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csziggy

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12. These days they can find an aerial view and get pretty close on the area to cover

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 09:24 PM

Jul 2020

Plus count all the gables and valleys. Here in Florida, they can look up the house's basic layout and square footage to confirm.

I called a company last year about getting solar panels - the guy looked my house up on the property appraiser's web site and checked on their aerial view maps. Just from that, he could tell that our big live oaks provided too much shade for us to get the full benefits from photovoltaic. Saved him a trip out here and us any regret that we should have done solar PV years ago.

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One of the roofing companies I contacted might just email me an estimate without seeing the roof?? [View all] Siwsan Jul 2020 OP

Companies who really didn't want to do my small roof project just drove by.. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #1

Not in the Flint area, that's for sure Siwsan Jul 2020 #3

PS It was a metal roof. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #8

That is a steep roof!!! Siwsan Jul 2020 #9

Yours is a more efficient roof. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #10

They look on google images and see your roof. kimbutgar Jul 2020 #2

I've heard of metal roofs but not foam. Siwsan Jul 2020 #5

Yeah, I had a guy look me up on Google maps while I was on the phone with him. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #11

It is weird mercuryblues Jul 2020 #4

I had my roof done 5 years ago they looked at my roof though goggle images. kimbutgar Jul 2020 #6

I'll definitely be masked when the estimator comes by, tomorrow Siwsan Jul 2020 #7

These days they can find an aerial view and get pretty close on the area to cover csziggy Jul 2020 #12