Roofing in Kansas

Lenz Construction is a registered Kansas roofing contractor and a CertainTeed ShingleMaster PREMIER contractor. We have offices in the state and we stand behind the roofs we have put on here.

This page is the practical version of what we tell homeowners here: what Kansas law actually gives you, what a roofer is and is not allowed to do with your claim, and what to check before you sign anything.

Kansas hail is not a rare event

2026 has been an active year across the state. On April 26, 2026 alone, the National Weather Service logged ground-truth hail reports running from 1.00" to 3.00" across a long swath of Kansas — 1.75" at McPherson and Hillsboro, 2.00" at Madison and repeatedly around Salina, and 2.50" to 3.00" at Sycamore and Cherryvale in Montgomery County.

These are spotter and public reports measured on the ground, not radar estimates, which is the distinction that matters when a carrier questions whether a storm was real.

One inch is the size at which asphalt shingles begin to bruise, and bruising is not visible from the driveway. That is the whole problem with hail in this state: the damage that costs you a roof is rarely the damage you can see from the street.

If your roof was under a storm this year and nobody has been on it, that is worth thirty minutes.

Your roofer has to be registered with the State of Kansas

Kansas does not license roofing contractors the way it licenses electricians, but it does require registration. Under the Kansas Roofing Registration Act, every roofing contractor, with narrow exceptions, must hold a roofing contractor registration certificate to perform residential or commercial roofing work for a fee in Kansas.

Two things follow from that:

  • Certificates expire June 30 every year and must be renewed by July 1. A contractor who was registered last spring is not necessarily registered now.
  • The Attorney General publishes a public directory of registered roofing contractors. You can look up any company before you sign. Violations carry civil penalties of up to $10,000.

After a big storm the Kansas Attorney General's office routinely puts out a consumer alert about unregistered contractors following the hail. That alert exists because the problem is real and it recurs every season.

Ask for the registration number. A company working legally in Kansas will hand it over without a pause.

The five-day rule most homeowners have never heard of

If a contractor asks you to sign an assignment — a document handing them your rights under your insurance claim — Kansas gives you a specific protection.

Under K.S.A. 50-6,143, the named insured has the right to cancel that assignment within five business days after it is executed.

This matters because assignment forms get presented as routine paperwork. They are not routine. An assignment can hand a contractor the authority to deal with your carrier over your claim, and once that is in place your leverage changes. Five business days is your window to undo it.

Our position on this is simple: we do not ask homeowners to assign their claim to us. You stay the party to your own insurance contract. We inspect, we document, we write a line-item estimate, and we meet your adjuster on the roof. The conversation with the carrier about money stays yours.

What a contractor can and cannot do on your claim

The line is easy to describe and gets crossed constantly.

Legitimate: climbing the roof, chalking and photographing test squares, measuring, identifying the manufacturer and product, writing a detailed line-item estimate, being present when the adjuster inspects, and pointing out damage the adjuster missed.

Not legitimate: negotiating your settlement for you, or presenting themselves to your carrier as your representative. That is public adjusting, and it requires a separate license under the Kansas Public Adjusters Licensing Act.

So when a roofer says they will "handle the whole claim," ask what they mean. If they mean they will document it thoroughly and stand on the roof with the adjuster, good. If they mean they will negotiate your settlement, they are describing work they are not licensed to do.

The other thing to know: do not sign a contract that promises to absorb your deductible. Your deductible is your obligation under your policy. A contractor who offers to eat it is either building it into an inflated scope or asking you to participate in something you do not want your name on.

What we install

We are a full exterior contractor, not an asphalt-only shop. What we install:

That range matters most on a claim where the damaged roof is not asphalt. A destroyed cedar or slate roof turns into an argument about scope and matching, and very few contractors can both make that argument correctly and then install the result.

Being CertainTeed ShingleMaster PREMIER — CertainTeed's highest credential — is what backs the workmanship side of that.

Before you sign with anyone in Kansas

  1. Get the Kansas roofing registration number and check it against the Attorney General's directory.
  2. Read anything labeled an assignment and remember the five business days.
  3. Make sure the deductible is handled honestly in writing.
  4. Get the scope in line items, not a lump sum. A lump-sum "we'll do what insurance pays" contract tells you nothing about what you are getting.
  5. Ask who is actually on your roof — the company's crew, or whoever was available that week.

Talk to us

Lenz Construction — Kansas 12400 W 62nd Terrace, Suite B, Shawnee, KS 66216 — (913) 392-3066 3450 N Rock Road, Building 500, Suite 502, Wichita, KS 67226 — (316) 399-6634

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