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Roof underlayment: Why a trustworthy roofer will make sure it is on your roof!

Roof Underlayment: Why A Trustworthy Roofer Will Make Sure It Is On Your Roof!

When you look up at your roof, you typically only see the outer layer. These shingles or tiles are essential, but to do their job well, a professional roofer must pair them with other quality roofing materials. One of those materials is the roof underlayment. You can’t see the underlayment, but it is there, protecting your home in silence. Keep reading to learn more about roof underlayment, its job, and how roofers install it. (more…) Read more
3 Benefits Of Working With A GAF Master Elite Contractor

3 Benefits Of Working With A GAF Master Elite Contractor

Building contractors have all sorts of unusual phrases and words. What is a birdsmouth rafter? What does R-value indicate? What does GAF Master Elite mean? What benefits do you get when working with a GAF Master Elite contractor?  (more…) Read more
How Your Roofer Repairs Damaged Roof Shingles

How Your Roofer Repairs Damaged Roof Shingles

How long can you expect your North Port home’s shingles to last? It’s a bit of a woodchuck question: how long roof shingles last is however long they last, based on installation, quality of materials, repair history, and more. Yet that does not help you, the North Port homeowner, know when to call on your neighborhood residential roofer for repairs. So, here is your guide to getting shingles repaired or replaced.  (more…) Read more
How To Get A Job Well Done With Mark Kaufman Roofing

How To Get A Job Well Done With Mark Kaufman Roofing

Just about any handy person can say he or she is a roofer. Swing a hammer, cut a shingle -- how hard is that? If you have a roof installed by such a roofer, you will discover quickly how good roofing, quality installation, and dependable service is actually very hard to deliver. A vast gulf separates a mediocre roofer from an excellent roofer, but what separates a great roofer from an excellent roofer? (more…) Read more
How To Make A Better World By Recycling Roofing

How To Make A Better World By Recycling Roofing

Asphalt shingles are a great roofing material. They come in many colors and styles, are easy to install, and can last over twenty years. No wonder they’re so popular. (more…) Read more
Flat Roof Repairs You Need To Fix ASAP

Flat Roof Repairs You Need To Fix ASAP

Flat roofs are relatively common here in Florida, especially for commercial buildings. (more…) Read more
How to Tell if Your Roofing Project will be Tidy

How to Tell if Your Roofing Project will be Tidy

You may have seen the somewhat snarky meme that says a neat house is a sign of a wasted life, but we at Mark Kaufman Roofing do not believe that. As the preeminent roofing contractors Sarasota homeowners have come to trust with roof repair and replacement, we pride ourselves on neat and tidy job sites. Why? It is efficient, safe, and it preserves home value. (more…) Read more
Make Sure Your Roofer Has These 3 Values

Make Sure Your Roofer has These 3 Values

With roofing contractors, North Port residential homeowners expect a level of trust, quality, and experience that ensures a good job. Selecting a residential roofer from the many local companies is as much about a good fit, personally, as it is about a portfolio of completed work. Make sure you evaluate prospective roofers for these three values: trust, quality, and experience. (more…) Read more
Why Your Roofer Needs to Know About Your A/C

Why Your Roofer Needs to Know About Your A/C

Interesting things happen at edges. Where grass meets pond, you find ducks. Where Florida wetlands meet mangroves, you find alligators. Where your roof meets your HVAC unit’s roof curb, you find … trouble. Your trusted HVAC contractor is not a roofer, and your dependable roofer is not an HVAC technician. Each depends on the other to get your building’s A/C right. (more…) Read more
Best Ways to Work with Your Roofing Contractor

Best Ways to Work with Your Roofing Contractor

Whether rain, wind or sunshine, you know that your roof takes a beating from the elements all year long. So, when you have a problem with your roofing system, you probably feel a sense of urgency to get it repaired, serviced or replaced right away. You may not know how to decide upon the best roofing contractor to entrust with such an essential system of your home. (more…) Read more
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