JM Estate Liquidators, LLC, 505 Broadway; Mi Linda Michocana, 906 W. 24th; and Armor Roofing, 1023 Broadway.

Non-roofing construction permits in July include:

--Commercial remodel, Thornton Construction, 1415 W. Fifth

--Garage/carport, Manual Heredia, 1309 W. 15th

--Garage/carport, Garvina Sepeda, 1213 Davidson

--Residential remodel, Maria Porras, 1215 Portland

--Residential addition, Domino Rodriguez, 1213 Independence

--Garage/carport, Domingo Rodriguez, 1213 Independence

--Residential remodel, Juan M. Chavez, 500 S. Broadway

--Garage/carport, Jose Banales, 1506 Portland

--Residential addition, Irma Lucio, 1105 N. Broadway

--Commercial addition, Frisco Bakery, 601 E. Sixth

--Residential addition, Larry Sanderson, 1410 Nassau

--Garage/carport, Joel Castillo, 610 W. 19th

--Garage/carport, Pete Dr. Rojas, 1315 Utica

--Garage/carport, Rodolfo Calderon, 305 Cedar

--Garage/carport, Arcelia Calderon, 1611 Joliet

--Garage/carport, Graciela Romero, 613 W. 27th

--Residential addition, David Arteaga, 1306 El Camino

--Garage/carport, James Odom, 401 Ennis

--Commercial remodel, Artisan Jewelers & Repair, 4308 Olton Rd.

--Garage/carport, Angel Pena, 2604 Lexington

--Residential addition, Juan Bustos, 2504 Rochelle

--Garage/carport, Mark Ybarra, 1309 Garland

--Garage/carport, Billy Savage, 3002 W. 28th

--Garage/carport, Larry Scott, 2607 W. Seventh

--Garage/carport, Jose and Christina Lopez, 1209 Lexington

--Residential remodel, Estrella Perez, 1601 Utica

--Residential remodel, Macario Najera, 2010 Kokomo

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The state has banned a Lyons man who was operating as a roofing and paving contractor in Reno County from conducting door-to-door sales or engaging in roofing services in Kansas.

Reno County District Judge Tim Chambers also ordered Anthony Joe Jeffery, alias Tony Brown, to repay more than $10,000 to seven local consumers, according to a news release from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

Schmidt accused Jeffery, who used nearly a half dozen business names, of engaging in door-to-door sales of home improvement services, including installation, sealing and repair of asphalt driveways, without complying with state law, and of engaging in roofing contractor services without registering with the state.

The state accused Jeffery of violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act by failing to notify consumers of their three-day right to cancel the transaction, cashing the consumers checks prior to midnight of the fifth business day and willfully misrepresenting material facts about the work.

Jeffery, whose business names included Quality Construction, Quality Paving, Quality Coatings, Asphalt Maintenance and Pro-Tech, was ordered to repay a total of $10,001 for violations of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act.

Schmidt warned consumers to be especially cautious of door-to-door home repair sales, which claim to offer a good deal.

With the summer construction and storm season underway, consumers should be on the lookout for disreputable operations looking to make a quick buck, Schmidt said. Consumers who are in need of driveway or roofing repairs should seek out local, reputable contractors, get multiple written estimates, and carefully check references before having any work done.

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Thats the pitch Alabama roofers are using to attract customers, promising them a free AR-15 rifle in a video ad that has created big buzz on the Internet, FOX 13 reported.

Zach Blenkinsopp, of Decatur-based Digital Roofing Innovations, along with co-owner Chris McGuire created the 1-minute ad to attract new customers to their business.

The video shows Blenkinsopp putting on his roofing gear, which he takes from the back of his car, as he tells viewers: Im not here to talk to you about roofing Im here to talk to you about AR-15 rifles. If you sign up for a new roof with Digital Roofing Innovations, you are going to get you a free AR-15 rifle after we complete the roof.

Blenkinsopp and McGuire told WIAT that they dont have a big budget for marketing, so the do-it-yourself advertising campaign seemed to make the most sense.

'I knew it would invoke emotion.'

"I posted this in extremely conservative Facebook groups, extremely liberal Facebook groups, because I knew it would invoke emotion, McGuire told WIAT.

McGuire said that while critics are taking aim at the ads for promoting violence, its legal to get a free gun for buying a roof.

When the duo completes a roof, the customer will be given a voucher for a gun, and will have to go through all the same background checks as if they were buying their own guns.

"You get to choose what you believe in and if people don't like it then we don't care. We're going to continue to do our business and take care of our customers,"Blenkinsopp told Fox 13.

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In 2015 alone, two million tons of recycled asphalt shingles went into new pavement around the country, which saved taxpayers 2.6 billion dollars. In this Angie's List report, an industry that salvages shingles to put them into our roadways.

Asphalt shingles are the number one roofing material in the country, but what happens to them when they're replaced?

According to Angie's List founder, Angie Hicks, "Eighty percent of U.S. homes have asphalt shingles on their roof, so keeping these shingles out of landfills is a big win for the environment."

Across the nation, companies like Indiana Shingle Recycling receive loads of old shingles from roofers and contractors.

Liesel Ray, Co-Owner of Indiana Shingle Recycling says, "They unload it here and then we have hands-on guys that get in there and physically have to go through and basically pull the trash out of it."

Bone Dry Roofing, which serves 10 Midwest markets, drops off daily at an average of 85-dollars per truckload.

"So the majority of the material we tear off of roofs actually goes into the shingle recycling program. We've been recognized by our manufacturer as one of the top recycling contractors in the United States." Judd Haag, General Manager of Bone Dry Roofing.

Shingles go into a massive shredder to create what asphalt companies use in their pavement mix.

"It basically grinds it up and pulverizes it into a consistency kind of in between a pea gravel and a coffee ground." says Ray.

When one mountain of shingles goes through the shredder, another takes its place.

"As you can see behind me, if this was sitting in the landfill, it's basically going to sit there forever. By us taking it and recycling it, it's put back into the roads so everyone's basically driving on recycled material." says Ray.

Angie says to ask potential roofers if they recycle old shingles. Because most consider it the new standard, if one tells you they don't do it, consider one that does.

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