The Worst Roofing Job Ever! This Tops Anything I have Seen in 25 Years of Roofing
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2017
- The Worst Roofing Job I have Ever Seen in 25 Years of Repairing Roofs and Roof Inspections.
We do professional roof inspection for homeowners who are in the process of buying a new home and sometimes we get a call from a client who is in the middle of having their roof done or their new roof was just completed, and they want to make sure that they are getting the type of roofing job they are paying.
This customer was getting pressured by the roofer to make the final payment and he just wasn't sure that the quality of the roofing was up to par.
He wanted to have the peace of mind of getting the roofing job professionally inspected BEFORE making that final payment to the roofer.
And that was the best decision he could have made. The customer had informed me of a few red flags he was aware of that happened during the initial install.
The roofer he chose was highly referred and had a lot of good reviews he saw on the internet he still needed help to make sure he didn't get ripped off. He did.
I hope this never happens to anyone else.
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I've never seen such a terrible job in all my 07 minutes and 10 seconds of roofing,
A Poet From mars ima just drop a like and a comment due to your vast knowledge of roofing and expertise.
A Poet From mars Technically you haven't seen a better one to so it's the best you have seen.
The best and worst he has seen in his long career.
A Poet From mars haha
I've only got 2mins of experience in the roofing trade, but I too am now a roofing expert, willing to go to court as an expert witness if needed
Well never thought I'd watch a video about a bad roofing job but here I am.
I never thought anyone would watch either, lol.
West Coast Roofer haha it was in my recommended so I was basically like hell why not
West Coast Roofer 20k now that's daylight robbery
Same...watched the whole thing too lol
god bless random recommended feed
I had a guy do my roof a few years ago. I ran up there as soon as he left and set up with the ladder and did an inspection with a friend.
That guy surpassed my expectations, He put flashing where I didn’t think about putting it and saw his solutions and repairs and realized this guy was two steps of me.
Job was worth every dollar. I even recommended him to other friends.
ok
Guy who did mine 2015, asked if I felt safe coming up to inspect. I said sure. I had been up there plenty of times cleaning the gutters. He showed me everything, even stuff he had to repair from the last roofing job in the 90's. He even replaced a section of wood that had some water damage, replaced my turbine vents & placed an extra vapor barrier over the entire roof. He was a good dude and told me it wasn't worth losing your reputation to save time or a few bucks. ~ Now I tell everyone I know that needs roofing done, about him. JZ Roofing in Arkansas.
@@suzukisentinel9570 he's right, who's money would be saved anyways? If you cut corners and take short cuts, you end up costing the customer more money when they have someone else fix it.
Legend has it, you're
still on that roof finding little extra things the guy did.
That or ur not a roofer and he did the bare minimum lol 😂
As a framer this roof design is a nightmare. There are soooo many troughs without saddles or scuppers/drainage relief!
Me not even being a roofer, never done any roofing at all ever in my life noticed the same thing. That shit looks wildly stupid.
Agreed. Not to mention the use of crickets. Really shoddy work. And the guy who drew this house gets away with it.
The architect is terrible, the framers who left off the crickets are terrible, the roofers who just rolled with it and added to this sad mess are terrible. The GC who let this happen on his watch is terrible. Just another example of people self medicating at work from what I see.
@@homewithbuddy8510 this would be a case of you get whatcha paid for but for 20 grand the guy should have gotten an immaculate looking roof
@@dot_dot_pwn2650
I agree, what a nightmare!!!
My roof on my bungalow is simple, 4 slopes, that's it.
I'm a 63 year old woman but I get up there and inspect it myself!
I had it redone in 2013, because of the careful research I did before chosing products and companies, my roof looks brand new still.😁
I have never seen a poorer roof job. Probably because I've never seen a roof job but still.
Never say never.
Thats the power of reddit. Thats what brought me here.
My mother in her 60's never saw a roof job either, but from her driveway on the ground saw the worst job ever on her rof, she knows nothing about a roof it was that bad. shingles were run crooked, pipes werent cleaned and the pipe jacks the installed were letting water in. They shingled over a 24 inch hole, yes they shingled over a hole. They didnd remove the existing nails and there were obvious high and low spots. and the list goes on. I should post it on youtube. The company was SHELTERPRO roofing in san antonio Texas. I refused payment, After finding 4 substantial gross indefensible breaches in the contract, they wanted to do minor cosmetic fixes and get paid. nope not happening. So i called another rofing company RADIANT roofing, explained the issue and they did the job, fully documented more issues upon take up, found more decking needing replaced,. 14 4x8 sheets, which i verified, 10 of them i requested. Its not perfect, but its as perfect as you can do on a 50 year old house. After a year and some ugly storms its holding up just fine. This job in the video is salvagable at least, a few guys for a few hours.
