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Follow on Google News | Weather Company Helps Homeowners Avoid ScamsThe severe thunderstorms that blew through Wichita and surrounding areas on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 have home and business owners assessing damages - and repair companies working overtime.
By: Bill Combes A round of tornadoes and hail storms struck on the south and west side of Wichita on Wednesday evening. After big storms like this one, homeowners are often deluged with ads offering free roof inspections and assistance with insurance claims. Most of these companies, even the out-of-towners, are reputable. However, a few bad apples have left some people afraid to work with door-to-door roofing contractors. HailWatch works with legitimate companies, providing weather-tracking services like our HailWatch hail reporting service and StormSWATH reports that outline areas affected by large hail. Our HailWatch team offers the following tips so homeowners can avoid scams and find reliable, experienced roofers to handle insurance claims and re-roofing jobs. The best advice is to get up to three bids for the work. Here’s how to recognize a reputable roofing contractor: Tips Legitimate roofers… • should look professional and provide references and a business card • should never ask you to pay up-front and in-full for any work • should be able to show you a copy of their contractor’s license and insurance coverage • should never require your signature on a contract that is not complete with details and fees • will provide a reasonable price that covers all materials, ventilation and clean-up About HailWatch: AnythingWeather Communications™ AnythingWeather.com is the key website that functions as the primary source for current weather conditions, forecasts and alerts from AW’s entire weather network of more than 18,000 locations. In addition to AnythingWeather.com, AW operates HailWatch.com, SevereAlerts.com, AnythingWeatherStore.com, ResortWeather.com and CoachellaValleyWeather.net. # # # Since 1995, the HailWatch™ family of services has provided storm reports, HailSWATH analysis and storm reporting services to roofers, insurance companies, adjusters, paintless dent repair and contractors. End
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