Anyone signed a damage waiver?

[dannieboiz]

My contracted company just told me that I'd need to sign a waiver because I have lightweight concrete tile roof. If anything breaks, I'll be responsible for the parts and labor on repairing it. This really bugs me and I refused to sign it.

[NorCalX]

Shouldn't they have noticed that in their early estimates before getting the contract?

[harleydee]

waiver

is there a way to get insurance put on the roof/solar panels?

[J.P.M.]

My contracted company just told me that I'd need to sign a waiver because I have lightweight concrete tile roof. If anything breaks, I'll be responsible for the parts and labor on repairing it. This really bugs me and I refused to sign it.

That's B.S. Nothing but either lightwt. concrete or mission tile in my HOA. No one has has a damage waiver in any contract I've seen, and I've seen every one.

[dannieboiz]

That's B.S. Nothing but either lightwt. concrete or mission tile in my HOA. No one has has a damage waiver in any contract I've seen, and I've seen every one.

That's why I got pretty angry, none of the other bidders mentioned anything about a waiver about my roof. What's more aggravating is that I'm only told about this 2 weeks from installation time and they knonw I have a deadline of Dec 31st for completion for tax purposes for personal reasons. He agrees that whether I sign or not installation will proceed. I don't intend on signing this waiver and if I need to go back to my other bidders and cancel my contract I will do it.


harleydee- Solar/Roof is part of your insurance dwelling. If your policy does not have enough coverage to cover your solar, you get it added and up the coverage to take the solar into consideration. BUT the fact that a contractor comes to your property and work on something, I expect everything they touch, they're responsible for.

Imagine hiring a plumber to repipe and not patching the drywall they open.

[solarz]

I recall one guy in this forums have Solar installer and Roofer work together. He got the same roof like yours.
Installer put the racks
Roofer come to inspect and fix whatever broken.
Installer put panels
Roofer come to inspect and fix whatever broken.

By the end of the day, nothing broken and he was happy.
You can ask your solar guy the same.

[Mike90250]

if signing the waiver was NOT part of the contract signing, don't bother signing it now, let them default instead, and be sure you get LOTS of good photos before install, of all the roof, ridges, valleys, and eaves (where they will smash the ladders into).