Building Extreme Roofs Requires Passion – Drake Gordon – Executive Exteriors
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Focus beats volume: Drake built Executive Exteriors specifically to say no to small jobs and specialize in the complex, high-end projects he does best.
Treat subcontractors as partners, not cheap labor, and they become your production department and your quality control.
Partnering with large roofers who have 300-400 employees means never scrambling to call ten different crews when work piles up.
On complex work like hand-cut tile turrets, document the labor with photos and video so adjusters understand and fairly compensate the added skill and time.
Dallas is the roofing capital of America with thousands of contractors, so differentiation through specialization is a survival strategy, not just a preference.
Never cut corners even when clients or circumstances invite it; do the job right whether or not you get paid extra for it.
Look at the waterproofing of the entire building, not just the roof, to deliver a result that holds up for 20 years.
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