
Wintex Enterprises, Inc.
About us
Wintex Enterprises, your local Roofing & General Contractor based in Fort Myers, proudly serving the surrounding Counties. Our commitment to excellence is the cornerstone of our reputation. We specialize in delivering prompt and professional Roof Replacement & Remodeling Services, all while maintaining open lines of communication at every stage. We understand the urgency that comes with roofing issues and are dedicated to providing swift responses, addressing your questions, and delivering efficient solutions. At Wintex Enterprises, your satisfaction and peace of mind are our top priorities, so let’s get started, and work together!
Business highlights
Services we offer
Residential and commercial repair & replacement of roofing, flat roofs & roof cleaning. Wind mitigation inspections for lower insurance premiums. Home remodeling services., metal, shingle, tile
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
Number of Stars | Image of Distribution | Number of Ratings |
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"I'm so sorry that you did not have an excellent experience. We try and provide the best level of service to each of our customers. After our conversation I was glad to be able to bring you up-to-speed since you were not involved in the project from the beginning and weren't aware that the photos we sent over were progress photos and not completion photos. It is good to have proper communication during all areas of the project and we strive to create an open forum with our clients."
"Thank you for the kind words. We take pride in our work and how we treat our customers. Good luck with the new roof!"
"We are glad that we were able to help you after the hurricane and get your new roof installed right away!"
Please do not hire this company.
You can read the entire complaint against them at the BBB website, the complaint is dated 1/20/2016 in the Answered section of the Complaint Resolution Log. This is the link:
http://www.bbb.org/west-florida/business-reviews/roofers/wintex-industries-dura-loc-in-fort-myers-fl-6178793/complaints
Below is our original report to Angie's List:
This complaint is in regards to service agreements not being met, complaint calls and emails being ignored, and refund not being issued. This Complaint is being made on behalf of my mother, Judy, who lives in a custom built dome home in Lehigh Acres. She is 71 years old. Dave Gustason, the owner of Dura Loc, is not answering his phone or responding to any messages that I have left in an effort to resolve this issue.
Following is my account of the transaction to date:
My mom hired Dura-Loc at the end of April (4/19/15 check-deposit 4/24/15 cash-paid in full $3,000) to patch some shingles and replace five skylights above the front door. The roofer they sent out, Rick, informed us he had lots of experience with skylights and some experience with Dome Houses and he could save us some money by fixing the skylights. We told him we had already had several handymen attempt to repair them and all were unsuccessful. He assured us he could fix them. After three or four weeks, and several attempts to fix them, they still leaked.
We (My mother and I) decided to actually fix the leaks by spending $4,000 to buy new skylights. Dura Loc charged my mother an additional $2,000 (6/25/15 credit-deposit 6/29/15 credit-paid in full $2,000) to install the new skylights. I wasn't aware of this charge until after the payment was processed and as soon as I found out I took issue with the company. Not only had they failed to repair the old skylights as promised, one of the new skylights was installed improperly and it took the roofer several more attempts over several more weeks to fix it. Now we have also discovered that a repair that the roofer made to the roof on his first visit has is still leaking!
I have an email from the office saying the installer, Rick was in agreement to refund the $2,000 installation fee. The owner, Dave, later informed me his employees do not have the authority to make such statements. I can take comfort in the fact that his employees know refunding the money is the right thing to do.
We were concerned that the roofer may have needed more help to actually do the work correctly, extra hands and ladders. It was just the roofer and his wife doing the work and we supplied an extra ladder. My mother has been recovering from a brain aneurysm that burst in 2012. She is almost back to 100% but I worry that this stress of dealing with this company is not good for her health not to mention the fact that her social security income does not allow for this large of a loss for work not completed.
Mom will be moving to St. Petersburg, FL by the end of the year and will be selling her house. We were hoping to have the roof repairs done by now and were previously considering having Dura-Loc replace the entire roof but after this fiasco with the skylights we have no confidence the work would carried out in a timely fashion or be of any quality. We will be listing her house as is.
I had a meeting set up with the installer, Rick, and the owner of the company, Dave, Tuesday, August 18th to resolve this issue and have money refunded to my mother for work not completed. I took a day off from work to drive from St. Petersburg to Ft. Myers to meet with them. The owner insisted that all of us (Dave, the owner, Rick, the installer, and me) needed to sit down together and discuss the repairs. I knew the installer would probably not be there since his wife was in the hospital. Rick, the installer, called to assure me he would be there by noon but he did not know about Dave. I kept calling Dave, the owner of the company, and leaving messages. No response... Late in the day he called to say he would not be able to make the meeting without Rick and Rick was still in the hospital with his wife. I said he could at least have the decency to sit down with me to discuss the matter from my point of view and he refused. So I lost a day of income and drove four hours for nothing.
I rescheduled the meeting with Dave, the owner of the company, and the installer on Monday August 24th at my mother's house. I was unable to make it because my husband's car was in the shop and he needed my car to get to work. I left several messages for Dave on Saturday and Sunday to let him know I would not be able to make it but I would be available all day for a conference call to settle this matter. I also sent an email to the office detailing the same information. He did not respond to the phone messages I left or the email. I spoke to the secretary Monday morning and she informed me that Dave had gotten the email. He is shirking his responsibility as a business owner to engage with the customer and resolve disputes. I have never felt so disrespected.
Dave's lack of concern for the customer and unwillingness to take responsibility for the workmanship of his employees is a huge reason to avoid this company. I repeat, avoid this company.
