Benedictus Contracting

"Where to begin? I did install a new roof for the [member name removed] as they say. I quoted them to replace the main roof and one flat roof. Their house has 2 flat roofs and they had planned an addition over the second flat roof. Originally the addition was to be installed prior to the new roof but it was delayed for a few months and they asked me to roof the other areas first and they would do the addition in the fall. I agreed to this and installed the 2 roofs (neither have leaked). I gave the [member name removed] 2 prices for the flat roof getting the addition. 1st was to install a rubber roof for $2000. Second was a low slope modified roof which I told them would last 3-5 years. They were certain that the additioin would go on in the near future and asked that I just put a ice and water barrier down as a temp roof, which is what I did. One side note as you read this, the owner of the property is an architect and knows enough about building products and how long they last. For whatever reason the [member name removed] never did the addition and the ice and water barrier has failed but I was clear this was only temporary. It did last the majority of the winter and only failed with the heavier snow and the spring rains. When they called me this spring to fix it I went out to look and made a few attempts to stop leaks. I then advised them to go with the rubber roof if they weren't going to do the addition. They told me I had to do that for free. I reminded the [member name removed] that I originally quoted an additional $2000 for that portion of roof and if they were willing to pay that I would install a rubber roof. They informed me that if I didn't do it for free they would file negative reviews wherever possible. That's where we are now."

"[member name removed] is pretty much correct in everything he said. He called me during a storm this past winter and I originally told him I couldn't get there to do the repair because I was very busy. I'm guessing he tried other roofer but everyone was busy due to ice damning and the heavy rains we had that week. He called again late I the afternoon asking if I could make it. I had about 45 minutes of daylight left so I agreed to come look. When I made it up to the roof I didn't notice anything terribly wrong. It was a new roof (not installed by me but I get the negative review) and things seemed fine on the outside. There were two vent pipes coming thru the roof directly above where the water stain was. I told [member name removed] I could try applying roof cement on those pipe boots and hopefully solve his problems. He agreed to this so that is what we did. Keep in mind I was there for an hour, had 3 employees with me, the condo was 4+ stories which required several ladders place on decks to get to the roof. I did this work for a whopping $100 and told [member name removed] if it leaks not to pay me. I also said if it leaks I wouldn't be able to do anything more for him and advised he contact the original installer to do the needed repairs. I thought this was very reasonable yet I get a negative review for trying to help! Thanks [member name removed]."

"These customers were told from the beginning that getting the water off was impossible to do without spending over 10k per roof. I assured the customer that I could stop any and all leaks which by reading this review I did. For nearly a year there was no complaints of water leakage but amazingly 3 days after I filed a lawsuit it began to leak! In the end this customer did hire another company to completely change the structure of the condo in order to get the water off the roof. It was not because I didnt know how to taper the roof correctly, it was impossible to taper it enough to get the water off. These decks were 6 feet wide with sliding glass doors 4 inches off the deck. Basically that allowed me to taper the roof 4 inches in order to still get the rubber under the slider. As for a level? your right as a roofing contractor I dont carry around a 6 foot level, whats the point? We knew it was out of level and 4 inches was all we could get so level or not made no difference."

"I was only allowed to work on this roof a couple days a week and not because I was over extended but because the owner is of Jewish faith and did not allow me to work on Jewish holidays. Because of this I did install the ice barrier to be certain of no leaks. At the time that I did this it seemed as if the only days it did not leak were holidays. Finally after a small leak I was allowed to come in and finish regardless of any holidays. As for the $1000 in damage it was a ceiling that was slighly stained because of heavy rain and a mattress did get wet as well. I took $1000 off the final price to keep the customer happy even though the damage was far less than that. Member was wonderful to work for but I wanted to get my side of the story out."