What order do I hire contractors for roof and siding repairs?
Specialized contractors like roofers and gutter installers often refuse to cross trades — leaving roofers unwilling to fix rotted fascia or siding below the plywood line. Homeowners are left guessing the correct sequence between carpenters, painters, and roofers while managing overlapping schedules where delayed material or arriving gutter crews collide with active roofing work.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Hiring separate specialists in a specific sequence (carpenter, then roofer, then painter)
- 2Finding a roofer who will handle everything
- 3Proceeding with the gutter installation if the roofer confirms the drip edge is ready
- 4Postponing the gutter installation, though it may require waiting a while for the gutter crew's availability
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My roofer ran out of metal mid job and won’t have more until next week, and my gutter guys are coming in a few days.”source ↗
“Should I install them before the roof is done?”source ↗
“It seems that many roofers only focus on replacing the roof. No fascia, nothing below the plywood line. Is this normal?”source ↗
“Do I need a carpenter to do the fascia, a painter to paint and then a roofer to install the roof/drip/shingles? Is that the right sequence?”source ↗
Where this came up
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