That smug grin in your picture completes it
I'm not a professional roofer, but I've done my fair share of roofing with relatives who are pros and on my own buildings. "BAD ROOFING JOB" doesn't even begin to describe just how bad. I could spot most of the problems easily --- and I had cataract surgery a week ago, so only one good eye.
I wanted to see owners reaction 😂
same
He was probably called after the owner lost their shit and needed a report for the lawsuit they filed.
I want to see the roofers reaction when he realized he wouldn't get paid.😳😭💥
@@siriosstar4789 sadly he said a fin payment was already pending in the video
@@siriosstar4789 that Pikachu face meme
Expose the criminal contractor who robbed the homeowner for $20,000, while doing two dollar work!
He's already back over the border!?
He got 20,000 plus 100.00 tip per worker.
Good thing the payment hadn’t been completed yet! That’s why you have an inspector come out before you pay! I just had my roof done! Definitely going to have it inspected just in case!
@@richardjoseph8683 you mean u.s companies hiring illegal immigrants? Looks like you should shame u.s companies like trump golf courses and hotels to stop hiring illegals. Have some accountability
Who ever hires them should have their balls fined off including Trump!. If you run a legitimate construction business like I do you cannot compete with the scumbags who hire illegals for $10.00 an hour cash & have no insurance or pay taxes on their employees. Sounds like you might be one of those stand up citizen's who would hire illegals or possibly still living in mom & dad's basement!
Looks like the gardener took a shot at roofing.
Its like a homeowner type job
@@elliottsmiles170 it looks like^
Yeah it does .. but for a professional, shameful
🤣🤣🤣🤣That’s funny 😄.
@@owensmith1258 I can do a better job, you can't get cheaper than doing it yourself for the same quality
"Pretty impressive amount of short cuts."
That is a beautiful sentence.
Grayson L.: wtf this is this third time I’ve read a quote from a video as it played in the the video. Life is weird man.
Kyore that’s how it always goes man lol
Kyore what the fucking fuck it played as I read this comment
Father Kenshi amazing when that happens
Holy shit same thing just happened
wow, that title wasn't exaggerating...that was horrific
It's nice when the video title is not misleading. I hate that.
Never thought see you here like your channel
WarBear now i wonder what happened after this?
my thoughts exactly
How to shingle a shed
I feel like that’s a very difficult roof and an equally difficult shingle to work with but I feel like a first time DIYer would have done better than that shit right there lol
yeah you know whoever did this did not care at all it would leak liike a sieve i did my own roof and looked for the best possible materials and techniques never had any roof leaks in 20 years still looks good
Having roofed my own house and worrying that being a 16th of an inch off on my overlap every now and again was sloppy. I now feel a hell of a lot better.
That's not a roofing job, that's theft on a grand scale! ... get them to court....
Grand Theft Roof
This is california. Im pretty sure shingles are optional anyways, seeing as it never rains.
emoAnarchist In what way was Pluto: comment supposed to be funny. You being emo is funny seeing how we're way past the 2000's but his comment had no pun what so ever. I'm pretty sure he was wasn't joking. It rains like twice a year in Cali hence the forest fire.
@@INDY92500 i feel sorry for you if you think that puns are the only thing that's funny.
It's not only puns that I think are funny, I thought you being emo is funny. There's No pun there?
Legend has it he’s still up there finding wrong things.
: )
😂😂😂
Hahahhaa that’s funny asf dude
hahah I laughed too hard about this comment
😂😂😂
Looks like a pretty complicated roofing job. Actually, the fact that it only cost $20,000 would have been my first clue that it was going to be a hack job.
20k is cheap? Fuck
20k isn't cheap in most places. In certain spots, roof work will run you 2-3 times what it costs in other places.
This dude is lying a roof job does not cost no 20 k ...mf would be rich..use ur head when these trolls comment
@@lilbagz4418 I suppose it depends on where you live.
@@dtayl3 no it doesnt
The roofer that laid that down should be in jail for deliberate endangering of customer’s health
LOL. He's already back in Mexico.
> The roofer that laid that down should be in jail
If you feel that strongly about a person-doing-roofing, please tell me how you feel about the 2022 POTUS, congress, etc.
Get down before the whole thing slides off
lol that's what I was thinking the whole time I was scared for him. I was wait for him to step on a section that wasn't nailed in.
Lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂 pissing
I was actually expecting him to fall through the roof because they didn't properly plywood it in like what tim taylor did on tool time.
An A for Effort though
Well... I guess there's always FLEX TAPE TO PATCH, BOND, SEAL AND REPAIR!
I SAWED THIS ROOF IN HALF!
@@LaurusHG FUCK YOU I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT! lol
I JUST STUCK MY MARRIAGE TOGETHER WITH FLEX TAPE! THANKS FLEX TAPE, NOW NO ONE CAN HEAR HER CRIES FOR HELP!
@@godcazz OMG THATS SO WRONG
Not really
It's crazy how so many roofing companies do horrible work and get away with it.
