Stonebridge replaced my roof 3 years ago. At the time, local roofers were still back logged from Matthew and Irma, and Stonebridge had decent online reviews, workers comp, liability, and a reasonable quote, so I hired them. The replacement included two sun tunnels, which they assured me they knew how to install.
But they did not. In fact, they never told me they would have to send someone else (not the roofing crew) to install the interior portion of the tunnels. Not a problem, but should have been mentioned from the beginning.
The roofing crew installed the caps on the roof but did not install the flex portion of the tunnel properly on the roof end (see below). The roofers did work consistently, but when the roof was "finished", and before paying the balance of what I owed, I went up in the attic to look around and discovered a hole where I could see the sky. The roof in that area is too steep to climb on w/o a harness, so I had to check from inside. The roof drops to a lower level at that point which made the hole difficult to see from outside.
They did return to fix the hole, but the Velux sun tunnels had not yet been completed. Eventually they sent a sub-contractor to finish the installation on the interior. Although I had told them that the ceiling was 15' high, apparently that info was never relayed to the sub-contractor bec he showed up w/ a ladder too short to reach the tunnels. The guy literally tried standing on the very top of the ladder to reach the tunnel, which was both dangerous and ineffective.
Mind you, interior work like this is a pain in the butt for the homeowner. It requires moving the furniture out of the way and covering everything in the room w/ sheets and drop cloths to keep fiberglass and blown insulation + dirt + insects etc off of the living room furnishings.
The next day, half of one of the sun tunnel diffusers was covered where the interior flex portion was blocking the sun. I wouldn't send the final payment in until it was corrected, so I re-covered the living room and they came out again, this time with someone who they said worked for Velux. They did bring a higher ladder this time, and after I gave them some duct tape, the Velux guy seemed to have corrected the problem. At least the light was coming through.
In the meantime, I had discovered that the roofing crew had broken a brick curtain wall that surrounded the outside AC unit. It was a decorative wall, and after the crew had collapsed it, they stacked the bricks back so it wasn't immediately obvious that the wall had collapsed. Until I put my hand on top of it and reached over to pull some leaves off the top of the AC unit and the entire thing (except for the bottom couple of rows of bricks) collapsed. Thankfully I wasn't injured.
So Stonebridge said they would send someone out to fix it. It needed to be rebuilt, period. But a couple weeks later I discovered that the wall had some fresh mortar in places and evidently someone had just "re-pointed" it. The repair was poorly done and the wall remains unstable. I wasn't home when they sent someone out and I called and questioned Stonebridge about it; they said the mason was "in my area" so he just "stopped by". At a time when I was not able to be there to check the work.
I finally sent in the final payment. The next week, a foot long piece of duct tape fell off the inside of the flex part of the sun tunnel, landing on the diffuser. A year later, another foot long portion of tape fell. The pieces of tape are not only unsightly and obvious, but they block the light.
What reminded me to write this review now? Two days ago the inside flex portion of one of the sun tunnels collapsed because it was never properly attached at the top, so the diffuser is now completely covered over and no light can get through.
Stonebridge really pushes for good recommendations. At the time, they were paying $50 for each new job they got as a result of a referral from a homeowner. In Florida, if you are an honest contractor doing good work, people will be banging on your door to hire you; it doesn't take a lot of advertising for word to spread that Company A does quality work. It seems to be even more rare in this state than in other regions of the U.S. read more