O.K., you will know that this is a REAL review if you read the whole story.
I would give PRC a 5-star review and a 1-star review. Now how can that be??
Well, here's the story.
I have a 15+ year old roof that has been cleaned once before. I selected three companies to provide a bid for cleaning. Two of them provided a bid on-line. PRC sent out a service/sales person (Daniel). One bid was $499, the other on-line bid was $899. PRC was over a grand. I chose PRC because Daniel was very good and because they claim to use a biodegradable cleaning solution. The previous cleaner used a solution that was very harsh and killed some of our shrubs even though they were covered.
Without going into too much detail, they have a two part process (maybe just for older roofs), where the first day a guy comes out to seal all of the flashing, exposed nails, vents. and anything else that might cause a leak. I've never had a leak, but I guess it can't hurt..right? The next day they come out and clean. My first issue was that they left multiple hoses on the grass and driveway running full blast. When I asked one of the guys "was-up with this??", he said that they wanted to dilute the run-off that was next to the house. Wait, I thought this was Biodegradable? I happened to read the water meter two days before they came. When they left it was more than 5000 gallons more. Our normal use is 3-4000 gallons in the Feburary timeframe. It was over 10K this billing period!
The second issue was that the before and after pictures looked almost the same. I mean, almost exactly the same. So, what to do? Well, their bid said that if we could not give them a 5-star rating, to contact them and they will make it right. I sent one email describing the above and received no response. This was before I received the water usage. When I got the bill, I forwarded a copy of it, along with historical usage, and finally got a call from the owner.
Now we come to the 5-star part. He agreed that the before and after look almost the same. But he took the time to explain to me that because of the age of the roof, much of the colored tiny stones in the shingles had been lost, knocked off from rain, wind, and hail. This exposed much of the asphalt backing (black) below. Which is why the roof looked dark before and after. He said that we were close to needing a new roof, not cleaning so much. However, we are selling the house soon and that would be a no-return investment in the house. He then told me that he was going to refund the entire cleaning portion of the bill, which I have already received.
The moral is: "if you put a tuxedo on a pig, it's still a pig". No one could make our roof look like new. That's what Daniel should have told me. Nevertheless, they made it right. And that's what counts. read more