I’ve been a roofer and general contractor for a few years now, and um. Well I never realized before how good my boss is at construction. The mistakes that some people actually make, either uninformed or laziness, it’s revolting. So blessed that I was taught right!
why was this in my recommendations? interesting video though
Sebarino same here! 😆 I have no idea why I got this recommended to me but here I am, learning what NOT to do 👌✌️
well the algorithm worked u clicked on the video and liked it...
I have the exact same question
Same here
same.
I worked in roofing for 10 years. From 15-25. Even at 15 i would be hugely embarrassed to put out this level of garbage work. Scam artists are everywhere
When I was a kid my parents helped out a local kid and gave him odd jobs. When they built a shed they got him to do it and he nailed those soft-ish roof tiles (shingles? I don't know the English terminology, but they look like in the video) to the roof, meaning it leaked like hell. He had never seen that kind of roofing material before.
He's like 40-45 now and is a professional and has done a lot of goodwill for our family because my parents were good to him when he was a kid.
gildrop you get for what you pay
What if the owner was a cheap ass guy
gildrop I barely started helping my uncle at 13 now I’m 15 and damn that roof is fucked
What recourse did the homeowners have? Looks like a complete re-roofing job required.
Very likely they sued the contractors they used.
@@kikook222 Yea I'd say that final payment did not go through. If he didn't sue he brought out another company and vetted their credential more thoroughly. If I was in that house I would just move though what a terrible roof design.
The dude who did that has to pay whatever the cost of a new roof is. Done by professionals. I'm guessing about $30,000-$40,000. The law also says he pays whatever he charged them. $20,000. So $50,000. He effed up in a large fashion. Unless he skipped the country w his 10 gs.
I just did a screw up the court deemed a screw up. Customer sued. Won. I came in and did it. He paid. Then paid the customer the original $10,000 he swindled em out of. So it cost him $21,000. By court order.
@@RyanGallagher42000
I'm a single woman with a house. I needed a new roof. Mine is a simple, 4 slope roof thankfully.
I did research for weeks, got familiar with how a roof is built, I researched options, such as metal vs shingles, researched products from the underlay to flashing to shingles etc.
I researched companies, went through their BBB ratings, asked around, asked questions, even drove around looking at roofs, I looked at reviews, looked at how long they'd been in business, checked for lawsuits etc.
I had 4 estimates done.
I also asked for addresses where the companies had worked and drove by to see what their work looked like.
I finally made my choices.
This was in 2013.
The company did a stellar job!!!
I am so happy with their work, how it looks, everything. I chose the best quality products I could afford.
My roof still looks brand new and I live on Canada's West Coast where we get extremes in weather, temperature, precipitation etc.
I go up there and inspect it myself. The slopes are gentle, it's pretty safe.
Anyways , research is the best thing we can do to protect ourselves!!!
Cheers!
No. Not at all. Must of the run work is fine. That's most of the roof. All of the flashing, trim, eaves and cap have to be ripped and replaced. And find out what the f*** is under the shingles in that one area. Is horrible work. Horrible roof/framing layout. Good roofing company could fix it in a day.
they didnt Tar or Caulk anything either. 20k down the shitter there.
I don't even know why I'm watching this, I don't even have a roof.
You must get really wet every time it rains. :-)
@@my3dviews
Lol, I would imagine so... question is, where does he live?
Anyways, God Bless!
@@thalmoragent9344 Shut the fuck up with your god bless
I'd bet he doesn't have a roof but he has a ceiling. Most likely an apartment.
@@PLAYER-MOST-WANTED how about u get the fuck on with ur bitch ass, there nothing wrong with saying God bless
$189 well spent i say. the other 20 grand. not so mutch.
Well it wasn't spent yet because he never paid them. Agree about the $189 though...
He only paid half
@@thatgirlwitpcos How do you know ?
@@thatgirlwitpcos The video said there was a pending payment. But not that the owner was going to keep 10000.
Pffff! Spell, "MUCH"?
Everyone needs to have someone come behind like this and inspect ANY and ALL contract work!
OMG! Horrible! SO important to have your roof installation inspected before you pay out! ALWAYS use a roofer with YEARS of experience, great referrals and customer feedback. Great video!
I'm a mechanic and could roofer better than this.
Dez Nutz can you spell any better though?
I see no spelling mistakes. I'm guessing you meant grammar.
Could you roofer better?
Lol I am also mechanic and I would not want to roofer at all
I’m a roof and I could mechanicer better than this
I don't know why RUclips recommended this video to me, or why I clicked on it, but you know what, I'm not mad.
Thank you! I appreciate that.
A lifetime spent building/repairing homes and I don't think I could find all the flaws in one walk around of that job.
That’s a beautiful roof. Stunningly perfect install. Bravo
This is an incredibly complex roof. Probably beyond the skill of the company/crew that did the job.
HEAV¥HAND Agreed. No attempt to stagger the sawteeth, even.Blatantly obvious there are problems before the inspector even started pointing things out..
