Advantage Roofing

Nora L.

Advantage Roofing came to my rescue on the rainy Sunday night after Thanksgiving after the covering over the light well between the bathroom and toilet in our 1937 house collapsed and water was flooding the first floor of the house. The owner came himself to install a tarp over the well and then sent his team over the next day to put on a new cover. I had just had the roof repaired badly a few months before so Advantage came as quickly as they could to replace the entire roof. I am suing the other company and the State is investigating. I highly recommend Advantage. Nora L.

Les P.

The big storm we had a few weeks ago led to a huge amount of water pouring into my house. It was really hard to get anyone to help with this, especially as the rain continued day after day. I managed to get a hold of Dave at Advantage and he agreed to come out and take a look at my roof. Dave inspected the roof and didn't see any problems. A few days later I realized that the water was coming in from a blocked gutter/drain spout. I asked Dave to come back and check it out. He made time to come back and found a plastic ball clogging the gutter. Fortunately, I didn't need a new roof, just somebody who could help me figure out what was going wrong. Dave was a lifesaver! He restored my faith in people and reminded me that not everyone is out to make a buck. I don't know about their roofing ability, but I do know that these guys are genuine, caring people, and I'm sure that carries through in everything they do.

Demetri P.

I have a roof I've maintained well over the years, but during a severe rainstorm I've had a recurring leak in one room. I hired well-reviewed roofers to tackle the problem; one charged me almost $2,000, but the problem kept recurring. Last Fall it happened again. I then had several roofers come out and was given estimates of over 10K to have a new roof put on. But Advantage (David Taylor) inspected the roof, said it was in good condition and that he thought a patch over one section probably would do the job. HE CHARGED ONLY $800 AND THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED. He also said with continued maintenance I probably would not need a new roof! And if I chose to have a new roof, his estimate was SIGNIFICANTLY lower than anyone else's.
ADVANTAGE saved me thousands of dollars and, as a retired person, I am very grateful!

Cassie C.

Bottom line is we've got a nice looking new roof at a great price. David Taylor is a very nice guy and easy to work with.

Demo was a little iffy - they took most everything off, but no one told me that I needed to cover areas beneath the skylights that day, so it was a total mess that ended up with tons of roofing materials and scuzz in our sink, toilet and built-in stovetop grill. It cleaned up pretty easily, though, and the demo was done quickly.

The demo crew also put 8 nails in my house to hold their tarps, and a few days later I had to ask the roofers to pull the nails and spackle those for me - which they did, no problem. And then we bought a 2-story extension pole ($50) to paint over them ourselves. Annoying, but not a big deal.

Roof went on great, and on time. It was 3 days to do a pretty big job.

We went up on the roof the week after the job was done and discovered that there were some things that were still up there that were rusty and, in our opinion, should have been replaced. We also discovered that the gutters had been installed at the wrong angle and were holding water. Further, the installer had put all galvanized steel gutters in, even though I'd asked several times for aluminum wherever those would fit (3 of 5 gutters could've been aluminum.) - and sections of those gutters weren't painted. That means they would've rusted had we not gone onto the roof ourselves to check things out.

Even though we discovered these problems after the work was done, Dave still had the gutter guy come back and redo some of the work. (He didn't do a great job the second time, either, but at least he came and did something). Dave also came over to paint two of the gutters we couldn't get at ourselves. He said he wouldn't use the same gutter installer again. Of course, that didn't get me those 3 aluminum gutters I feel I should have had since it was in my contract, but it was a fair response.

Dave also had the roofer come back and put torch down bitumen over the long rusty strips of metal (maybe 8 feet on either side of our sloped roof peak) so that we wouldn't have to worry about them not being torn out and replaced. I appreciated that, and assume/hope it will work well as a fix.

I would hire Dave again because his price was great and he was nice, and fixed the things he could. I think you can expect a good roof. There might be some glitches, but to us it was worth it to save the money right now. A pretty good experience overall.

George L.

