FREDERICK ROOF REPAIR ROOF REPLACEMENTS | ROOF REPAIRS | ROOF INSPECTIONS Locally Owned Home About Us Services Roof Replacement Articles Contact ABOUT US Frederick Roof Repair and Frederick Roofing are both owned by Stefan Mach. I bought both names so as to prevent confusion and also to play the google game, if you know what I mean. More and more, people turn to the internet and type “where they are” and “what they need”. Anyway, I graduated from Frostburg State University with a degree in Environmental Analysis and Planning in 1993. I have been roofing since I got out of high school in 1987. I roofed during the summer months when in college and continuously since about 1997. During the four missing years, I did a number of other things, including surveying and soil analysis work. I enjoy roofing, being outdoors, up high where you can see around you. I may be white collar by training, but I am blue collar by choice. NEED EMERGENCY ROOFING SERVICE? Maryland, and in particular, Frederick MD are areas very hard on asphalt shingle roof materials. The freeze/ thaw cycles stress and wear out at an accelerated rate these types of roofs. Emergencies do occur. Your natural inclination will be to keep calling roofers until one picks up the phone. That is fine, but please do take the opportunity to fill out my contact form, which will alert me every which way but loose (texts, emails, sales pipeline alerts, immediate inclusion of your contact data into my contacts database, etc. This makes it very easy to contact you as quickly as possible. WANT TO CHECK MY MHIC LICENSE STATUS? You can check on my status as a Maryland home improvement licensed contractor by going to the license number entry page of the Maryland Home Improvement Commission and typing my license number, 85927, into the box. This is the Maryland Home Improvement Commission website which licenses roofing contractors and keeps a current file on the status of all contractors. Please note the “odd” language on the commissions’ website. They use a double negative which translated means, “If you find a contractor listed here, they are currently licensed.” THE BENEFIT OF FILLING OUT THE FORM Hello, Well it seems the phone has been all but ruined. Using myself as an example, I get up to 15 and no fewer than 5 phone calls a day that have nothing to do with roofing. The list of scams is apparently never ending, and now many of them even want to leave voicemails. The result is that the legitimate requests for help get buried in voicemail, and business owners are letting the phone go to voicemail because so much of the time, answering the phone means dealing with a scammer. The solution is simple: Filling out a form. Should you choose to fill it out, here is what will happen on my end. I will get a text message saying a form was filled out ( the form has a hidden field that robots fill out but people do not. If that field is filled out, the form submission will not be delivered. That way I do not get false submissions). A lead will be added to my system for keeping track of potential customers, so I cannot miss it. Once in this system, our entire exchange history is tracked. Additionally, an email will be sent to my inbox with the information you filled out, so I cannot miss it. Your information will be auto-magically added as a contact to my phone thru the use of a third party tool called Zapier. I don’t even need to copy and paste your data over, and I don’t have typos in my contacts, because maybe I heard you wrong, etc. Of course, this means that if you fill out the form, and then wait 1/2 hour and call, your name will appear on the phone, and not just a number. This also helps me to discern between real customers and scams. The system is pretty sweet. It accomplishes a lot, and places you front and center to be contacted back. I hope you do not view this as an inconvenience, but as a real attempt on my part to make sure your need does not get lost in the shuffle. I run a roofing company because I want to be a roofer, not because I want to talk to fake Google, etc. Last point. I am on the roof much of the time. Yes, I know it is crazy, but I, the owner, still roof. This can make it difficult to answer the phone, and makes dealing with scammers even less desirable. My promise to you is that if you fill out the form, I will call you back, as quickly as possible. Stefan WEATHER AND ITS EFFECTS ON ROOFING If you are concerned about the weather and the impact it may or may not have on your roofing project, please read,”Can Roofing Be Done in the Winter?” for a thorough examination of this important question. SKYLIGHTS If you are in need of skylight repair or replacement, please take the time to view our skylights page which will show you an example of skylights being repaired. We also do new skylight installations. Don’t hesitate to call us at 301-788-3061 and ask us about our high quality pvc curb mounted skylight installations. Deck mounted skylights are acceptable but inferior to curb mounts in that manipulation or removal of the skylight requires an impact to the surrounding shingles. Curb mounted skylights, properly installed, forever separate the skylight from the shingles/ roofing surrounding them, enabling the roof and the skylight to be worked on separately. This is valuable where roof and skylight do not fail at the same time. Why people believe in us "Best service ever!!! Frederick Roof Repair replaced my Mom's roof today. After receiving estimates from 2 other companies, we chose Stefan for several reasons. He explained the process from start to finish which the others did not do, and ordered shingles from another part of the country to ensure a match to the adjoining duplex. Couldn't be happier with his company and would highly recommend him to anyone." Sharon Buppert “I'd rate Frederick Roof Repair SIX stars if I could! You will not find a more knowledgeable and diligent person than Stefan. I had the roof replaced on my hundred year old home and the work was done quickly, the price was fair, and everything looks great. I highly recommend Frederick Roof Repair. Thanks again, Stefan.” Mark Etheridge “Excellent service. Called and Stefan came out in a couple days to look at the issue I was having. He repaired the roof in about 10 minutes and was very thorough in making sure that was the problem, that it was resolved, and also did a great job of explaining to me what the issue was. We plan to replace the roof in the coming years and he will absolutely be the first person I call.” Jason Ulanow “Stefan installed a new roof for us, all complete in a day. He is a real master of his craft, enthusiastic about doing the best job possible and helping us to understand our options. He was delighted to advise us on related issues as well, 'above and beyond the call of duty'. We learned a lot, and we are happy to recommend him.” Sylvia Brewda ©2019 Frederick Roof Repair MHIC#85927 514 Lee Place Frederick, MD 21702 (301) 788-3061 Stefan Mach Also owns Frederick Roofing in an attempt to avoid confusion in the Frederick Maryland roofing market. That is a losing battle I am afraid 🙂 Share This!