Roofing is one of those things where anyone can do a small, simple project, but you need an expert to deal with the complex stuff, or the large projects. The homeowner wisely called in apparent experts.. it's just that the 'experts' sucked ass and did not live up to the reputation preceding them.
When my un-handyman can't-be-arsed lazy ass looks at work done and can say 'they did a horrible job, I can and have done better', there's a serious problem.
@@tashkiira7838 A waste of money and time just because he went with the cheapest one.
Nothing wise about the homeowner at all since he should have gotten an expert in to do it in the first place instead of being cheap.
You get what you pay for after all.
Amateur night at the roofing company.
It's hard to find good workers.
The crew was probably about 10 guys who have never considered reading a pack of shingles.
The supervisor was nowhere near the roof.
I've heard it all... It boils down to the customers who wouldn't buy a used Yugo or Chevette to drive their kids and pocket dog to the soccer field... They get massive loans for their BMWs and their Tahoe and their Lexus and that water ski boat... but they price shop roofs and get stingy, claim that the insurance company won't give them but a tiny bit of the price quoted.
they were probably qualified to roof a dog house...
They completely blew the easy parts.
I see they installed his self filling indoor pool .
Yeah, they were primed for a little indoor swimming.
I fuckin laughed my ass off
unfortunately it only works on cloudy days!
daaaaaaaamn. had mine done last year and got up there to check on it immediately after they finished. fortunately i had a team that knew what they were doing
Just shingle it with flex seal. Shit roof? NO PROBLEM! FLEX SEAL!
L O T T A D A M A G E
Thank god I wasn’t the only one who thought of that.
LOL!!
@@ericestrada3530 not more than 20 grand
I think you mean flex tape lmao
I live in Makeup RUclips Land. I dont know why this was in my recommended, but it's 3am, and i now know what my roof should not look like.
Paris Roam lmao😂
Oh my god the cringe
What sort of makeup would you recommend for a person with a bad case of shingles?
@@PongoXBongo she wouldn't understand what shingles are.
@@oneshadowdragon
Everyone knows what shingles are!
They're the little bell thingies that belly dancers use when they are doing the jiggy jiggy.
Just this one video and I've learned a TON about roofing. Thanks for the warnings!!
Been a carpenter all my life. I don't think I have ever seen a more complicated roof in my life. What was the Architect thinking with this design. Not about keeping water out.
I have been a contractor for 20 years and now I am working with a condo association that has so much rotting wood because of a overly complex roof system that looks “really cool” but doesn’t drain water properly. The guy that did the roof in this video I have no words for, never saw anything even close to that bad
I’m just glad there’s people like you out there that charge cheap money to make sure people‘s jobs were done correct. Keep up the good work
That’s what a roof costs. It’s like 500 bucks a square that isn’t a bad price at all. The guy was just terrible.
@@jfromtheburgh5643 your response has nothing to do with the comment
@@hans4379 it actually does. The original price wasn’t bad at all
@@jfromtheburgh5643 yeah if it was done correctly but it wasn’t making it a terrible price
@@jfromtheburgh5643there's too many factors to say anything about what a square goes for. Flat roof, metal, tile, slate ( which Believe you and me, is all over houses in NYC). That steepness, the quality of those shingles. He paid for a $25,000 job and that's what he got. He didn't like the sound of say $35,000. Thankfully they didn't have any flashing to do around a chimney and I'll leave it at that
We had someone recommend to us replacing our tile roof with asphalt shingle. Yeah sure! Let me take off my 100-year roof for a 20-year roof. That makes a lot of sense...
Yeah, I was wondering about that part of the story.
Depends on how many years and what current condition your "100 year" tile roof is in. There are plenty of benefits to a cheaper 20 year single roof, especially in areas of Cali that rarely ever get rain.
california gets a lot of sun and that takes a toll on shingles, plus they get real hot and heat up your house.
MarkM5 I had something like that happen, I got a metal roof, was installed 10 years ago, should last a lifetime. I had someone out to do new gutters, they recommended I get a new roof because it is showing some age. It still looks the same as when it was put on. They even took there time to come up with a price, even wanting an extra grand for disposal of the old.
The key to any good roof is not always the product but the installer and another Super key thing is to keep people off the roof that is a number one no no in the roofing industry tiles are expensive to replace and hard to find
I've been a roofer for 16 years now here in Middle TN and I usually get the call to come in and fix another companies mistakes from real bad workmanship, and alot of them are from the bigger companies hiring bad worker and not training them properly, but that roof you walked was absolutely horrible!!
