Old School Roofing

Our company paid Todd Butler $118,00 for a TPO roof in Fruita, Co. The Exxon Gasoline station by Interstate 70 with Starvin Arvins inside. He quoted, committed to a TPO roof. He is either dumb, sloppy or a total fraud or all of the above. He quoted a price 30% below other roofing contractors. But along the way.....i quickly learned having Old School Roofing or Todd Butler as a roofer is like baby sitting a toddler. Non-commital and generally full of bull....well, you know. Multiple times i had to call him and tell him, "you have had my money for 4 months, when is the work starting?". Don't use a company for a roof replacement if Todd Butler is involved. He is incapable of honesty and will cut corners every chance he gets. Our $118,00 roof, which he was paid in full for in November of 2022...has multiple leaks, and we are in the process of refabricating it currently with a different contractor.

I would like to know how Todd Butler sleeps at night! His company did sloppy work for my elderly mom several years ago, when confronted about it she was told he would be out to address the issues. To this day , he hasn't honored his word! He was specifically told to use plywood, which my mom was billed for and paid an extra $350.00 dollars for. Todd took complete advantage of her, took her money and installed osb board instead. And NEVER refunded her her money! He never completed the permit process to this day and now she is being threatened with a lien against her property at the age of 87 years old by Mesa County, as well as being held accountable for all parts of his job that is found unexceptable. Several family members have tried to resolve this issue but he refuses to take our calls or respond to any messages. My mom finally received a call from Todd a few days ago stating that he would show up the following day with an inspector, but once again, he NEVER showed up, called her or honored his word! She now has to pay Mesa County for a permit and inspection out of her limited income and pray that they won't demand additional improvements in order to pass the inspection! Old school roofing should pay her back the $350.00 that she was billed for plywood, which "WAS NOT USED" along with "ALL" other expenses she endures! I would "NEVER" recommend hiring Old school roofing to anyone!!!!!

During the project, Todd Butler, the owner, and his crew were

courteous and polite.  Todd did cut some corners during the installation

that I noticed:  He promised to use ice and water shield in the valleys

but when I came home one day from work I noticed that he cut the roll in half

and only used half the width for each valley.  During install I also

noticed that he did not use step flashing technique, nor did he apply

sealant in a stepped fashion when applying shingles next to walls or a structures

such as a chimney or swamp cooler jacks.  Other than this, it appeared to

look ok.  They did a good job cleaning up except for debris

that fell into the attic from the tear-off.  This was in September of

2012.



In exactly a year we had water running into our kitchen.  Water was

coming through nail holes that were not properly sealed on the swamp cooler

jack.  Todd came over and sealed the leaking swamp cooler jack with some

sealant that he toweled on.  This was only a temporary fix and he promised

he would come and fix it properly in the spring.



During that winter a second leak occurred over our front porch. That

section is a flat roof and was re-roofed with TPO.  He stated that he came

over and water tested the area and could not find the leak. 



After this second leak I had a home inspector and a few different qualified

roofers inspect the roof and it was unanimously concluded the installation was

done with improper techniques and shoddy workmanship.  I have tried to

meet with Todd but he usually does not call me back and one time when he

promised to meet up with me he didn't show up.



To sum this up without going into excruciating detail; there are

many parts of my roof that are unacceptable: 

water is leaking behind my gutters and possibly other places due to

improperly installed drip-edge.  He never

came back to reset my swamp cooler.  Many

sections of the TPO roofs are peeling up, especially around my wood-stove

flu.  He reused most of the original

flashing that was on the roof instead of fabricating new pieces and spending

the time to do things right.  There are

now many holes and openings where rain and weather can enter the structure of

he house due to his shoddy flashing.  There

are other issues, but I am sure I have said enough here.