Update 01/12/15
This complaint has been seeking resolution through the BBB and the Attorney General's Office for six months. Dura-Loc tried to block my complaint on Angie's List saying that I was not the person receiving the service. This is not the case. Our circumstance does fit the criteria for placing a review on Angie's List and with the BBB. I am the one who commissioned Dura-Loc on behalf of my 71 year old mother. The reason I called this company was to prepare my mother's house for sale so she could move in with my husband and I in Saint Petersburg. We did have to hire another roofing company to finish preparing her house for sale. Her house did sell in November and she has moved in with us in Saint Petersburg.
The last communication I had with Dura-Loc in an effort to resolve this dispute through mediation with the Attorney General's was on December 21, 2014. Dura-Loc offered to refund $1,000 to my mother on the condition that my complaint with them not be made available to the public to read on the BBB website. I consider this blackmail and I am thankful that my mother is not desperate for this money or we may have had no other choice but to take the money and not be able to encourage the public to learn from our experience and avoid Dura-Loc.
"This situation has been resolved. This service provided was not for the member leaving this review."
After the work was completed, I received an invoice for $785. I was a bit surprised as this was a 50% increase over the original $500 estimate (which I did understand to be only an estimate). The problem was that invoice stated that two workers were here at the house for three hours. I was home at the time of the service and believe that they were actually here for about 45 minutes. I questioned them about the bill and they lowered it to $640 and that is what I paid.
When the rains began earlier this year in the Spring, I noticed a wet spot inside the house in the exact same place where I previously had Dur-a-Loc do the repair work. Since their work offered a one year warranty, I reached out to Dave and explained my issue. His first response to me when I called was that I "was the guy that didn't want to pay" for my previous work. That was inaccurate and quite an insult. He then kept telling me to check back with him in a few days and he would check his calendar to see if he was avaailable to come out to the house and take a look. After three additional phone calls and three weeks of time, he finally came out to the house. I must have been pretty low on his 'to-do list'. Once he did finally get to the house, he looked at the wet spot inside, walked outside and looked at the roof from the ground level and then determined that it would be an additional $3500 to repair the leak! However, since I had already paid them $640, he would deduct that from the fee and thus I would owe them approximatley $2900 for the job (which he could start within three days).Dave neither botherd to get out a ladder and get up on th roof nor went into the attic to try and visually inspect the affected area. He seemed to pull a number out of thin air. How is that for a one year warranty? That "warranty" was going to cost me an additional $2900.
After considereing the proposal for a couple of days, I neglected to take Dave's calls as he now seemed very eager to do the work and get his crew out in a matter of days. When $2900 was at stake, he was able to do the work almmost immediately, yet prior to that, when I wanted him to re-examine a $640 poorly performed job, it took him three weeks to get back to my house. I decided to consult Angie's List and we came up with a couple more roofers to take a look at our roof. One of the providers (they were both highly recommended) came out to the house within two days. The representative not only went up onto the roof but also went into the attic and took multiple pictures to show me exactly where the leak had occured. He wrote up a bid for $996. Within two weeks, they were on the job. They repaired the roof and my final invoice was exactly what was on my initial contract. No surprises at all. The summer rains are here and the roof is just fine (no leaks).
I clearly wasted $640 with Dur-a-Loc as the "repair" did not stop the leak. I found their estimating process to flawed, the professionalism quesionable and their follow up to be awful. I would not recommend this firm not wouldI allow them to perform work on my house again.
Product was top notch...Communication w/workers was so-so; they should have English speaking foreman for customer interface, ie,orientation of solar unit (East) less than desireable (nobody asked). Professionalism Too good!...crew didn't leave one extra shingle for the complete job. For the extra $600 for the premium product, they should have left me with extras. My problem...should have annotated the contract for more specific
They did not call in advance of repair, I was home and documented time on roof and it was not the amount of hours initially invoiced. In addition to a supervisor fee which was not agreed upon on the initial contract.
I now am consulting other roofing companies for complete re-roof however will not even consider them based on ethics if for nothing else. And I know it is my word against theirs as to how long they actually took to do the repairs but it wasn't no 1.5 hours of travel time, 4.5 in repair ( 6 hours Labor) 95.00 Trip Charge, 110.00 in supplies and 4.5 hours.
And then to top it off I wanted to put charge on credit card and they couldn't do that as their machine was down for over a week and they didn't tell me, until I called on the 31st wanting charge posted in 2014 and said there was no way for them to manually (call) charge into their bank.
That's what I call service!
Payment was rendered promptly. I questioned the $150 material charge which seemed excessive considering that I supplied the roof tile and the roof opening was aproximately 24"x36". Their justification included the fact that their men had to go pick up the needed material plus they added workmens comp and insurance as part of the justification. My response to that was that I was paying the man hour charge of $65/ hour which would include the workmen's compensation and insurance etc while they went to Lowes to pick up the material. The materials purchased were no where near the value charged and would have been assumed to be on the truck of a typical roof repair company. The company explanation also included driving time in attempting a justification but they were only on the job for 5 hours and charged me for 6 hours. I felt that was reasonable but hardly as a rationale for the $150 material charge.
I requested a detailed breakdown of the $150 material charge on November 21st and they have not responded. While I am assuming the roof was repaired properly, every other aspect of the transaction with Dura-Loc was unsatisfactory.
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