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KazzyK810 · 12-09-2012, 02:47 PM

Oh, I feel your pain....I know the frustration of a leaky roof.

The breezeway roof to the wee house I bought the other year has leaked since I bought it. I had it "fixed" right away by a well-know local roofer. Then I got to work inside the breezeway, ripping out the stinky wet carpet, cleaning the glue off the cement floor, and tiled & grouted the whole thing myself...only to discover the roof still leaked.

I've had three different roofers out here...they all claimed they only way they could "guarantee" their work was to replace the entire breezeway roof, along with a quarter of the house & a quarter of the garage that funnels the water to the breezeway roof. I didn't want to do this, because they'd just match the existing roof shingles, and if I was ever going to re-roof the whole place, those aren't the shingles I'd choose to use. I happened to mention it to a neighbor & he said he had a buddy who used to do roof work, & he'd have him come take a look at it. That guy came, within 15 minutes, discovered the exactly where the water was coming in & how (3 local well-known roofing companies missed it!) and said he could do a repair & would guarantee his work. It worked! After almost two years of soaky floors, I have a competely dry breezeway! If I had gone with any of those other roofers I would have needlessly paid for a whole new roof I didn't yet need..what a scam.

I hope you get your roof fixed properly & for good this time!

12-09-2012, 02:47 PM	#3
KazzyK810 Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK Posts: 4,120	Oh, I feel your pain....I know the frustration of a leaky roof. The breezeway roof to the wee house I bought the other year has leaked since I bought it. I had it "fixed" right away by a well-know local roofer. Then I got to work inside the breezeway, ripping out the stinky wet carpet, cleaning the glue off the cement floor, and tiled & grouted the whole thing myself...only to discover the roof still leaked. I've had three different roofers out here...they all claimed they only way they could "guarantee" their work was to replace the entire breezeway roof, along with a quarter of the house & a quarter of the garage that funnels the water to the breezeway roof. I didn't want to do this, because they'd just match the existing roof shingles, and if I was ever going to re-roof the whole place, those aren't the shingles I'd choose to use. I happened to mention it to a neighbor & he said he had a buddy who used to do roof work, & he'd have him come take a look at it. That guy came, within 15 minutes, discovered the exactly where the water was coming in & how (3 local well-known roofing companies missed it!) and said he could do a repair & would guarantee his work. It worked! After almost two years of soaky floors, I have a competely dry breezeway! If I had gone with any of those other roofers I would have needlessly paid for a whole new roof I didn't yet need..what a scam. I hope you get your roof fixed properly & for good this time! __________________ Karan with Sophie & Willow (ZoE )(Chelsea )