I had a wonderful experience with Columbia Roofing at my previous home in Columbia. They came out to fix a roof leak, and since it was a minor leak, they patched the leak at no charge! I thought - with service like that, I would be a customer for life!
So when I had leakage issues and wanted new gutters installed in my current home in Jessup, Columbia Roofing was the first company that I went to! Unfortunately, I did not receive the same, exceptional service that I had first experienced. I would actually NOT recommend Columbia Roofing AT ALL from now on!
Columbia Roofing came out on 1/9/19 for an in home estimate, a month after I called to schedule. I was told that I would receive the estimate by the end of the week. The following week, 1/14, I emailed CR as I did not receive the estimate. The estimate was received on 1/15, and I sent the signed contract with the "down" payment by 1/17. The estimate was for new seamless gutters with guards, and a new drip edge, which I was told would address the leakage I was experiencing. The work was scheduled for Friday, 2/1. I called on 1/25, 1/29, 1/31, and emailed on 1/30, requesting licensing and insurance information. I finally received the information on 1/31, just days before the work was supposed to be done. 2/1 it snowed, so the work could not be completed; it was rescheduled for 2/2 or 2/4. No one showed up on 2/2 OR 2/4. I called and emailed and did not receive a response back until 2/5. I was rescheduled (again!) for 2/7. 2/7, CR did come, however they did not install the gutter guards on my new gutters! The CR crew said that another crew was on their way to finish, yet no one showed up. I called and left a message, and emailed. I got an email back on 2/8, saying the "crew had to get materials". I don't understand that response, as 1. They should have had the materials in the first place, back on 2/1, when the job was first scheduled, and 2. I should have received a preemptive phone call informing me of this. I was also told that the crew would be back on the afternoon of 2/8 to finish, however, once again, they did not show up. 2/9, I emailed and asked if there was someone "higher up" that I could talk to about the level of service I was receiving. I received a response back on 2/11 that said the work would be completed in the next day or two. The response also ignored my request to talk to someone "higher up". Later in February, we had a big storm with a lot of wind. The wind blew off most of the shingles that were on the edges of my roof, all around the entire perimeter of my roof. Since CR was slow in responding and we were expecting more rain, I contacted another company to come out and reattach/replace the shingles. The new company came out immediately (2/28) and told me the shingles blew off so easily because when the new gutters, guards, and drip edge were installed, they were installed incorrectly. The gutter guards were pushing all the shingles up, many of the shingles were just sitting on the roof, unattached, plus the new drip edge did not fix the leakage issue I was having in the first place! (I was furious that CR charged me for a new drip edge when that didn't fix the leak issue!) The new company found the leak issue and fixed it for a fraction of the price that I paid CR. The new company told me that they would not touch the drip edge or gutters/guards because it would void any warranty I had with CR. I called CR to come out and fix the incorrectly installed gutter guards, and CR said they would come out and fix it on 3/4. 3/4 I was told that they couldn't come out because they needed to "get supplies to do the 'repairs'"... again. Finally, after first contacting CR in December, by March, the work was done, and hopefully, done correctly. I sent a very polite email asking the company if there was anything they could do to rectify my negative experience, and I received a response saying that they would give me 6% off... I would definitely NOT recommend this company again. I am very sad that I had recommended this company with glowing reviews in the past. Please - save your wallet, and save yourself the headaches, and go with another company!
* This review was not posted immediately after the work was performed, as I first wanted to insure that nothing else would leak / "go wrong". read more