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Winter Worries
Breianna Dahl • Dec 17, 2020
The time for holiday cheer and family gatherings is upon us, but as a roofing company, it isn’t always that easy to enjoy the holidays as we should. See, by this time of year, we have to make the difficult decision to close up shop for the winter. This means layoffs begin as winter sets in, and our company prepares to pinch pennies until April or May when the weather allows us to start working again. But don’t worry, even with the limited work there is plenty that happens behind the scenes to get ready for the upcoming year.
What is the reality of winter on a mid-west roofing company?
With the freezing temperatures and anticipated snowfall, roofing work comes to a halt anywhere from late October to early December. Thankfully this year we had an oddly warm fall that ended with snowfall this last weekend. Actually, it has been such an odd year that even Oklahoma saw its fair share of snow – to the dismay of many. Once work stops, roofing companies have to make ends meet until work can resume. While companies in the mid-west hope for work to resume in March, it is more likely that work cannot resume until April or May. This means that roofing companies have to cover up to 7 months’ worth of overhead costs without having a way to make money.
If you eat cookies from a cookie jar but never replace them, they will eventually all be gone.
You might be asking why a company wouldn’t find a way to make the winter months not so long, and the fact of the matter is that most companies try to still get jobs. As an example, our company is always on call for emergencies. Ice dams form on roofs due to the heat out of a building in conjunction with snow and cold temperatures outside -- which lead to roof leaks in the winter. When this happens we have a team of people ready to answer the call. Or, companies have branches in warmer clients. Our Oklahoma branch is our attempt at having jobs year-round, even if Oklahoma gets snow every now and then. However, even with a company’s attempts at making the winter months a little easier, it doesn’t change that the winter is hard. Just because we can get called for emergencies and have a warm-weather branch doesn’t mean that we will get jobs. So we carefully plan out our finances and hope for the best.
As I mentioned earlier, we use this downtime to plan for the upcoming year. I can’t share any of our plans right now but on December 31st the blog post will celebrate all that has been accomplished by our employees and company this year. Then, join me on January 7th where I will be able to announce some of our company goals and plans for 2021!
About the Author:
Breianna Dahl is a recent college graduate and the Marketing Manager for Roof Medics. She has been around the roofing industry her whole life as her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all roofers. Besides writing a blog Breianna handles all of Roof Medics social media accounts, and recently became a licensed drone operator. Breianna lives in Wisconsin with her husband.
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