Berkeley Roof Services

They gave me the most detailed proposal out of the four that I received and a reasonable price and warranty. Others charged way more without detailed specs and some charged less but couldn’t meet higher quality specs and warranty that I was looking for. They came on time and finished the roof within three days and passed inspection without issue. I found a leak later and they came out to inspect only to explain that it was coming not from the roof but from our light well and took pictures to explain this to me in detail. Roof looks great and even requested white paint (better for the environment) and they delivered. Highly recommend especially if you are finding quality and availability tight in SF.

Berkeley Roof Services has replaced two of our properties. I would highly recommend their services to anyone in need of a new roof. Thanks everyone for all the hard work and especially for all the safety measures taken on the two properties. See you soon for property #3. :-D

good, not amazing.
we had our roof replaced (took off 3 layers, put down new plywood, new shingles) by them about 18 months ago and the roof is fine and there aren’t any leaks. i looked over the counterflashing on our three brick chimneys and inspected all the work they did each step of the way and it was done in a workmanlike manner.
we have a difficult roof with a steep pitch and a turret in front so it was definitely a tough roof, but they did a good job
that said, here are some nitpicks and bigger issues:
the front office and our project manager weren’t well-​organized and responsive. they asked us for the choice of gutter color the day they needed us to pick it. no samples at the time of signing the contract or the first day of tearoff. a better place would have given us the color samples along with the shingle samples.
the roof vents and roof jacks were painted to match the color of the gutters. this was fine for about six months, but then the paint began to peel, especially where the barcode stickers were. my guess is that they didn’t prime the metal properly before painting. or, maybe they used «goo gone» where the stickers used to be and the paint didn’t adhere. or, maybe they applied the paint to the metal after leaving it in the sun too long. no matter the reason, these are avoidable and even a handyman such as myself knows to avoid these pitfalls.
we didn’t get any excess materials — not one extra shingle, no extra touch up paint for the gutters, etc. a better place would at least offer it.
they didn’t ask us where we wanted any of the downspouts, and they moved a couple of them. we have a major drainage issue on the north side of our house and they placed half the downspouts there. they could have consulted us or at least placed the downspouts as far downgrade as possible. they also allowed one downspout to remain at the front of the house where the front stoop is. it dumps onto the stoop when it easily could have been eliminated and diverted to another downspout that takes the water away from the front entrance. it would have been nice if they were better trained to think about where they are having hundreds of gallons of water dumped.
where our gable roof meets our turret, i would have preferred they build a cricket. they didn’t mention it or offer it as an option.
with stucco houses it’s good practice to chip away stucco to counter flash under the stucco. when they patched the stucco they did a poor job of matching the texture. i would have rather done it myself (i’ve done some stucco work before) or subbed it out to a stucco contractor to get a better look.
when we called for service (to repaint the peeling paint on the vents/​roof jacks) it took several follow-​up calls and was finally fixed on the third visit (one visit to see the problem, one visit wasted because they didn’t have the right paint, one visit to do it).
overall they did a good enough job on a difficult roof. there weren’t any leaks during the process (it did rain a couple times during the job, but they took the proper precautions). there aren’t any leaks now and i’m confident the roof will last a decent amount of time. but the office isn’t on point and the workers were basically just trying to get through the job without thinking through some of the finer details.

Berkeley Roof Services has consistently provided our general contracting firm with great service and product for many years. We’ve also referred them to many clients who’ve hired them independently and they’ve always been pleased. Joe Cunliffe, is particularly qualified at providing expert analysis and competitive prices which are followed by an organized, professional installation. Obviously, roofing is a high-​impact property improvement. I am confident you will find that BRS will perform your project as careful, friendly, and expert professionals.

From beginning to end, dealing with BRS was a great experience. The estimator spent 45 minutes with me explaining materials, design and process. The price was better than I expected, and quite a bit cheaper than another bid I got for the exact same work. The crew cleaned up each evening, and was done in less than 3 days. I cannot recommend these guys high enough.

How many people can say that they’ve used a contractor for YEARS and never had a problem? Christoph has run this company with utmost care and professionalism. He’s a problem solver as well. Once I had a parapet type roof problem where he made sure the slope of the roof was correct so the drains could do their job… previous roof company just slapped a new surface on it which leaked. 5 stars for Christoph!