How the business runs

A Waterbury roofing business that tells you which side of the line you are on

Brass City Roofing works Waterbury: replacement, repair, flat roofing, slate repair and chimney flashings on a housing stock that is older and more varied than most of Connecticut's. Three homes in ten here were built before 1940, and nearly as many are in two- to four-family buildings.

The site is organized around the one question that decides most roofing jobs in this state and is answered wrongly almost everywhere online: where Connecticut's 25 percent line falls, and what the permit on the other side of it requires. Every quote we write says which side of that line the job is on, and what the code asks of it.

Roofing only – no siding, windows or general remodeling
No storm-damage paperwork of any kind
Waterbury only; the surrounding towns are somebody else's patch
No price without walking the roof and the attic

A roofer kneeling in an old attic beside a brick chimney, lighting water-stained board sheathing — **On the roof**Survey before any price is given

How it runs

Four steps, no surprises

Free inspection, a written quote, and a plain answer on the 25% permit line.

Call or message

Tell us the address, what prompted the call, and whether the house is one, two or three family. On a rented floor, say so: getting to the top-floor ceilings and the porches is usually part of the visit.

Inspection, outside and in

The slope and the details that fail, then the attic: layer count, deck type and old water tracks. On pre-war stock the attic usually settles whether the deck is boards or plywood, which changes what Connecticut's code asks for at the deck joints.

A written quote that names the line

The work in plain language, decking as a rate per sheet, and a plain statement of whether the job is a repair under the 25 percent line or a permitted replacement. Our registration number and the start and completion dates go on the contract, as the Home Improvement Act requires.

The work, then the walkaround

A permitted job gets the city's inspection, the one independent look the roof will ever have. We go round it with you before the final payment, and you keep the photographs.

Before you choose

Five things a complete roofing quote in Waterbury, CT contains

Every one of them is checkable, and every one of them is on ours.

A registration number

Connecticut registers home improvement contractors. The number starts HIC.0, belongs on adverts, vehicles and the contract, and takes a minute to look up at elicense.ct.gov.

Start and completion dates

The Home Improvement Act requires both on the contract, along with the contractor's name and address and the entire agreement in writing, signed by both sides.

A notice of cancellation

You have until midnight of the third business day to cancel, and Saturday counts. A contract without the notice is missing something the law requires.

A statement about the permit

Whether the job is under the 25 percent line or a permitted replacement, and who is pulling the permit from the Department of Inspections.

The code lines, named

Ice barrier to 24 inches inside the wall line, the self-adhering strip over the deck joints, and decking as a rate per sheet. If they are written down, they can be checked.

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