I live in middle tn and I'm 1 of those people that just got screwed on a roof
@@cjdunn5113 sorry you had to go through that with your roof. It's really hard now days to trust anyone who say they know what there doing
@@ericpeterman9332 my 35×15 porch is low pitch and they advised me to use shingles. I was wondering if I coated roof with the rubber of tar products would that stop the leaking where water pools up. Thanks
@@cjdunn5113 since your porch roof is a low slope they should have told you to use either metal roof or EPDM or Tpo. Depending how low of a slope it is if they would have used ice+water underlayment and ran your shingle courses may 1 inch shorter you would have never had any leaking starting. I wouldn't recommend putting any silicone roof coating on the leaking areas, but using tar on those spots might help for a little bit, but with still end up leaking again as soon as it expands and contracts by fall or winter. If you do decide to use tar make sure you use the fiber mesh with the tar and do a couple coats. I know you're wanting to save on spending anymore labor cost since you've already spent a good amount on your roof, but if you're anywhere near the Rutherford county area I'd have no problem stoping by and taking a look at it for you if you're not able to stop the leaks.
@@ericpeterman9332 wow I actually live in Rockvale Eagleville area. Yeah they roofed whole house but the porch is the problem. The use ice and water but it just seems to be slightly ponding in some areas and running behind shingles. Thanks for your advice brother
When I had my roof installed the company lead took me around up top during and after the job was complete. He also sent pictures throughout the day to show progress.
Bob the builder can't fix that
Phil swift can
How about fix it felix?
Sure he could !!
Scoop will instead with help from muck and dizzy and rolly too
Holmes can
Oh neat! It's the results of one of those "world's fastest roofer" videos.
Why did you watch it then the title tells you what it is then you complain about it . Just stick to watching little kitten videos
What !
@@ronaldfrable8422
What are you talking about?
What ?
@@ronaldfrable8422 where?
Been an insurance adjuster for over 20 years and I’ve seen WAY worse roofing jobs here in South Texas....
Really?
What cities?
And do you remember the companies name?
Make a video next time.
Welp, they should hire Americans
Worked for my brother building houses during the 70's-80's and we witnessed plenty of shoddy work from our fellow contractors. Can only imagine with the quality of work and work ethic going down all the time what it would be like to purchase a new house now-a-days?
My teacher when I hand in an essay
Best $189 that homeowner ever spent. Also, the worst $20,000 s/he ever spent.
I was the one who told the owner to get a roof inspection when I was flying by 🤣🤣
Bro and that’s presidential seamless material it costs much more than standard comp shingles. Crazy
I'm guessing that if he got other bids that $20,000 was a really low bid for this roof and shingle combination.
They needed a progress inspection. Most likely the roofer will walk from the final payment. The cost to repair this roof will probably be greater than the final payment.
@@thebullgator the only way to repair that mess would be to tear it off and start all over.
Classic example of a homeowner taking the cheapest bid. You could not get that roof done for $20k in Texas
Can't do that roof for 20k anywhere haha
Installing shingles on my shed this weekend. First time ever so you know - RUclips to the rescue 😅 and NOW I know what not to do and why! Thanks 😆
Puke and Run construction. And I am sure they will honor all warranty claims. "The number you have reached is not a working number".
waiting4aliens lmao
I thought the same thing
You won't be waiting for aliens too long my friend they're all around the Sun. But FYI aliens are fallen angels they're not from this Dimension or Planet there for their alien by definition. And FYI we live on a flat Earth. Your comment is so true
Omg I was a roofer for over 20 years and all I can say is wow 😳 that's bad I've seen jobs like that that I had to fix but $20 grand wow
Jon it pays really well specially if you own the company
Why be sorry. Some people like working with their hands and being outside. Not everyone wants to be stuck in a cubicle!
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To be fair it's 20k with martial which could have been around 10k on it's own, mattering how much squares the roof is. That would leave 10k in labor for tear off and hit on (excluding waste costs). Most likely what happened is that the owner wanted to pay less than what the job was worth and got a sloppy but cheaper job done. Not excusing their mistakes, but it's disingenuous to say the roofers made 20k off of this roof.
Man, Im a year into roofing and that house is terrrible!! That job is embarrassing as hell. It may be complicated, but it means you need to be all the more dedicated to perfection.
Great video showing why an inspection is "Well" worth it. The owner of that roofing company either condones the fraud roofers who work for him; or requires it. That is criminal and is fraud by deceit.
“Skilled Labor isnt cheap” and “Cheap Labor isnt Skilled”
In this case, " Expensive labor isn't skilled " lol
I see what you did there buddy!
@5:30
You got that quote wrong when 20k is expensive
@@jonathanjacobo612 For this roof 20k is NOT expensive.
I wanted to see the video of when he told the homeowner of his findings and when the roofing company came back and were confronted with the report.
@@zeruulln "To catch a Roofer" NBC tonight
No habla Ingles!
After agreeing to get paid $20,000 for a new roof I can’t believe the roofers did such a crappy job. My roofers replaced all the exhaust vents with new Broans, lead boots on drain vents, all new chimney flashing, properly staggered the shingles. I filmed, climbed ladders to inspect the work. If you don’t know how it should be done, pay someone to verify the work. 12 grand for 40 squares. Estimated 30 grand for All metal. 50 grand for All aluminum. Metal was 1/2 the weight of architectural shingles. Aluminum was 1/2 the weight of metal. If I were rich I would have loved the aluminum roof. Never rusts or leaks. Reflects heat in our hot TX summers.
