re: Fortified Roofing Questions

Unfortunately this isn’t a grant. I learned about the Fortified standard about a year ago and watched their videos/read pdfs. Just trying to learn in case the opportunity arose to change the roof.

A hail storm went through Sunday/Monday and a few roofing companies came through. Pelican was convinced I had enough damage to qualify for insurance. So I filed a claim but was honest that I was uncertain.

Yesterday I had more questions for Pelican and had him come back (a 3rd time). He happened to show up at the same time as my adjuster.

Long story short. She didn’t really find a lot of hail damage but enough wind damage to qualify. (I should have called after our last decent hurricane but thought it was fine)

Can’t say enough good things about Farm Bureau. I pay a bit of a premium but they are very easy to work with.

New standard roof saves me $2k/year. Fortified Bronze looks like an additional $1k savings.

If Pelicans rep is right, the additional cost may only be $3-4k out of pocket. That’s a fast break-even in my mind.

I’ll post along the way if it helps folks.