Upload your roofing estimate or insurance scope and let Watchdog Roofing & Restoration help you understand what is included, what may be missing, and which questions you should ask before work begins.
You are never required to hire Watchdog to get this review. It is educational and preliminary only — see the full disclaimer further down this page.
Most homeowners hear back within one business day. Nothing you send obligates you to anything.
Send us your contractor proposal, insurance scope, inspection report, or related documents. One file or several — whatever you have.
Our team reads through the scope, materials, accessories, warranty language, pricing terms, and other important details line by line.
We contact you to explain what the documents include, point out possible gaps, answer your questions, and give you a list of things worth asking about.
A roofing estimate can be two pages or twenty, and the price at the bottom rarely tells you what you are actually buying. These are the areas we read carefully — and the question we would ask about each one.
A proposal should say exactly which structures are covered — the house, a detached garage, a shed — along with measured roof area, pitch, and how many stories. Most disagreements later on trace back to scope that was never written down.
“How many squares, what pitch, and which structures is this price based on?”
Removing existing layers, hauling debris, covering landscaping and AC units, and sweeping the yard for nails are all real line items. When they are not spelled out, it can be unclear whether they were priced in.
“How many layers are you removing, and what is included for dumpster, haul-off, landscape protection, and nail cleanup?”
“Architectural shingles” is a category, not a product. Two shingles from the same manufacturer can differ in impact rating, wind rating, warranty eligibility, and price. In hail country that difference matters.
“Which manufacturer, product line, color, and impact rating — Class 3 or Class 4 — is quoted here?”
Manufacturer-made starter strip and hip-and-ridge cap are often a condition of the enhanced system warranty. Cutting up field shingles to serve the same purpose costs less and can look similar from the ground.
“Are you installing manufacturer starter strip and hip/ridge cap, and which products by name?”
Synthetic underlayment and felt are not the same product, and where ice-and-water membrane is applied — eaves, valleys, around penetrations, in low-slope areas — changes both performance and cost. Colorado jurisdictions do not all treat this identically.
“What underlayment is specified, and exactly where does the ice-and-water membrane go?”
These smaller components are where estimates most often go thin. New versus reused flashing, step flashing at walls, counter-flashing at chimneys, and the type of pipe boot all affect how long the roof stays watertight.
“Which flashings and boots are being replaced new versus reused, and what gauge and color is the drip edge?”
Nobody knows what the decking looks like until the old roof comes off. A clear proposal states the price per sheet or per board foot in advance, so the number is settled before anyone is standing on your roof with a pry bar.
“What is the price per sheet of replaced decking, and how will you document what needed replacing?”
Ventilation is a balanced system: intake low at the soffit, exhaust high at or near the ridge. Adding exhaust without matching intake, or mixing two exhaust types on one attic space, can work against you.
“What intake and exhaust are you installing, how did you calculate the amount, and are we mixing vent types?”
Colorado municipalities and counties adopt different code editions and local amendments, so requirements in Brighton are not automatically the requirements in Arvada or Greeley. Who pulls the permit, who pays for it, and who meets the inspector belongs in writing.
“Which jurisdiction issues this permit, who pulls and pays for it, and what code-driven items do you expect?”
A manufacturer’s material warranty and a contractor’s workmanship warranty are separate promises from separate parties. Enhanced system warranties generally require specific components and a certified installer, and registration is sometimes the homeowner’s job.
“Which manufacturer warranty am I getting, what does it require, and how long is your workmanship warranty — is it transferable?”
Deposit amount, when the balance is due, how a change order gets approved, and your right to cancel are contract terms rather than fine print. Colorado has specific statutory requirements for residential roofing contracts connected to an insurance claim.
“What is the payment schedule, how are change orders approved in writing, and what are my cancellation rights?”
When a claim is involved, the insurer’s scope and the contractor’s proposal are two independent documents. Line items, quantities, and prices do not always line up, and the places where they diverge are usually the places worth a conversation.
“Which scope line items are missing from this proposal, and which proposal items are not on the scope?”
Language like “as needed,” “if required,” or “standard materials” moves decisions and dollars into the future. Getting those replaced with named products, counts, and prices is far easier before the contract is signed than after.
“Can you replace the open-ended language with specific products, quantities, and prices?”
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This complimentary review is provided for general educational purposes and is not legal advice, public-adjusting services, an insurance coverage determination, or a guarantee of building-code compliance. Final requirements may depend on your contract, insurance policy, property conditions, manufacturer specifications, and the authority having jurisdiction. An on-site inspection may be necessary.
We are a Colorado roofing contractor, not a call center and not a claims service. Here is exactly what that means for your documents.
Documents are transmitted over an encrypted connection and stored in a non-public location on our site. They are read by Watchdog team members only, and never sold or shared with third-party lead buyers.
Hail, wind-driven rain, freeze-thaw cycles, and a patchwork of local amendments along the Front Range. We read your documents against the conditions your roof actually lives in.
You get an explanation you can actually use in a conversation with your contractor or your insurer — not a sales pitch dressed up as a report.
Plenty of homeowners use this review and then hire someone else. That is a fine outcome. We would rather you sign a good contract than a bad one.
Watchdog Roofing & Restoration is a Colorado roofing contractor. We do not represent homeowners in negotiating or adjusting insurance claims, and nothing on this page should be read as an offer to do so. Questions about coverage, policy interpretation, or claim handling should be directed to your insurance carrier, your agent, or a licensed professional in that field.
Yes. There is no charge and no obligation to hire Watchdog Roofing & Restoration. We offer it because homeowners who understand their paperwork make better decisions, and some of them decide to work with us afterward.
Yes. We can read an approved scope alongside a contractor proposal and explain where the two documents describe different work. What we cannot do is determine coverage, interpret your policy, or negotiate your claim — we are a roofing contractor, not a public adjuster or an attorney.
Please do. You can attach up to five files in a single submission. Comparing two or three proposals side by side is one of the more useful things we can do for you, because it shows what one contractor included that another left out.
Usually within one business day. After a significant hail or wind event our volume goes up and it can take a little longer. If you are working against a deadline — a contract you have been asked to sign, or a claim deadline — call us at 720-235-8159 and say so.
No. Nothing in this review is a coverage determination or a prediction of what your insurer will pay. Only your insurance carrier can make that decision, based on your policy, your deductible, and their own inspection. We can help you understand what the documents say; we cannot tell you what a claim will do.
Yes, and it is also free. A document review and an on-site inspection answer different questions: the paperwork tells us what someone proposed, the roof tells us what is actually there. For anything involving decking, ventilation, or storm damage, an inspection is often the only way to be sure.
PDF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, DOC, and DOCX, up to 10 MB per file and five files per submission. A clear phone photo of a printed estimate works fine as long as the text is readable. If you have something in another format, or a file that is too large, call us and we will find another way to get it.
Uploads travel over an encrypted HTTPS connection and are stored in a non-public directory on our website rather than anywhere a search engine or a stranger could browse to. Access is limited to Watchdog team members handling your request. We do not sell your documents or your contact information, and you can ask us to delete everything you sent at any time.
Send it over. Worst case, you learn that the proposal in front of you is solid — which is worth knowing too.
