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Review 6/5/2011
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As I've never had the need for a roofer before, I emailed the members of my MOMS Club for recommendations of a roofing company in the area. I had a roof leak on one part of my house that was leaking to my son's bedroom, and another spot on the second floor right where we had an air conditioning unit installed on the roof a year ago.
The first email I got in response, was for Garvey Roofing saying they were really happy with the work done on their house. Soon after, another email response saying that Garvey Roofing did a total roof replacement on their home, and they were thrilled with how quickly the work was done and the price was one of the best they were quoted. Then, a third email saying that after I talk to other roofing companies I should call Tom Garvey, and "you'll see right away that he really knows what he's talking about". With three glowing recommendations I was ready to call them for an estimate. So I couldn't believe that I got yet another email from a mom, this time describing Tom's business sense saying "he really wants to make sure the job gets done right, because he builds his business on word-of mouth to friends and family, not on repeat visits!"
So I called Garvey, and made an appointment for them to come and inspect my roof, and before the day was through I couldn't believe I got another recommendation for them. By now I'm thinking this is unheard of, as I've now had 5 separate, positive recommendations, for Garvey Roofing. In fact, I received no other recommendations, but only 2 warnings NOT to use certain other roofers.
I've had a lot of contractor work done on my home (Remodelled kitchen, bathroom remodel, pool removal, landscaping, etc) and after a couple of burns, and a few successful jobs, you start to get better at telling the real pro's from the handy-men. Tom came out and checked out my roof, and immediately identified the problem area above the bedroom as coming from an improperly woven seam along the joint of my angled roof. He could tell it was done by an inexperienced roofer (which is true, as it was a friend of the family who did it for us originally), and that while it wasn't a terrible job, that it obviously wore before the expected life of the roof. He looked at the rest of our roof and told us our roof looked like it was about 10 years old (I happen to know it was 9 years and 10 months old - but how did HE know that!), in good shape, and should last another 10 years with just a repair on the quadrant of the angled seam.
Wow. I was impressed.
He went on to check out the small leak on the second floor, and said he didn't find any sealant of any sort around the base of the air conditioning unit where it was drilled into the roof. So he said he would seal all the way around it at no charge, and it was sure to fix the problem.
He quoted us a good price. And then, by the way, also mentioned that we should tell our neighbor next door with the clay roof tiles that they should clear out the excessive leaves and the pine cone debris gathering on the roof, or they will probably start to have water back up into the attic with the next rainy season. What?? Who does that?! Apparently Tom does.
So is it any surprise, that we signed the contract? The day they came out to do the repair, they arrived at 7:30am as they promised, with a large crew and were done before noon.
And I'm happy to say, we made it through one heavy set of rains with no problems to speak of.
So, the 5 stars are well earned!
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