I would recommend Glenn the owner of Bear Roofing to everyone.
He is a terrier on the hunt and he loves to hunt. Super nice but takes no guff from insurance companies and in fact excels in giving guff right back to them.
Very knowledgeable about roofing and insurance companies, very thorough, very efficient, very helpful, and very kind.
Glenn shows up on my doorstep in early April 2025. He had stopped by about a year earlier when he was working for another roofing company and remembered me...well, possibly more the roof.
We started the process of getting the insurance company to pay for the roof. Allstate dragged this on for FIVE Months, even though they could have had it solved in one. The process went from no damage to a 22-year-old roof, to the insurance company paying for it in full!! Tons of friends and family assured me that Allstate would NEVER pay for the roof, and I would wind up paying for it myself. My response was Glenn is a terrier and he assures me, we (almost totally meaning Glenn) will get insurance to pay for it. Occasionally, during the FIVE month process, I got discouraged but Glenn always said to hang on, insurance would pay for the roof.
So don't let your insurance company tell you there is nothing wrong with your roof, or they will repair not replace it. Don't let them make you pay for a new roof when you have been paying insurance premiums for exactly that contingency. They will laugh all the way to the bank with your premiums and be out NOTHING for those premiums. Let Glenn fight all those battles; no damage, little damage, not enough damage for replacement, constantly changing adjustors, lying, verbiage that is confusing, requiring additional hoops to jump through to just tire you out so you give up and pay for it yourself. For example, having the shingles tested for repairability, is the shingle still manufactured, and actual repair test where a qualified persons tries to do an actual repair, (and then your roof looks like a patchwork quilt) which is an additional cost. To having to involve public adjustors to get the insurance company to do the job you are PAYING them for, not being complete in their assessments, like not inspecting major sections of your roof or not being specific in what repairs are needed and what that entails, like stating that they will paint, seal, and repair water damage inside your house without stating that the rest of the interior of your house will be protected or moved or covered, and then put back and protections removed.
Not only did he fight with the insurance company for FIVE months for my new roof, I had a slump in my driveway next to the garage and my truck needed a no longer manufactured clock spring.
He had a guy for the driveway; Anthony from A&L Sealcoating & Asphalt Maintenance; 540-249-1970. They dug up a 6ft wide section across the entire driveway, corrected the sub-base, installed new asphalt, sealed the existing driveway, and did a few extra things, completed the job in a few hours and will return this fall to seal the new sections he put in.
For my truck, he had a guy for that too. Donny Thompson, Thompson Auto Repair; 540-317-0078 (he found a remanufactured part and my truck is whole for the first time in 5 years!).
Glenn contacted both men to let them know the issues, sent pictures of the driveway and particulars about the truck to both of them and they quickly responded and scheduled the work. Totally satisfied with the work on both projects. Super pleased with both recommendations and would recommend them to others as well. Both men explained what the repairs were, did great work, let me ask questions, were fun to talk with, and had great after service care.
So it was the trifecta of wins! read more