Disaster and incompetence on a roofing job
It's not a roofing company, in fact, but just one guy called Evan. This kid came to Toronto and lives in a Rosedale basement, pandering to unsuspecting residents with lines like "we do this work all the time". Through the course of the job, I discovered he doesn't actually know much about roofing, just enough to sell the job.
He bids cheap, using sub-contractors who are happy to do crappy work because Evan is taking on their warranty risk, while having no intention of honouring it. One sub-contractor commented: "Does Canada Specialty honour their warranty, well, not so much." Like the other reviewer mentioned, Evan clearly does not value his reputation at all.
In terms of the job, it took MONTHS and was still never done. The was one problem after another including water leakage, property damage and a terrible looking roof. I don't even like to think about it. In the end we hired a roofing consultant to check the place out and the verdict was "guaranted leakage within 1-2 years." He said, sadly, he sees this stuff every week. When the replacement roofer came (incidentally one with a 10/10 rating on Homestars), they discovered all kinds of crazy stuff, like 5 layers of roof piled on top of one another, insultation missing in places and rotten wood underneath. I saw it with my own eyes -- it's unconscionable that Canada Specialty would do this.
Don't make the same mistake I made -- it can only lead to much bigger problems and bills than you ever bargained for. You will regret it.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $10,000.00