@@zeruulln Exactly! And why would anyone want to see someone's grief. We should want to relieve that.
Watch rogue traders!!
Nice work sir! Any worker pretending to be a professional will always say "I'm a professional" key advice!
20k seems like alot, but for Grand Sequoia that was probably the cheapest by a significant amount. Never go with a lowball bid!
$20,000??? For this? Good lord I hope the customer took them to court. Excellent job inspector. :)
I know. All I'd need is about 5 jobs like this for the year and I'm sitting pretty. I worked with a crew of 4 for years and we'd do 2 to 3 in a week, if the weather cooperates.
A $20,000 price tag for that shingle on that roof should of been the first red flag. I’ve been a roofer for 25 years and that job should’ve cost closer to $30,000 to do it properly. Unfortunately the roofing industry is a get what you pay for world. As a homeowner you should do your due diligence so we can get rid of all of these hacks.
@@bethezookie My guess is the crew was not familiar with higher end roofing and unconventional custom architecture homes. They got confused. All unlicensed work. That roof needed a lot of finishing work expertise.
Roofs aren't inspected, aleast not in NJ
@@bethezookie true. People have no idea what a roof should cost or how to ensure they dont get ripped off. Scammers love these customers. I see why so many guys with a truck get their business. Customer 90% of the time is looking at the lowest bid until they end up spending 20k, have the roof last 5 yrs, and now want it done right. 🤷♀️🤦♀️
This has "lowest bidder" written all over it.
davidwvolz yup, people talk shit like it's the companies fault. $20g's is about right for such an abstract design. No one else would probably do it for remotely close to $20g which is why they bought these shady guys. Lesson learned.
davidwvolz im in the tree cutting business and other things and i am really good at knowing what a job is worth so when they tell me that they find a cheaper bid i just wish them luck.
there's always a lower bid, but will they get quality work- probably not
actually has white american all over it...as mexican labor would get it right
Roofer: We didn't include replacing the flashing in the quote!
Great video. Exposing the dishonest contractors. Videos like these assist homeowners on what to look out for. So what are the best roofing contractors in OC, CA? Ill need one pretty soon. Thanks.
This video was more entertaining than the majority on RUclips. I was looking at car crashes.
I am not a roofer and I can see how bad that was. It amazes me how people can do that to others.
I know it stinks.
that's why you don't pay 20k for a roofing job! buy tin, install tin yourself, no leaking, save 15k , done
Car Salesmen.
[DU]Saggin That easy huh?
Where's the flex seal infomercial guy when you need him?
RE:Zittam xd. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, yeah!
*W O W T H A T S A L O T O F D A M A G E*
Lmao
thats funny zittam he needs to get up there with his roller and make the roof float lol
I CUT THE FUCKING HOUSE IN HALF?!!? NO PROBLEM JUST PUT THAT SHIT BACK TOGETHER WITH FLEXSEAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
It's 3am and im on a marathon between like, coat sealing, SB pressure and mowing and now im here in the roofing section of videos lmao.
Excellent video TY
Wow that's a terrible job!... this is gonna be a nightmare in civil court!.
Yup
something tells me they wont show up
Who designed the house? That roof looked like a pain in the ass
Architects put no thought into the engineering of their designs.
That's what I was thinking...
Especially look at 3:13 WTF is going on there? The water would seem to have no possible run off path except into the house.
It's a typical McMansion
What I came here to say. This house would last a year or two in the NW.
I helped do one small roofing job in the Army about 43 years ago...so I'm no expert. But even I could see the majority of screw-ups pointed out here! Wow!
When i was a contractor, 90% of my tear off and re roofs that had sheathing damage, was improper shingle or flashing from the first installation.
As a roofer . This is not uncommon. Keep going for the cheapest bid and you will buy two roofs
$20k is cheap roof?
@@EdisonChar Right, maybe it's differnent in other parts of the country, but around here you can buy an entire real decent house for 100k, there is NO way on this earth anyone would pay even 20K for an asphalt roof, that didn't have new decking installed. That's ridiculous.
$20 grand doesn’t sound cheap at all. It wasn’t a super mansion.
Buy cheap buy twice
@@EdisonChar look at the size of the roof. 20,000 is a cheap quote.
There, RUclips!
I watched it! Now leave me alone.
And that goes double for me.
lolz
Nice review. Very helpful
Terrible work. I did residential roofing for 3 years. I loved it. Had a small crew. 2 trucks, 1 tool the other trash. We were a wild bunch, crazy as hell, but man oh man did we pull together and do some amazing work. I miss those days.
Thanks for the video
I would have a lawsuit from hell
Crazy, huh!
andy wilson You said. Always higher an Project Manager to over see contractors work. It's worth the Extra Dollars.
