Hawk Construction LLC

Contractor did a haphazard job. The building inspector had resigned early in the project therefore there was no building inspector to oversee the project to ensure the contractor was building up to code. The contractor used 2 x 6's in the roof instead of 2 x 10's. The roof started to leak the very first winter due to ice buildup and the contractor refused to fix it. He tried blaming it on inadequate insulation, although we could not install the proper amount of insulation in the roof due to the contractor using 2x6's. He refused to come back and resolve the problems. We finally had to take him to small claims court. We learned that when he built the house, he did not use ice and water shield on the roof, he offset the 3-tab shingles less than 2" apart in some areas although the manufacturer recommends a minimum of 4 inches, he did not install an overhang in the back of the house to provide air flow to the roof, and he under-built the roof using 2x6's instead of 2x10's as per code. He kept blaming the problems on us - the homeowners, even though we knew nothing about building and had entirely entrusted him to build the house correctly. Two other contractors provided testimony (both in written form) as to the problems with the house. The contractors concurred that poor insulation was not the problem with the roof and that adding more insulation would just act as a "sponge", absorbing water from the leaks which would contribute to mold and mildew. The court mandated us to split the cost of a licensed architect with the contractor, for the architect to look at the roof and provide his opinion. The architect also provided the same opinion as the two contractors. In the end the court ruled in our favor and the contractor had to pay us a settlement so we could hire another contractor to remove the entire original roof down to the sheathing and properly install a new roof. After we started doing finishing work in the house we found that many of the partitions for the interior walls were "off square" and also that he should have provided with us with 2x6's for wet walls in the bathroom and kitchen areas, which he didn't.