Tower Roofing Inc
About us
Tower Roofing was started in 1987. For 24 years we have been providing top notch, professional service to Santa Barbara County residents. Tower Roofing installs all types of roofing, gutters and sheet metal on residential and commercial buildings. Tower Roofing's service is frequently recognized for its integrity and reliability. Our goal on every project is to provide you with a beautiful roof and gutters that will last a lifetime. All of our materials that we install are of the absolute highest quality. How our quality stands out from others: . Soldered custom made flashing's. (We have a full sheet metal shop and do not subcontract which saves you money). . Primed and baked on paint finish roof metal. . Proper roofing underlayment for the roof type and pitch. . Strongest attachment systems available. . Most knowledgeable installers that leave your house perfectly clean. Tower Roofing is a member of the Better Business Bureau, California Building association, and Santa Barbara Contractors association. Tower Roofing is licensed with the state of California Tower Roofing is insured and bonded
Business highlights
Services we offer
Our specialties include: Roof Inspections Seamless Gutter Installation Custom sheet metal Standing seam metal roofs Solar installation Repairs Replacement Installation Maintenance We are certified experts with the following: Shingles Sheet Metal Built-up Roofing Tile and Slate Single ply (IB) Roofing Seamless Gutters Standing Seam metal Roofing
Amenities
Emergency Services
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Free Estimates
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Originally I was planning to have my house tented after the old roof was removed before the new one was put on. A friend recommended that idea to me after a tenting company tore up his brand new roof. The scheduler from Tower told me they would come Thursday morning and tear the roof off and have the plywood down by Friday afternoon so the tent could go on. I ended up having to cancel the tenting because I couldn't get help moving the required stuff out of my house. Even with the tenting, the work was originally supposed to last just a week. I am thankful that I had to cancel the tenting otherwise I still might not have a roof.
The guys who came didn't bother to read their instructions that I was getting new gutters and spent A LOT of time working around them and fixing damaged trim that was going to get removed in anyways. After watching them for most of Friday I had to ask the lead worker why he was doing this, and this is when he broke out his instructions and it dawned on him as he read them for the first time that he wasted a bunch of time and material.
To make a really long story less long, one of the guys came on Saturday to try and "catch-up" for the time they had fallen so far behind on. They finally completed the roof after a week of work. When I went to go inspect the work, I saw areas that were braced with splintered scrap wood, instead of new construction materials. What a joke.
The gutter people were not even available to start their work when they were supposed to (immediately on completion of the roof), and I had to wait even longer, a full week after the roof was done because apparently the material they had ordered for the job had not even showed up yet!
The big issue here was in the place of the old gutters, they had the transitions from the roof line to the edge of the house, now approximately 8 inches lower, which is much less visually appealing, and very problematic in the spot where one goes right over my gate, which I now have to duck under to avoid hitting my head. They also didn't read their instructions and didn't have the gutters in the front of the house drain onto the lawn as I had requested instead of the planter boxes which causes me problems when it rains.
So all of this was a pain, but the real insult came when I got the bill with many hours added on to the estimate, raising the already high price EVEN MORE. I couldn't believe the audacity of the proprietor after I had spoke with them about the countless hours wasted on the job. It only got worse, when I asked him to break down his estimate to show that the additional hours were not overcharging as I claimed, and he refused.
The roofing was done over several days and the results look excellent!
I would highly recommend Tower Roofing to anyone needing a roof. They are rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau and deserve that rating from our experience.
I would highly recommend them. They cleaned up every day when they were done. Very orderly.
the vent pipes. My first problem was finding a roofer that was skilled at slate roofing. I contacted 4 local roofing companies in the Santa Barbara CA area (Tower being one of the 4) and received quotes. In the end Tower ended up with the lowest cost, not so much because his quote was lower but because the owner quoted an approach to repairing the problem that was more creative and thus more cost effective, with the same results. I found them very professional, on time and the quality of work excellent. The office can be a little slow at responding to initial quote requests (which I noticed other respondents mentioned) but once they get things scheduled everything went off as agreed. In the end I got a quality repair job at a cost lower than what was quoted by the other roofers. Tower appears to be a smaller family run business so the owner is actively involved and his crew were clearly knowledgeable & skilled at what they do. I would defiantly hire them again
Part of my roof was not straight due to an original construction defect. Tower had several people, including the owner, at my house trying to figure out how to improve the appearance without spending a lot of money. They made it look much better for just a few hundred dollars.
The only problem I had was that the demo crew (Tower contracts out the demo portion of the job) pulled the old gutters off and in some places they were screwed to the fascia boards. Now there are some gashes in the fascia I need to patch and paint.
I never mentioned this to Tower so I don't know if they would have made the repairs.
I believe Tower Roofing is a 100% professional and reliable company!
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