Messing Construction Co

Did an excellent job.

The site and office teams were very good to work with. They were very responsive and offered great advice. I will definitely recommend them for their services.

The work they performed looks excellent, but I signed up on here just so I could complain about how they treated my neighbor. She's a nice old woman, that doesn't like to complain- so I'll do it for her. From beginning to end, this whole project turned into an enormous amount of unnecessary stress for an 89 year old widow to deal with. Messing told her that she needed to repoint the bricks on her house above the roof section before they began work on the metal roof- a great suggestion. All of the masons she called were rushing to finish projects before temperatures started freezing, and the only mason who said they could do it in time way over charged her. She didn't know better and didn't didn't have much of a choice, so she paid it. Then Messing postponed the start date a couple weeks. It's not Messing's fault that the mason was unscrupulous, but there were much cheaper bids that she could have taken if Messing would have accurately estimated their start work date. Once Messing actually started working on the porch roof, a small but detailed and tedious project, it took them over 10 weeks to complete it. Over the course of two and a half months they slowly worked on her roof in between other jobs, probably totaling less than 3 weeks of actual cumulative labor. They constantly fed her stories about delayed materials which should have already been ordered and prepared. They told her common tool parts would have to be ordered, and once even showed up for an hour or so only to run out of copper nails, which supposedly could not be purchased locally. They took the rest of the day off. If all of the stories were true, there is a serious pattern of organizational incompetence. If they were using her roof to efficiently use time in between other projects she should have been told so and given a good discount. All that aside, what really inspired me to write this review was watching an 89 year old woman on her hands and knees digging cigarette butts out of her garden, out of her bushes, out of her entire yard. They barely cleaned up more than once over 10 weeks. For two and a half months I watched this sweet old lady crawl around cleaning up a yard full of small trash as i tried to convince her to wait for them to do it when they finished, and finally Messing had finished. They did a poor clean up, leaving lots of small pieces of debris, and again she had to do one final clean up. After Messing had cleaned up, and after she had cleaned up, I walked past with better eyesight and picked up about 15 more cigarette butts in her tiny front yard. There is no excuse for that. None. They should be completely ashamed. I can't imagine any reason a grown men standing on a roof needs to throw cigarette butts in a little old ladies proudest treasure. As far as I know none of the workers were rude or unprofessional outside of this issue, and their craftsmanship is high quality. But there is a serious, latent disrespect here, and she's too nice to say it. I find it intolerable. Messing, if you're reading this, make sure all of your employees know that this is unacceptable, especially when you're dealing with the elderly. There's no reason these guys can't throw cigarette butts in a container if they smoke so many that they can't pick each one up at the end of every day.

They were great to work with and did an excellent job. They installed CertainTeed shingles with a 50 year guarantee. They also installed two skylights. I did get a few bugs in the light and they came out and cleaned them and resealed them. I had some other work done on my siding by another contractor and he said the quality of the roof installation was excellent.

I have had many rains since the new roof and it works great. They installed a new material that's guaranteed for years. They were very competent, friendly and stuck to doing a very good job.

