Mark Evans DM describes the brutal reality of summer roofing in Ohio: extreme heat reaching 150°F on the roof, low pay on residential builds, and starting work before 4 AM to finish by early afternoon. He's moving to commercial roofing to escape it.
About 150 degrees (on the roof).
Before 4:00 AM.
Around 2:00 PM.
We were going new builds, new construction. You're, like, barely getting paid. It's very little money. You're hot, like, you're working. And we used to, back then, Columbus was called Maxi. Didn't know the roof. So we, like, try to race them to be there before 4am, before they got there. They're there early because in Ohio, through the summer, at 2 o', clock, you're done. It's 150 degrees on the roof. It's warm up there. But what's cool about it is, like, when you start thinking, like, going from residential to commercial, it's just the conversation you have with yourself and make the switch. It's easy.
