How to prepare your home for roof-installation day

Prepare for noise, movement, and debris

Roof work brings deliveries, falling debris, vibration, noise, vehicles, tools, and temporary changes around the property. A short preparation conversation protects people, belongings, access, landscaping, and the crew's working area.

A checklist to use

• Move vehicles and clear delivery and debris access. Move vehicles and clear the driveway, gates, delivery zone, debris-container area, exterior outlets, and paths the crew must use.
• Take fragile items off walls and shelves. Remove fragile wall and shelf items, close windows, cover attic belongings when appropriate, and identify sensitive interior areas.
• Plan for noise, children, pets, and remote work. Plan for children, pets, remote work, alarms, outdoor equipment, and anyone who cannot tolerate a day of repeated impact noise.
• Confirm landscape protection, magnetic cleanup, and final walk-through. Walk through landscaping protection, air-conditioning equipment, pools, magnetic nail cleanup, debris removal, final inspection, and access restoration.

Exchange one day-of contact plan

Confirm who can approve a discovered condition, how the crew will reach that person, where deliveries belong, and what happens if weather interrupts the work. Keep private documents and valuables out of work areas.