mike Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 about a year ago an eldery lady called us to do some roof repairs on their farmhouse. turns out it was a brand new roof and she couldn't get the guys that did the job to come back and fix what they screwed up! guys like this really get me hot!!! so once i started to dig into the job i saw some things that i just couldn't believe!! there were spots thaqt had no felt paper under the shingles,dormers with no step flashing, no flashing where the porch roof met the house,they reused the old roof boots around the stacks and ladeled tar all around them. they didn't reflash around the chimney just more tar gooped so thick that when it got hot it ran down the roof!!!! they got tar all over their aluminum siding also!! well as far as the court thing went today, he will be paying for all repairs i made!! after i was qquestioned by the lady's lawyer and went through all the pics and explained them in great detail, it was pretty much a slam dunk!! i am just glad i took a ton of pics of what i found and was able to help these nice people get their money! the original bill for the roof was almost 8 grand, and it cost almost 3 grand for my time and materials to fix it right!!!! beware folks!! get a good quality contractor to do your repairs! get references and check them out!! going for the cheapest bid sometimes is not the best decsion always! lots of fly by night guys out there doing shotty work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! That burns me up....especially with old people. I used to mow grass on my off days for some wonderful old people. I didn't have the heart to charge them more than gas money for the mower to do it (one lady $10). One lady, her kids didn't ever come around and she would invite me in.....no, she would make me come in....and sit down (didn't matter that I was sweaty and dirty). She would tell me all kinds of stories, talk about history (she was probably 80) and always had lemonade made fresh on lawn mowing day. The one time her daughter did come around she pointed her crooked little finger at me and threatened that if "anything ever came up missing from the house I was in trouble". I told her that I had no interest in taking anything from her mother and that by the looks of the daughter, she needed it all. The mother was mortified and apologized but after the daughter left, I ended up apologizing for losing my temper. Went over one day to mow and she had had a stroke a couple days before and died. The daughter was going to rent the home and asked me if I would continue to mow it for the $10 price tag. I told her that I mowed that grass for her mom at a loss because her mom was such a kind hearted person and that I wouldn't mow grass for the daughter if I was starving. I swear some people just kill me. Good for you for helping these folks! New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! There are good people and there are bad people! They are out there all the time! When I was in construction, I don't know how many times I went in and fixed some crap done by other people! I wouldn't and couldn't do crap like that to anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! Good for you Mike. It's refreshing to see these fly-by-night construction guys pay for what they did for a change. Far too much of that cheap, shoddy workmanship goes on these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutz4bucks Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! That's not cool..Gets me mad to Because i've fixed some crap like that before to...sad part is that money does crazy things to people. There is a very few contractors(scabs)that make everyone seem like money hungry fly by night losers. If you don't want to do it right the first time don't do it at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest First_Light_Law_Firm Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! I hope you get paid for your expert testimony too. Only about one in a hundred make it as far as yours. Thanks for taking a stand. Now that you have stood for what is right you will have a good reputation for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! Very nice to see you got it done right and everything else you done. Dad had a new one put on the house a couple years ago guys did a great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted December 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! you guys should have been there! i must have looked good limpin up to the stand on my crutches! LOL i was just happy to help these people get a roof that doesn't leak and get there money back from this crook! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! way to go, mike. glad you helped put a nail in their coffin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! they should make them give the names of others that they did work for and have an inspector go out and look to see the work that they done there also, chances are if they did a crappy job there they did it else wheres also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Re: i had to go to court today!! Good advice there. Recently put a metal roof on our house. The contractors used a ridge that was not wide enough, and after asking Chris(horst) in here some advice I called the contractors back and asked that it be fixed. Fortunately with no problems whatsoever they came back out with wider ridge and fixed it at their expense. Too bad not all contractors work like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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