Hawaiian Isle Roofing

Marie D.

This is the roofer to hire. Al, the owner, replaced our flat roof (outdoors over our lanai) whose leaks we lived with for 10 years This is after hiring two different roofers to repair it during those years.

We finally realized we needed to replace the original gravel roof of this 4' x 20' area with something better, and Al's quote was more reasonable than another roofing contractor in Kona.

Al completed the job after two consecutive days with one of his employees. Ten months later, after a very heavy rain, the outside corner, which had given the trouble before, had leaked. Al responded immediately to my e-mail and came out the next morning to have a look, and came back to repair it within the week. Then, about 6 months after that (over a year since the replacement), it appeared it leaked again. Al responded immediately again with an e-mail and came the following morning to inspect - giving an explanation with both visits as to what he'll do to repair it (adding more water-proofing at the edges, etc). He assured us that his warranty to make it right has no time limit. He came back to make the repair within the week.

This morning, after a hard rain the other night and seeing what I THOUGHT was a leak, Al came to inspect it once again, but this time he showed me what to look for in a leak, after having done a water test himself and seeing no symptoms. He ran more water, and asked me to confirm his findings after a certain period had passed. It turns out I had mistaken ""cool and damp"" for a leak: there was no discoloration of the drywall. This means that Al had fixed the problem the last time (if not before that).

The bottom line is, this man knows roofing. He explained various options when we were deciding what to replace it with, he's trustable, dependable, sweet, and he's not expensive. I don't know how many roofers there are in Kona, but I don't think you should hire anyone else. Hawaiian Isle Roofing is a dream contractor. (808) 329-3692, [email protected], as I don't believe he has a website.