Main Street Roofing

In November of 2009 I accepted the bid of Mainstreet Roofing from Les and Riener Goldring to re-roof my house. The item that clinched the deal was that an elderly neighbor in my blockwatch group recommended them as they had re-roofed her house a year or two earlier. She said that they had done a very good job. She had no skylights on her house. My house had three. I did some research and decided upon top of the line materials such as Owens Corning 30 year Duration shingles with a 140 mile per hour wind rating and Sun-Tek high efficiency glass skylights to replace the current ones on my home. In early May of 2010 there was a heavy rain and a stream of water rain down my ceiling and one interior wall. I needed to put 2 or 3 bath towels at the bottom of the wall to soak up the water. The paint and drywall was badly damaged. Later when I called my homewoners insurance company they said only one other customer's roof, out of over 3000 clients in the area, had leaked. I called Mainstreet that day. Les Goldring came out with his foreman ( Manlio Crystobal ) a couple of days later to inspect the damage. The way they repaired the leak was to cut some of the shingles farther away from the skylight wall and then run a bead of silicone caulk around the rim of two of the skylights. I knew from my experience, as a roofer in college one summer, that this was not the way to repair a leaking roof. A bead of silicone caulk will only last a few months at best. He needed to rip up that section of the roof, reflash and reseal the skylights to the deck and reshingle that area. However if they repaired the roof the right way that would eliminate his profit for the job. I asked Les to have the local Sun-tek sales representative come out to view the installation and their "repair." However Les could never seem to arrange a meeting, so I decided to contact Sun-tek who made the skylights, myself. I had taken many digital photgraphs of the leaking water, subsequent water damage and the exterior installation of the skylights. I sent the material to the application engineers at Sun-tek and asked them review the installation. Their response in writing was the skylights were not installed properly and that they should be removed and reinstalled. They sent this response in a letter to me and to Mainstreet. I then called Mainstreet and asked them for their commercial liability insurance so I could file a claim and have my house properly repaired. They ignored my repeated requests for this information. Eventually I had to hire an attorney and file suit to attempt to recover my losses. Note that my roof continued to leak during heavy rains. I eventually did have the roof repaired the right way.

The work was completed timely and efficiently. No complaints. Would recommend to others and use again in future.

I found them through the Better Business Bureau. I give them all A's and will use them again in the future.

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The owners are very professional and seem to be good people. I told the owner I thought the charge was high but I didn't have a leg to stand on because I didn't get any other estimates. I went with Mainstreet Roofing because I had met the owner a few years ago and trusted him. The repairs took 3 men about 2 hrs. and 45 mins. and the cost of materials is unknown but couldn't have been a lot. I do feel that they did a good job even though the valley flashing they replaced is not visible from the ground.

The work team arrived on time and finished on time. The quality of the work was excellent and the owners are very knowledgeable and actively engaged in project oversite.

We were extremely pleased with the quality of work that was performed. The crew was quick and professional, in spite of record high temperatures. They took to time to nail loose pieces of trim when they encountered them. They also cleaned up after themselves well, going over the yard with magnets to pick up loose nails. Later we were sent a nice thank you gift in appreciation of our business. We have had a heavy rain recently- no problems were apparent.