How can you sue an illegal alien?
I'm guessing this was a rhetorical question, but yes, you can sue an illegal.
electricalron. Do this job was done by illegals? Or was dona by some crack heads? I think is what all rich people get to have some expensive jobs done wit little bit of money cuz yall want those illegal aliens that you call. Work almost for free. Why you don't hire your own people to do your jobs and stop bitching. But I know why y'all don't do that cuz your people will make your eyes come out of your head with their prices. When really who do the job is the illegal aliens. Cuz the company can be owned by your people but the employees are those aliens. Please people don't be stupid. Commenting some racist Shit. Y'all know all those aliens are here to help feed your family. And please stop saying They come to stole your jobs. Cuz white people want to live with what your government give you
No wonder it's terrible, $20k bid for such a chopped up high squareage complicated roof using a high grade specialty shingle.... A professional company would have been $50k to do that right, including all the proper new flashing pans under the siding. Sometimes homeowners bring this silly stuff upon themselves when they go with a ridiculously low bid. The materials alone on that would be $15k.
Don't forget the illegals who installed it, instead of an American.
50K for a roof like that with shitty shingle that last so few years ? US is a scam that should be the price for slate lasting 100years instead of that shit ecological nightmare that last 25 years.
You are preaching to the choir
Not much you can do with limited funds
We never hear stories about how the guy that owns that house is a fucking asshole and that's why such a gigantic roof
I'm a home inspector and THIS is why I always recommend people get new roofs Inspected. The client spent almost $200 but he saved 20,000 a very small price to pay for assurance and peace of mind
We need more people like you
Great video!
It’s like the guy that did the roof just woke up and said hey I’m going to be a roofer today.
Haha we have lots of those in El Paso, people wake up. Go register their company and call themself one of the best roofers around lol
thats like a good 75% of shinglers out there tbh
I woke up and think I can be the best roofer......for my own roof.....But it is just a square house with not too steep of a slope. I won't be messing up the pattern, it's like the guy that did the roof in the video didn't bother to watch any youtube videos, including one from the manufacturer instructing how to start each new row of shingles. Though, I would like to know what are some other common rookie mistakes...
@@ldlink3935 using roofing nailer guns instead of hand nailing is one. Running the felt over the top of the roof to the other side or starting the felt at the top and working downwards is another. Not correctly weaving corners if there areas the roof needs to be weaved such as a roof that juts out from the main roof. Not properly flashing all areas including all outer edges of the roof "don't use the old flashing" oh, and tearing off more than you can get dried in before you quit for the day, even if the weather forecast isn't calling for rain for days or weeks when you're doing roofing ALWAYS assume it's going to down pour all night into the next day.
@@danielsmit11 Thanks, this is helpful. I must admit, the hand nailing does not excite me, but for my roof with decking from 1948 (boards with large gaps) it seems the prudent thing to do to avoid "air nailing" is to use a hammer. Funny thing is, if neighbors see me using a hammer to do my roof they will assume I cheaped out when the reality is I'd just be trying to do the job right, properly or cautiously. such is life.
In San Antonio TX don't hire. Nicholas George Mora, 37 years old, Steadfast Roofing and Contractors. Horrible work plus it seemed like he was asking for money every time he saw me. I told him several times he wouldn't get a penny more til the job was done. They did a half ass job. When we did the walk through, after he claimed job was done, he tried talking his way out of all sorts of issues. On top of that his employees came to try and collect saying he had not paid them.
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@@Tobi-cz6yq yes, that's the guy. Thanks.
HAHHAHA THAT FUCKING LOSER IS A TOTAL MEAT HEAD..I NEVER TRUST A PERSON WITH THAT TYPE OF CRANIUM. ITS A MEAT HEAD.
damn what a fuckin bum. those charges say "im a fucking loser"
Don't just hire any tweaker cause they're cheap
Man I feel better about my roof now. Thank you
I've been roofing for 8 years now and yeah this is absolutely insane. I just can't understand how this happened. Were all the installers brand new to the trade and never put a shingle on before? Anybody, absolutely anybody can become a proficient shingler within a single day so I hope this explains my shock to people unfamiliar with the process. This has to be an intentional fuck you to the home owner or something there's no way any seasoned roofer did this.
Mexicans!
@@mrabrasive51 I work in home improvement. I will give the Mexicans credit in that they work hard. The problem is they will do any job to make money. At the same time, I've seen some of them do really nice work.
Immigrant day laborers
@@mrabrasive51 lol on the contrary, they probably hired a white or black person.. they should have gotten Mexicans to do this.
When I replaced a roof I was brand new and had never placed a shingle. My job came out waaaay better than this crap.
"pretty impressive amount of shortcuts"..
Lmao I'm dead!.
Man wasting money for this aww hell no
I agree!
twice the guy behind the camera is wasting his time to because he can't fix it.
