Stick-frame contractors?

[nwwoman]

Hello --

I need to hire someone to check the roof of my 1981 Rex Single-wide. But, I need some advice on who to call or, maybe better, questions to ask.

There are no mobile home contractors, repair people or repair businesses within 90 miles of me. The last time I contacted a well-known stick-frame contractor who runs the only HandyMan business (no job too large/too small, supposedly) in this town of 26,000, the fellow who came up spent the entire time groaning about mnftg homes and then left, without providing an estimate, because the tub replacement I wanted was not something they would touch with a ten-foot pole. He gave a million reasons, all having to do with mobile home construction and crawl space, etc.

So, now, I have a sag in my living room ceiling from a winter snow and I need to find out if it's broken trusses or if the ceiling separated from the trusses.

I did, for some other work, look for handymen in classifieds. That was a disaster. The first guy who started the work on a door repair said he'd be back to finish the next day and never reappeared. I called. Several times. Never got back to me. Another set an appointment and no showed. And others... well, the stories go on. It's still not repaired.

So, I'm going to try again. This time, I figure I have no choice as we only have stick-frame contractors. Any advice on what questions I can ask or what I should investigate about them to be sure they give me an accurate answer. I know I'll pay a tidy figure to get one here. I want to avoid the come, shake head, say it's truss and leave, without definitively checking and ..providing an accurate answer.

Anybody have suggestions?

[rmurray]

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[nwwoman]

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, Mark's book is good. Bought it long ago.