Rainy weather brings roofing scammers – 12news.com

Tips to keep roofing scammers at bay.

Nicole Zymek , KPNX 6:34 PM. MST March 01, 2017

Eric Skoog, President of Sunvek Roofing holds up an example of recent shoddy roofing work he is cleaning up after. (Photo: Nicole Zymek/12 News)

Spring temperatures bring with them spring rains. Unfortunately, they may also bring with them an increase in roofers trying to take advantage of homeowners.

"It was during the last monsoon season, after a big rainfall," recalls AndrewLeger,who learned that lesson firsthand.

"I had a contractor come by the house. He basically told me I had some damage in the house. I needed to get it looked at, repaired," said Leger.

But that contractor wasn't able to point out any specific damage. Instead, it seemed to Andrew, the contractor was trying to scare him into a job.

Andrew decided to do his homework, and called over a second company to look it over. They found there was no damage.

"So that kind of saved the problem right there, but it was close," he said.

"In some cases, they're shoddy companies. In other cases, they're opportunists. They realize the homeowner is desperate, they have a problem, they want it solved," said Eric Skoog, President ofSunvek Roofing.

He has spent a lot of his career cleaning up the messes of such roofing companies.

Skoog'sadvice is, if anyone comes to your door knocking, be wary.

"That's the first caution, why is this person finding it necessary to go door knocking to find work?"

Here are three things you should check before agreeing to work with any roofing company of contractor:

Make sure the company is listed with the Better Business Bureau Check the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) to make sure they have a license Check to make sure the company has a good record with the ROC

If you have a consumer complaint, Call 12 for Action. Volunteer investigators are available to take your call every weekday from 11 a.m. 1 p.m. at 602-260-1212. Or you can file your complaint online here.

( 2017 KPNX)

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