We are excited to announce that Larry Vaught Roofing has recently completed a thoroughly new website design. We’ve added new content, made the site more user friendly, and have given it a fresh new look. We will also be intermittently sharing new blogs, photos, and videos in the weeks, months, and years to come. We […]
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Composition shingle manufacturers have announced price increases of 10% to 15% for their residential roofing products effective March 4th, 2013. They have also announced further increases of approximately 10% to be implemented in April 2013. This Vaught Roofing article is out of date. The original post is from 2013. Composition shingle manufacturers have raised prices […]
What are Vaught Roofing QR Tags? Most of the “younger generation” is familiar with QR tags, but in the event you are like me, you may not know what a QR tag is. A QR tag is an image that kind of looks like a bar code, but obviously different. You will find Vaught Roofing […]
Previous to the year 2000, each city codes administration had the option of choosing from several different Building Codes, written by different groups (i.e. UBC, BOCA, CABO, etc). And each of these Building Codes were periodically updated about every three years. This resulted in literally dozens of different Building Code standards being enforced, depending upon […]
Asphalt shingle costs are getting more expensive. Composition shingle manufacturers have announced some pretty hefty price increases that are expected to total between 12% & 20% over the next 45 days. Therefore, if you will be needing a roof anytime soon, I would encourage you to act now. Otherwise you are bound to pay more […]
Obviously the GAF Materials Corporation thinks highly of Larry L. Vaught Roofing. Otherwise they wouldn’t have certified us as a Master Elite contractor. This “honor” is bestowed upon no more than 3% of all contractors nationwide. Since we don’t have an equivalent honor we could bestow upon GAF, we will simply state that Larry L. […]
Senate Bill 101 was recently signed in to law by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, being represented in part as legislation to protect “homeowners” from contractors who represent themselves as “insurance claims specialists”. What this bill actually does however is protect the insurance industry by making it more difficult and more costly for homeowners in Missouri […]
What makes Vaught Roofing a Better Roofing Company? We are in fact a local, family owned business (2nd generation) that takes pride in its work and we will be there to stand behind our work. Larry Vaught went to Ruskin High School in the 50’s & his two son’s, Kevin & Mike Vaught went to […]
Make sure your Insurance Settlement Amount is based on equivalent roofing material. Virtually all composition shingle manufacturers offer 3 weights of laminated (a.k.a. “Timberline” type) shingles. Typically, the lightest weight laminated composition shingle offered weighs ~250 pounds per 100 square feet of roof area. The middle weight shingles weigh ~285 pounds & the heavy weight […]
When you receive a Roofing Proposal please be wise. A few days ago my service representative shared a story with me that left me totally baffled. His story was about a homeowner whom he had recently presented our reroof proposal to. As is typical of all of our proposals, it was quite detailed & professionally […]