MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 • ISSUE 017
The Roofing Wire — Issue 017
Missouri Contractor Faces $180K Judgment Over Fraudulent Home Repairs — the lead in issue 017. Also in this issue: OSHA Watch, Notable Weather, Biggest Hail, The Numbers, Industry News, Pure Evil, Good People, The Deal Sheet, Policy Desk.
Published · 15 stories · 9 departments
The Lead
The Lead
Missouri Contractor Faces $180K Judgment Over Fraudulent Home Repairs
Missouri Attorney General Hanaway announced that her office secured more than $180,000 in a restitution judgment against Daniel M. Carbone, owner of Concrete Impressions. Carbone was sentenced on 12…
- hail reports
- 25hail reports
- biggest stone
- 2.75"biggest stone
- wind reports
- 218wind reports
Department
OSHA Watch
The most recent federal and state-plan enforcement actions that touch a roofing crew. Dated, because they do not arrive weekly.
Department
Notable Weather
What actually fell in the last seven days, and what is running now.
In the seven convective days to Sep 27, the Storm Prediction Center logged 25 hail, 218 wind and 2 tornado reports across 25 states. These are preliminary spotter reports, not damage counts.
Busiest states: AL 52 · NC 34 · GA 27 · MS 25 · TX 20
11 roof-lane National Weather Service alerts were active when this issue was built.
How to avoid roofing scams after hail storm swept through Davis County
After strong winds and large hail swept through parts of Davis County last week, homeowners are assessing damage to their homes while local roofing experts warn residents to watch out for potential…
Neighborhood bombarded by roofing and repair companies after hail storm
A Davis County neighborhood that was pounded by hail Friday is now being pounded by roofing and repair companies that want to fix the damage.
Department
Biggest Hail
The largest stone reported in the country this week.
- 2 SW South Heart, Stark County, ND
- 2.75"2 SW South Heart, Stark County, ND
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The Numbers
Counted, not estimated. A figure we cannot compute does not appear.
- tornado reports
- 2tornado reports
- states reporting
- 25states reporting
- alerts running now
- 11alerts running now
- OSHA releases
- 6OSHA releases
- documents on the shelf
- 58documents on the shelf
Department
Industry News
The trade press, one story per publisher.
The small decisions that protect roofing margins
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Margins are built — or quietly eroded — through hundreds of small choices. When contractors talk about profitability, the conversation usually turns to…
JobNimbus, RepCard Launch Two-Way Sales Integration
JobNimbus and RepCard launched a two-way integration that syncs customer, appointment and job-status data between roofing contractors’ field sales and production workflows.
Western Roofing Expo 2026: Your Last Chance to Register | SprayFoam Magazine News
Western Roofing Expo 2026 is just days away. Explore roofing and waterproofing products, meet industry suppliers, and learn who qualifies for free exhibit floor admission.
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Pure Evil
Charges, convictions and the open cases: roofing fraud as reported, allegations included.
Roofing Fraud Allegations Draw Scrutiny in Three States
Police, regulators and the Florida AG are investigating roofing-related complaints involving alleged fraud, liens and customer losses across three states.
BBB warns of fall scams
The Better Business Bureau is warning that scammers are going door to door offering fake or unnecessary roof, chimney, gutter and furnace repairs, as the weather turns cooler in the Chicago area.
Department
Good People
Donated roofs, trained apprentices, crews who showed up.
Grainger Volunteers Assemble 4,000 Disaster Relief Kits
More than 500 volunteers assembled 4,000 disaster relief kits at Grainger’s Illinois headquarters for deployment after hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other disasters.
Department
The Deal Sheet
Who bought whom.
Commercial Roofing Specialist Acquired by Private Equity Firm
Private equity firm TrueNorth Capital Group has acquired industrial and commercial roofing specialist Total Roof Control (Midlands) Ltd to strength...
Advantage Roofing & Exteriors Becomes Ridgeline’s Eighth Acquisition
Bertram Capital-backed Ridgeline Roofing & Restoration has acquired Kalamazoo-based Advantage Roofing & Exteriors, expanding its growing roofing and restoration platform into Southwest Michigan.
Bertram Capital-Backed Ridgeline Roofing Acquires Advantage Roofing & Exteriors
Ridgeline Roofing & Restoration, a portfolio company of Bertram Capital, has acquired Advantage Roofing & Exteriors, expanding its residential and...
Department
Policy Desk
Politics, enforcement and legislation that reach a roofing crew. Filed at the back, because the trade comes first.
Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against Iowa Newspaper
A judge on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its former pollster of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race, rejecting the president’s…
ICE Surge Is Targeting Vermont’s Roofing and Construction Workers
Recent targets of ICE have not been criminals, but laborers in construction and roofing.
Headlines, summaries and photographs belong to the publishers named beside them and link to their own pages. Storm figures are preliminary National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center reports, reproduced as issued; they are not a report of damage to any particular building.
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