Suppose to write this review months ago and I hold it off because there is no rain in the Bay Area this winter and not sure if my new roof have any leak. After the recent rain and a few major down pour lately I decided to give Advantage Roofing Inc. 99 points out of a hundred and I will tell you why I hold on to that 1 point later.
Before I choose Advantage roofing, I did my home work and interview at least 6 roofing company. I decided to give the job to Dave because he really listen to what I want and gave me some very good suggestions. Also, I want to make sure that they are license and insure and give me a fair quote.
I have to say the whole crew at advantage roofing are very experience and they know what they are doing with no short cut and finished the job great. They clean up everyday and didn't even left a single nail when they were done. Some of my stucco inside the house fall off because of some serious hammering taking out the old roof. Dave immediately sent a painter and fixed everything for me like new.
The reason I hold on to that 1 point is because it takes a little longer than I expected ordering the custom skylights. Other than that, they did an excellent job for my house and I strongly recommend them to all my friends and on Yelp.

Lloyd A.

Dave and his crew did a great roofing job on my family's home. Our roof was long overdue to be replaced but I didn't know who to give the job to. I found Advantage Roofing and Dave came out and inspected our roof. He was very polite, respectful, knowlegeable and his quote was reasonable and fair. One portion of our roofing leaked constantly during heavy storms and we went through contractor after contractor and none of them could fix it. Dave knew exactly the problem. I waited awhile to post this review to see how the roof would hold up after a couple of storms and to my satifaction we have had no leaks. His crew were also very professional, polite and skilled. I would definitely call Advantage Roofing if I need a roofer again.

Colin D.

Dave and his crew were punctual, hard working and courteous. In addition they did the job on time and at a great price. I would highly recommend Advantage Roofing.

Christopher Z.

After researching roofing systems for six months, all along receiving bids from
various companies, I decided to go with Advantage Roofing. While they gave me a great bid, I was more sold on Bob Bayne's expertise. He addressed all of my concerns.

I had $3-5K worth of dry rot on my Eichler and Bob recommended solutions (which saved me thousands) and prevention. He suggested a quality roofing material from CertainTeed.

The work on my house was very well organized and thoughtful. Bob gave extra attention to the weak elements on the house; chimney, vents etc.
Everything was done to code and manufacturer's recommendation.
When it was all finished, the City's building inspector gave me an unsolicited
remarked that Advantage did an outstanding job.

Bob is a true craftsman who takes pride in his work..

Frejya G.

I hired Advantage Roofing for my house. They gave me fair price and did excellent job. Attention to details, clean up throughly afterward. Very satisfied with their service. Highly recommend them.

Robert M.

My wife and I recently purchased a house. It was a fixer-upper, with an absolute mess of a downstairs and... a leaky roof.

The previous home owner had the roof patched up by Saber Roofing (http://www.yelp.com/biz/saber-roofing-woodside), but apparently the job was not done well enough since we were still finding leaks all over the house when a few light storms came our way. The house changed hands, and the leaky roof became our problem. Saber Roofing supposedly guarantee their work, but when I called them to come re-patch their patch job, their receptionist looked up our file and muttered, ""Oh... the owner says that particular job was pretty difficult. He says to leave your number with us and he'll get back to you.""

Riiiight. They never did get back to us.

We called them again to get a quote on an entire roof replacement instead of a patch job and they gave us a quote for nearly $10,000. It was time to search for alternatives.

We asked our contractor who is currently remodeling our downstairs area for a quote: $7,000. We then stumbled upon Advantage Roofing here on Yelp. I spoke to Dave (the owner and the guy you'll talk to when you call the business number), set up an inspection, hung out on our roof for a while, and got a quote for $6,250 all in the same day.

The time on our roof was well spent. Dave taught me about how the gravel on our roof was there to protect the oily coating from the sunlight. Over time, the oily coating reacts to the sunlight, breaks down, and partially evaporates. Without the oily coating, the roof becomes vulnerable to moisture. I also learned that what may look like a flat-topped roof is actually built at a very slight incline so that any water on the roof will simply flow down instead of pooling.

Learning is fun!

It took a few weeks to get the job done after signing the contract, but that was only because we had to dodge a couple of storms and Thanksgiving week. When the roofing guys finally came, it only took a day and a half to replace the roof. If you happen to be home during a roofing job, you should know that it is very loud and Dave's guys will play music. Fortunately, their choice of music was actually not bad and the sounds and voices of a bunch of guys laughing and having a good time while on the job is actually kind of charming.

The folks at Advantage Roofing are friendly, work quickly, bombard you with honesty, and work at cheaper rates than their competitors. I was told that they are not hurting for business and they have many clients, so I would speculate that this quantity of work that Advantage Roofing is enjoying is passed down to the customer and results in cheaper job quotes.

You need a roof job done? HIRE THESE GUYS!