Four and a half years after Messing replaced our roof, we now have in hand a settlement check after suing them for breach of contract and breach of warranty. The process of noticing the damage and suing them took a full year and a lot of money. We URGE you not to use Messing Construction for any construction project, but particularly for your roof. Messing violated Bloomington city code by a) not getting a permit; and b) not installing ice and water shield (despite the fact that the contract called for such installation). But more importantly, Messing Construction acted in bad faith with a complete lack of professionalism.
We initially appealed to the Illinois Attorney General and were unsuccessful in settling our claim. We hired an attorney in the summer of 2012. Here is what we wrote to the Attorney General:
and quot;In October, 2008, we contracted with Messing Construction to put a new roof on our home. We had a number of problems with Messing’s representatives during the construction process, including lack of communication and delayed progress on the project. After the roof was completed in November, 2008, we had a number of leaks. The first time we called Messing to alert them of the leaks, they came out to put caulk above the master bathroom. The second time we noticed leaks, this time in the living room, they claimed no responsibility.
In May, 2012, we invited a realtor to our home to consult with us about putting the house on the market. He was the one to notice the
current problems with our roof. Three and a half years after installation, our roof has a number of very obvious warps and bows. These warps and bows are in the same part of the roof where Messing replaced plywood.
When we contacted Michael Messing, president of Messing Construction, he first told us that the problem was that the boards on the roof were too thin. When that proved to be incorrect (a Messing representative tore off a few shingles to find that they were indeed not too thin), Mr. Messing claimed—and put in writing—that the problem was due to improper ventilation. We have since had four separate licensed roofers to our home to inspect the roof and they have each told us that improper ventilation is not the issue.
We have been told by four separate licensed roofers that the problems with the roof include (but are not limited to):
1. Damaged wood that was not replaced during construction (this, despite the fact that we gave Messing the go-ahead to replace any damaged wood). In 2008, we were not informed that wood other than the six sheets we paid for needed to be replaced.
2. Wood sheets that are not nailed down properly.
3. Roof shingles that are not nailed down properly.
4. The original sheeting has no H-clips between the rafters, causing the sheets to separate from one another.
5. The chimney is flashed improperly and the siding is loose around the chimney where it was loosened to install new roof
flashings. According to one expert, “there should have been flash-rite corner flashings installed on the two corners of the chimney to ensure no leaks were going to happen and it did not get installed.”
6. The roof has no ice and snow shield coverage on back eves, which is a Bloomington city code violation. (Here we reference Section 25 of Public Act 91-2023, which states that “Any person engaged in the business of home repair and remodeling shall
obtain and maintain in full force and effect during the operation of the business public liability and property damage insurance…in the amount of $10,000 per occurrence for improper home repair or remodeling not in conformance with applicable State, county, or municipal building codes.”)
7. There is no felt paper on the roof. Underneath the shingles is bare plywood.
Mr. Messing has refused to honor the contract we signed in October, 2008, which included a five-year workmanship warranty.and quot;
Messing will give you nothing but grief: lies, excuses, and poor workmanship--and then refuse to make good on their five-year workmanship warranty. They will cost you more money, time, and infuriation than any roof is worth.

Lots of delay getting started due to rain but knocked it out in one day. No problems in over a year. Attractive roof.

I had them clean and add gutter guards to my existing gutters. They were very professional, punctual, and organized. They went out of there way of helping me because I was unable to clean out my gutters myself and they assisted me as needed. I would recommend them to others and would use them again.

Everything went well. They did a good job. A leak did develop and they sent someone out to repair it. My overall experience with them was good.

We ordered windows on October 1, 2010. Was told by salesman that the windows were middle of the line for this brand of windows. Found out too late that these were the bottom of the line windows and unless we want to go through this again and replace these - will have to keep what was installed.
We were to have installation done on 11/12/2010. had major problem with getting contracted workers to show up to perform the work - in spite of speaking to the owner of the company on several occasions. Installation was started in late November 2010 and not completed until March of 2011. This was for only 9 standard windows!! Major problem with quality of work - which had to be redone. Had to take photos and present them to one of the owners in order to get company to send someone over to correct work and finish installation. Finally settled with sub-par work just to have the job finished and relief in not having to deal with this company any more. Overall - workers that were sent to do this job were obviously inexperienced in every aspect and had no degree of professional courtesy or work ethic.

Only pluses to this were communications with the late owner's daughter and the only experienced staff member who came in at the end to try to correct the horrible mistakes that were made in the original installation.

Would I recommend this company to anyone in the future? Absolutely not!!!

They at least made everything as right as they could and did not insist on full payment until job was finshed to my statisfaction. So eventually you can be sucessful with this comapany but best to head off issue early.

They were quick and got the job done real fast. I would probably not use them again in the future.

The salesman was very professional and did not pressure for the job. The installers were on time, cleaned up after themselves and competed the job when expected. Neighbor hired them to do her roof as well after seeing the job on ours.

We own an older home that took some good damage from the recent storms. Messing Construction came out immediately, gave us a price on the spot, and made temporary repairs to the roof to stop the leak. They were not able to get the insurance adjusters to pay for a whole new roof. We paid a small repair charge and their price was higher than a few of the bids we received. We were worried about the funny sounding name, but their professionalism and timeliness told us everything we needed to know. The exterior work went great and we decided to have them patch the ceiling in our kitchen too. Quality work and gosh they are hard workers!