I don't understand, the guy behind the camera is paid to do an assessment, not fix the problems. So he is not wasting his time, and this whole video was spotlighting how such a service is not a waste of money. And i think he could fix the roof, it would probably have to be done from scratch though.
It is not a waste of money. Unless your willing to scale that roof yourself (being the homeowner) and know what your looking for, $189 is a drop in the bucket for almost any roof inspection. Yes it would have to be torn off and re-done. Better to pay that price and be able to sue the contractor that fucked you, instead of eating that $20,000 loss and having to pay the price again in two years when he has water pouring in or rotting away his obviously very expensive house. The homeowner should have done a little more research about the company they hired, at least they had the right idea in hiring an inspector.
"Oh they ran out of ridge cap and starting making their own".....LOL, as someone who has done a little roofing in a previous life, this really made me laugh it upt
Been there, done that :,)
Thanks for this video :)
Reminds me of my Dad, who is an electrician, who inspected this multi-million dollar house's wiring. Turns out the wiring job was done so bad, he has no idea how they would've got away with it. Almost every outlet box only had the wires cut to the boxes, not connected, most of the light switches didn't work, or turned on other things (he said the porch light turned on the upstairs bathroom light) and the junction box literally exploded when they gave it power. He had to "swiss-cheese" the entire house which was all brand new and redo the entire wiring. It's amazing the lengths people will do for short-cuts.
oh my god reminds me of one time me having to troubleshoot some one elses job in the same company I'm in switches didn't work the travelers were messed up the motion sensors did not work all the low volt was goofed oh lord i mean how do you mess up 3 ways
Ghost1170, sure enough, not just in America. But in US at least you can leave a bad review in internet. In some other sick countries you can face court charges for that (called disparagement) and so there are no bad reviews, as everyone is afraid to write the truth. And guess what? There are also no tradesmen who is able to do the job properly.
I have light switches that turn on lights at the neighbors houses.
Orlando Pockets I found the smug European prat.
@@orlandopockets6372 no its about people being cheap you get what ya pay for
As someone whose been taken by a contractor, I really feel this persons pain. You put your trust in people, and they take advantage of you, and rip you off. There are so many people out there who do this intentionally to people. Even if you do your due diligence, people will find a way to take advantage. I hope this person was able to recover some of his money.
Next time maybe don't go with the lowest bid?
Don't feel sorry at all for these cheapskate homeowners, hope they learned a lesson
@@walterbrunswick yeah 20,000 dollars for that roof is actually very cheap. A real roofer would have charged twice that. 20k would barely cover the cost of those shingles alone.
One of the main reasons for this happening is cheap labor. In Spanish there's a saying: "Lo barato sale caro!"
With a house designed that shitty i dont feel for the home owner:D
expecting to get a custom job like that for 20k is stupid
but what do you expect from snobbish cheepskates
and then they cry and probably run to a lawyer
Although sometimes it is just lack of skill and knowledge. Construction crews are a fast turnover trade. People don't want to destroy their body's any more for nearly making a living and no 40k, health insurance or any benefits. This one though is just insane though. Roofing is pretty much the easiest trade next to flooring so this says they didn't care at all.
I know nothing about roofing. Yet here I am with all you cultured gentlemen.
looks like something I would do! keeping in mind I have zero knowledge in roofing and I’m a mechanic lol
I worked on a roof once that had 8 LAYERS OF SHINGLES on it. Every time the old homeowners needed to re-shingle their roof, they would just leave the old layer on and put new shingles on top of it. Scraping 8 layers of rotting melted slop off that roof was probably my least favorite work experience.
Wow, that gets so heavy!
Oh hell. As someone typically put on the tear off/clean up side of the job, I could feel the kind of growing dread I would experience when I learned there were 8 times as much material to clear, and much of it is rotted to hell and back.
That's crazy! The most I've ever worked on was 4 layers of shingles on top of a layer of wooden shakes.
How in God's green goodness did those trusses survive 8 layers of shingle. How many layers of shakes?
Good luck, I'm behind seven shingles
A really crappy job. I'd demand a total tear off and reroof. And by another contractor. I wonder if the owner took the cheapest bid.
Doug DiPlacido they probably did!
...probably for both roofing contractor and for architect. And in that market, paying for the best would probably only shave a fraction of a percentage point off the profit from selling the house.
20,000. . . .???
Imagine if this wasn't the cheapest bid in this one-step-up suburb.
Steve Rogers was gonna say... unfortunately for guy here, he got what he paid for.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE
I always pay an independent inspector to come out and look at the job after, I even tell the guy I will have someone do that and that they have to agree to that before signing the contract. I have been scammed by roofers in the past.
It was so bad that youtube was buffering for me. Even it couldnt handle it.
$20g sounds like a bargain for that massive roof. (plus a tile tear off)
I love the mystery bump in the middle
As a sales roofer this is insane….
Wow
Good catches 😮
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