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Ask Travis Sellers what a normal workday looks like as Controller for Freetail Roofing and his first answer is probably the most accurate one. “Herding…
Matthew Melchor did not spend his first 21 years in the workforce thinking he would eventually become a roofer. He spent them in restaurants. Then,…
Ask Michael Kalish what his role is at Freetail Roofing and you are not going to get a particularly impressive title. His answer is simply,…
When a homeowner sees a stain on the ceiling, the first thought is usually the roof. Fair enough. Water is inside, the roof is outside,…
Most homeowners are not roofing experts, and they should not have to be. That is the whole reason you call a roofer in the first…
The Fourth of July gets us thinking about the big stuff. Independence, history, family, fireworks, brisket, and the neighbor who starts testing bottle rockets before…
Roofing is a strange kind of business if you think about it too long. Most people do not want to call a roofer. That is…
Spanish tile roofs fit Texas well. The architecture makes sense here, the heat profile makes sense here, and when they’re installed correctly they age with…
Every summer, it hits the same way. The temperature climbs, the AC starts running longer, and the electric bill shows up higher than you were…
If you’ve ever looked at a metal roof and thought it looked a little… wavy, you’re not crazy. We get that question a lot, especially…
Most folks don’t think about their roof until something goes wrong. A leak shows up, maybe a stain on the ceiling, and then it turns…
If you’ve lived in Central Texas the last few years, you’ve seen it. We’ll get a hard freeze… then a few days later it’s back…
After a big storm rolls through, a lot of homeowners start hearing the same pitch from roofers knocking on doors. “Good news. Your insurance will…
I asked our owner Michael a simple question the other day. He has been roofing for decades. He has seen products come and go. He…
Most homeowners picture rain falling straight down and sliding neatly off the edge of their roof. That is not how it works. A roofing system…
Running a business in a small community changes the math. In bigger places, everything moves fast. You can be anonymous. A bad experience gets lost…
If you live in Central Texas, you already know this kind of weather feels wrong. Ice storms are not supposed to happen here. We are…
If you live or work in Central Texas, you already know this truth even if you do not say it out loud. Our communities run…
No one wakes up excited to buy a roof. It is not a fun purchase. It is not a visible upgrade like a kitchen remodel…
Before we get too far into this, let me go ahead and say the quiet part out loud. This blog has absolutely nothing to do…
Everyone in Central Texas remembers Snowmageddon, January 2021. Roads were impassable. Power grids failed. Pipes burst. And for many homeowners, the roof quietly became part…
