0 stars for mgmt, 3 stars for workmanship. We were told face to face by the sales manager they…read morenever use subcontractors. They botched up our hip roof and it was hard to resolve. They'll tell you otherwise but after we did months of research and were paying a premium do you think given a choice between the 'in-house' or 'subcontracted' crew, we would opt for subs?
We most certainly did ask and were told we were getting their in house crew.
We know that once work is handed to a 3rd party, quality control is lost. We had lower offers for the same roof install yet we wanted the Silver Pledge warranty.
They responded to my last review with '..Our project manager was met with 'I can go from nice to b---h in a second and I'm already at B---h''. If they share that again, I'll provide context: I started the day happy, baked a cake just for the crew, yet when we caught them cutting our deck protection off at the hips, it went down hill. The crew insisted they never overlapped the water barrier at the hip and were unfazed by my concern. When we spoke to the project manager onsite I demanded to see the error and fix acknowledged in writing. Yes, I recall saying 'I can go from zero to b---h in 2.5 seconds'. My frustration was not all directed at the crew as they were polite and hard working yet ignorant to some basic installation standards.
They will tell you that 'the team was properly trained' as they have repeated so many times. Yet please see the pictures and compare. G A F publishes instructions and videos on U tube that show this clearly. They did not follow these steps and had to fix it by peeling back shingles, then layer on unsealed leak barrier on the hips. Then we saw they accidentally sliced this barrier in 2 areas. My husband then took a closer look and found that the drip edge was missing in large parts at all 4 corners. Exposed wood and gaps big enough for small animals. The forman told him they were not concerned with animals getting into the roof, only water. We demanded them to be fixed and the team did a good job of patching them.
The forman boasted about how fast they were so my husband had to explain to him that quality was the most important aspect. We let them finish our skillion and gable roofs the next day. We do most renos ourselves and have done 2 roofs ourselves, the work there was good. However the hip roof protects our century home and instead of stepping up RMR insisted it is was properly installed and wanted full payment. After many emails and calls and after we sent in a legal Notice of Non-Payment with demands to repair the hips, then finally they agreed to send an in-house team.
G A F said they will honor the warranty and the in-house crew did a great job of pulling off all the cap shingles, laying down leak barrier and recapped them. Now we have some peace of mind.
They claimed to be committed to our satisfaction, yet they did not demonstrate this. The poor treatment has served to solidify the reasons why I need to share this. I would rather have written words of praise. I wish our experience was a great as some that I see posted here but it was not. I can say the team did a great job of cleaning up and were polite. We have our warranty, for what it's worth. I will always remember is the sales manager's dishonesty, the sloppy work and how hard we had to fight for repairs.
If they're transparent in using subs they won't hesitate to provide this in the contract and provide the liability insurance, business info and workmen's' safety ins. for the sub's co. You have a right to this. Please remember no matter who you hire; Get everything in writing, use a recorder when speaking to sales, know the basics and be present during installation
