Insurance claims
He wrote these estimates for twenty years. Now he writes yours.
Dan spent two decades in insurance valuation and adjusting before moving to construction. He knows the scope language, the software, and what an adjuster needs to see before they approve a supplement.
The process
Five steps, no mystery.
STEP 01
Inspection
45 minutes on the roof. Test squares chalked, strikes counted, everything photographed and measured.
STEP 02
Honest read
You get a written opinion on whether the damage is claimable — including when it isn't worth filing.
STEP 03
Claim filed
Dan writes the scope in carrier-standard line items so the estimate matches the actual roof.
STEP 04
Adjuster meeting
He meets your adjuster on the roof, walks the damage, and supplements anything the first estimate misses.
STEP 05
Install & close
Tear-off and install in one to two days, final walkthrough with you, and the site left clean.
Paperwork
What a complete claim file contains.
You get copies of all of it, whether we do the work or not.
Declarations page
Confirms your deductible, RCV vs ACV, and any cosmetic-damage exclusion
Date of loss
The storm date your claim names — see the hail atlas for the candidates
Scope of loss
Line items in the format your carrier's software expects
Photo report
Chalked test squares, soft-metal damage, and slope-by-slope coverage
Code items
Ice-and-water, drip edge, and ventilation your local code requires
Supplement
Filed when the first estimate misses work the roof actually needs
Straight talk
Four things contractors don't volunteer.
A public adjuster charges a percentage. Dan doesn't.
The claim work is part of the roofing job, not a separate 10% off your settlement.
The first estimate is rarely the last.
Adjusters write from a scope, and scopes miss things. Supplements are normal and expected.
Cosmetic-damage exclusions are real.
Some Colorado policies exclude cosmetic hail damage on metal. We read your policy before promising anything.
Nobody should ask you to sign at the door.
If a contractor needs a contingency agreement before they'll get on your roof, that's for them, not you.
Questions
Claim questions, answered plainly.
A hail claim is a weather event, not an at-fault claim, so carriers generally rate it differently from something you caused. Rates in Colorado move with the whole region after big storms whether or not you file. Dan will tell you what he's seen on similar policies before you decide.
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