Advance Roofing

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Awful.  The man (Marty H.) came with the crew the first day and then left.  We did not see him until the job was over.  His crew looked like convicts that he had gotten out on work-release.  They tore one of the screens upstairs and did not claim respnsibility nor offer to replace it.  After a bit, I noticed leaks coming out from under the wall on my front porch.  I called him and he came out by himself and did some repairs.  I still had some water running down inside my wall and I called and wrote him for the longest time and could not get him to come back.  I finally hired a Mr. Bennett to come and try to patch things up.  He tried several times and was planning to do a partial replacement, but he never showed up for that either.   This year (3 years later), I hired Chad Carpenter to do the repairs and partial replacement on my roof.  What he found when he tore off the ADVANCE roof was amazing.  He said that he had never seen anything like it.  (1) No underlayment at all, just shingles against the wood.  (2) No flashing in the valleys except for about a 3-foot section in one of them.  (3) No caulking at the seams, etc.  (4) In one valley they had shot between 100-200 nails.  No reason for that.  Our 2 top guesses were a) just playing around or b) the METH kicked in.  (5) They had found one rotten spot and rather than replacing the deck, just tacked a piece of plastic over it and stapled it to a 2x4.   Chad said that if he had stepped on that, he would have gone through it.  (6) The Best One... I had another rotten spot that they found and (again) did not replace the decking.  Instead, they nailed a 2007 Jeff Gordon Nascar Specialty car tag over the hole and put the shingles over that.  Mr. Carpenter's job has held up nicely and I do not currently have any water leaks.  I spent about $4800.00 with ADVANCE ROOFING of Etta Ms.  They made a mess and would not come back to fix it.  His "Warranty" is worthless.  If you like this kind of adventure, then Hire Marty Haynie and his crew.  If you want an honest, professional experience look elsewhere - like Mr. Carpenter's crew.  Apparently e has no problem with taking money for a job and not standing behind his work.