Licensed State and Hailstorm : Illionois

I know I get nickel and dimed. On a bottom dollar tearoff, without I&W at the eaves and no ridge vent, I'm somewhere around $275 per square if it's SUPER easy. I have to put up a fight to get that many times.

Granted, I'm not near Chicago so who knows. I just live by Chicago's rules 400 miles away. Also, I can barely spell xactimate.

Since the new rope law has been around, is there a line-item that can be charged for dealing with that nuisance?

It would depend on the particular state's licensing effectiveness I suppose.

Still.....I'm have difficulty correlating licensing - with ins. co.s - with pricing.

I can say that in Calif. (a license state), the "sub-game" does not occur, as say in Colo., (a non-license state), where it's rampant and generally, in Calif., the contractor dictates the "pricing" not the insurance company.

Shoot, you only need a license in IL if you want to work inside city limits. And not necessarily then. A publicly funded commercial building 150' from the code office got re-roofed last year by a guy without a license. After I complained, they made time to "check on him." Turns out he was subbing from an out of town group. I looked up their license, turned out that their commercial license was revoked and they only had a residential license.

When I informed them of that, I was greeted with "What are we supposed to do about it"

It's not my job right???

"What does licensing have to do with bowing to the ins. co.s?"

I guess that is what I am asking:

Is pricing still based on having truckloads of illegals and uninsured subs, or does it adjust somewhat to meet minimum legal requirements, in a licensed required state?

Just curious

What does licensing have to do with bowing to the ins. co.s?

Appears as if the contractors let the tail wage the dog.....Just say'n.....