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Roofer MBA

Module 13 · 6 plays

Callbacks & Warranty

The module that starts when the phone rings about a roof you already finished: who takes that call and how fast somebody is standing on it, how you tell up there whether it's your workmanship, the material or neither, your whole warranty on one page so every argument starts from the same paper, the claim you file when the shingle failed and not your crew, the arithmetic that says whether to eat a callback or fight it, and the twenty minutes a month that turn last month's callbacks into the one detail you fix for good.

The plays

  1. M13-01When She Says It's Leaking, the Clock StartsShe called Tuesday. Somebody put it on a sticky pad under a stapler. Nobody called her back and nobody went out. Sunday she called again, crying. By Monday…Spreadsheet · Printable card
  2. M13-02Don't Sort It on the Phone — Sort It on the RoofShe says her ceiling is wet, and somebody settles it right there on the phone. Either "that's storm damage, that's not us," from twenty miles away, or "don't…Printable card · En español
  3. M13-03Your Whole Warranty on One PageTwo years after that roof went on, she calls about a brown stain over the bathroom door. Somebody asks what your warranty says. Nobody can put a hand on it…Printable card · En español
  4. M13-04When the Shingle Failed, Not Your CrewFour years on, the shingles are curling on the south slope, or the granules are washing into the driveway, and your crew did nothing wrong. She wants…Printable card
  5. M13-05Before You Fight a Callback, Price ItShe says the back bedroom ceiling is wet, and you're pretty sure that stain isn't your work. So you spend three weeks on the phone being right. The fix was a…Printable card
  6. M13-06The Same Callback Twice Is Telling You SomethingA pipe boot leaked in May. Two hours and a tube of sealant, and she was happy again. Another leaked in June, different house, same crew. There was one in…Printable card

These plays are how we run a shop — they are not legal, tax, or accounting advice. Rules change by state and by contract, so before you act on the legal-sounding parts, run them past your own attorney or accountant. It's your business, and what you do with any of this is your call and your responsibility.

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