We live in an older brick two flat building in Lakeview. Teufel Roofing and Tuck Pointing has worked on my building on three occasions. About 15 years ago, Teufel Roofing tuck pointed the front wall of our building and rebuilt the front parepet wall that was leaning dangerously towards our front yard. It was a difficult job especially since the bricks in the front facing the street are over 100 years old and are extremely unique and irreplaceable. Many of the bricks were damaged and unusable. It was agreed upon that since we might be short of bricks during the rebuild that a slightly different design for the parepet wall might be necessary in order to have all of the front bricks match perfectly. The rebuild of the parapet wall was completed and it looked perfect with the redesign. The pricing for this job was extremely affordable.
Two years ago, the chimney attached to our two flat needed to be replaced. I am sure it was the original chimney from 1911. Every year I would go up on the flat roof and "patch" it up myself, so you can imagine what it looked like. The year the chimney was replaced, I finally got up to the roof in October and I was rather shocked to see that this chimney was ready to fall over. It would have never survived the winter. Stuck in my head was the image of the chimney blowing over onto my neighbors house during a winter storm. Long story short, I called Teufel for an estimate. His estimate was the most reasonable by far. Also, since I had worked with him previously, I had no concerns about Teufel replacing the chimney. And of course the finished product turned out to be perfect.
Our most recent project with Mr. Teufel was last Fall in 2018.
As you recall, 15 years earlier I had the front of the building tuck pointed and the front parapet wall rebuilt. For many reasons, I had never gotten around to having the two side walls of the building tuck pointed or even maintained properly. Life happens, one gets busy and time passes. Most of my maintenance projects had been inside the building and therefore I really never closely looked at the outer side walls of the building. Sure I would glance at these walls in passing, but never with a critical eye to assess their condition. Long story short, I am guessing that the side walls had not been attended to for at least 30 or maybe 40 years. Needless to say, they were a mess. Of course, I immediately called Teufel for an estimate and we discussed all of the specifics as to which areas of the walls would be addressed and which areas required the most time and work. His estimate was very reasonable. The work on the walls started and I left town on a several day trip. ( I used to work for an airline ). I returned from the trip and the work on the walls had been completed. The walls looked great except that his workers had done more than twice the work for which we had contracted. Every previously compromised surface on both walls had been addressed and looked very good. The extent of the work completed was way beyond what I had expected. I offered to pay an additional amount to cover this extra work and my offer was politely refused. Truly, Mr. Teufel is an honorable man.
Long story short, Teufel Roofing and Tuck Pointing has worked on our building on three separate occasions and we were well satisfied with the results of each project. We will not hesitate to call Teufel in the future, if the need arises. read more
