Kennedy Roofing Specialists – Roofing Contractor in Barberton, Ohio

We read all the five-star reviews before hiring and thought they must be a good company. Regrets! Regrets! Regrets! The roofing job we received from Kennedy Roofing Specialists was not what we expected from a professional roofing company. I could make this review two pages long, but I will only hit the highlights. They left old nails and staples in the roof deck during the tear-off process. They didn't show up with enough wood to make necessary repairs to some damaged/rotted wood areas. I had to give them extra wood that I had left over from a home improvement job I was doing. They actually left a piece of water damaged wood over our front porch and the owner, John Kennedy, had an initial response of denying it and saying that they never leave any “bad” wood on roofs. They did not demonstrate “good roofing practices”. For example, they did not overlap ALL the hips of our hip roof while installing the underlayment for the new shingles. THEY DIDN'T EVEN USE NAILS TO ATTACH THE DRIP EDGE TO OUR DETACHED GARAGE AND HALF OF OUR HOME! Instead, they attempted to use T-50 staples with a tack hammer and many of the staples are bent and mangled because they could not fully pierce the drip edge and so our new shingles are resting on all this shrapnel. The side of our garage now has asphalt streaks and gouges in the vinyl siding from sloppy/careless shingle removal and clean-up. We chose CertainTeed Landmark PRO shingles and this roofing company didn't even follow the manufacturer's directions for installing them properly and also didn't use the manufacturer recommended starter strips OR the recommended alternative starter strips!!!! This has caused the shingles to not “seal” down on an area on the front of the house. After finding so many issues we had to hire a home inspector to come out and officially document all of the deficiencies so we can proceed with getting this brand-new roof completely replaced by a different company that will do the job correctly this time. Learn from our mistake!!!! Save yourself time, money, and aggravation. DO NOT USE THIS ROOFING CONTRACTOR!

Excellent job!! On time and reasonably priced. Definately use him again.

Excellent work. Friendly, polite and professional crew. Price was great too! Highly recommend!