Roofing Craftsmen

Maggie S.

I worked with Jose twice.

He always replies phone calls quickly, and is cheerful and pleasant to talk to. Most importantly, his work is done with top quality, and he is honest about what needs (or doesn't need) to be done.

Two years ago, I woke up one night to find our house leaking heavily from the valley area of the roof. Jose and his crew diagnosed the issue, and did a professional job repairing it. It's still holding up well after two rainy seasons. While he was on the roof, he also patched the chimney for free.

This week, I called Jose again for a small job. He came promptly and fixed it, and insisted not charging us anything.

I would call Jose for any future needs, and I highly recommend him for your roof repair jobs!

Natalie K.

Jose has easily become our favorite person to work with. Recommended to us by a skylight specialist, we first lucked out with getting Jose's help last year when we bought our house and needed some patch up work on the shingle roof as well as replacement of some cracked skylights over a breezeway.

While in the process of getting an estimate, we had a roof leak pop up & Jose responded immediately and was able to come by the next day to get everything patched up. He then helped with fixing up all of the previously mentioned stuff with the roof, helped us get brand new skylights and install them correctly on our tar & gravel breezeway (unlike what had been on there before), and did an amazing job, delivering just as promised - all with a smile.

Recently, we were redoing our roof deck and realized we should probably get the roof checked out to ensure everything looked good before building the new deck. Jose came through yet again and we are so grateful to have someone like him on our side. He is everything that you hope for - responsive, punctual, friendly, and does fantastic work. I could not recommend him more highly!

Chris A.

Jose and his team were high professional and did a great job with some roof repair work (painting flashings, repairing some rotting wood trim, and adding ventilation to the top of the roof). Would highly recommend him for any roof repair / maintenance work.

Ed C.

Several contractors visited us and asked how old my cement tile roof was, and upon hearing ""40 years with several minor to moderate leaks"" they al insisted I needed a whole new roof replacement at costs of $60K or more. But not Jose Escalante with Roof Repair Craftsmen! He was the only one who Actually inspected the roof up close - and he said we could do much better with targetted repairs and boy did he sure did deliver!
Excellent work by friendly, highly professional and prompt craftsmen did the trick for a small fraction of the cost! We didn't fill up some landfill with perfectly good tiles and the whole job took relatively little time to complete.
I emphatically recommend them to anyone in our area (West Contra Costa) or Marin and beyond. Nice clean up too. We are very pleased.

Cristi V.

Well - 80 bucks for a quote - doesn't seem right - if you are too busy to take on new business then that may be why you are charging for a quote- there are many roofers out there that also have good reviews

Pamela M.

I had an awful time with a leak on my roof in one spot last winter and none of the roofing companies could fix it and finally I found this company. I'm here to tell you they are so dedicated honest and trustworthy! It was a tough find and it took a few times to get it fixed but they were persistent and they fixed it with precision and perseverance.
Jose is just a great guy to work with too.
I cannot thank them enough for helping me get through this last tough winter with a spot leak from hell.
They did it with excellence!

Art Y.

I regret that ratings are limited to Five Stars, I would gladly rate Six Stars for this company!
Let me first advise you; I am a California registered architect (since 1973) and an AIA Emeritus member.
For the past 15 years, one of my specialties had been ""forensic investigation"" of building/construction failures.
I had spent quite some time on a serious leak in my own home and it confounded me to sleepless nights!
I finally swallowed my pride and contacted Jose at Roof Repair Craftsmen.

He arrived with his crew promptly as scheduled and commenced to tear back the tar and gravel membrane from the gutter flange. He showed me evidence of a poor seal along the entire 17' edge of the concealed copper gutter with free moisture still present under the lifted membrane. I agreed with his finding! His crew torch sealed the flange edge with his roofing membrane and I awaited the next storm with some reservations.
The next sizeable storm came and WOW, 90% of the leaks stopped; at that point, I was very impressed!
Because I wanted to be certain the small remaining leak was not from the concealed copper gutter built into the roof, I spent 5 days minutely inspecting the gutter for leaks before a ""call back"".
I called Jose back to address the remaining modest leak and he was not distressed at my ""call back"". (unusual for a contractor; believe me!).
He returned (with a cheerful greeting!) with his crew and applied more roofing compound and a membrane at another suspected leaking location. (to address expansion/contraction).

Jose is a very unusual contractor with a cheerful attitude which was uncommon in a ""call back"" situation. He is very competent and easy to talk to.
I wholeheartedly recommend Roof Repair Craftsmen to investigate and remedy leaks in your roof.
Easily 5 stars!

Art Y.
AIA Emeritus
Mill Valley, CA

Gerard G.

We made an appointment two weeks ago for Jose to give us a bid on garage roof replacement in Stinson Beach. We confirmed the appointment in the morning of the scheduled day. I drove out there to meet him from Berkeley, but he didn't show up. I waited an hour. No explanation. Very frustrating waste of time, and loss of work.

Update 8/14/18
It turned out Jose did go out. I was 9 minutes late due to major road repairs on panoramic highway. My phone carrier doesn't cover Stinson beach or I would have called. The house was supposed to be empty. In fact there were short term renters there who told Jose they knew nothing about our meeting. So he left right away.

Tony T.

Good experience with Jose. Professional from beginning to end. He was astute at identifying what was causing our leak, and he and his team fixed it the next day. Time will tell, but I am confident he has resolved our problem. It was not cheap, but at least I can feel like I received top notch work.

John W.

I'll start by giving Jose and his crew five stars. But we'll have to wait until the rains next winter to see if that rating sticks! Based on all the good reviews here I called Jose, and he promptly showed up, inspected my roof, gave me a price, and agreed to a guarantee. A few days later he and his crew showed up and worked hard for two days. He was easy to work with, on time, the crews wasted no time, and did a great job of containing their mess and cleaning up. I wish all my contractors were this responsive and easy to work with. Jose replaced some dry rotted facia, and gave my aging tar and gravel roof some first aid that will hopefully end two small leaks and keep it going for a few more years. The real test will be next winter but Jose promised he would show up again if there were problems. Given the difficulty of getting the attention of the big roofing companies these days, Jose provides a great alternative for smaller projects.