We are located in Los Angeles, CA. We own a commercial building and we are a factory shop with a flat roof.. We recently hired an independent roofer to install a new torched-down roof. We told him that we are going to use a finance company to fund the money, and he agreed. We had a contract, and the job started with problems. We fronted 50% of the money in the first 2 weeks for material and tear-off labor. Fortunately, it rained during the last few days of the construction. So we knew 3 spots were leaking even though the roof was all "sealed" then. They said they were going to fix it. Now the roof is "completed" last week, it's still leaking from the same spots before. We water tested our roof 2 days after the inspector came. The same spots leaked. I went up the roof with the roofer, we saw many spots there were sealed properly. He said he was going to walk the whole roof and seal everything. Suddenly everything changed on the next visit, they spent 10mins on the roof with a torch gun, pretending to seal the leaking spots. Then came to me and said they were not going to do anything more until they get paid the other 50% and threatened to put a lien on us. When I asked him about the leaking spots he said we fixed, and if theres a problem you got a 10 year warranty. Now we need to get paid. I told him the job isnt finished because its still leaking(we just confirmed it today with a water hose, same spots leaked). Then he said, you water tested my roof without me being there, that itself voids the warranty(I think hes just lying) Then he started to make a scene about how we were not being honest and him giving us the best deal ever. I told him we want to pay you but not without the money from the financing company. They can only pay you if you give them the final sign-off and an invoice for the project cost. They tried to lie to me about the yellow job card being the final sign-off when it lacks the final signature from the inspector. And they said they cant provide an invoice because an invoice means its paid for already. Anyways, they took off after I told him to contact the financing company, if they pay us , we pay you, send everything to them and see if they are going to approve it. In fact, i know that the financing company wont approve it because the yellow job card is missing a final signature. Now I havent heard from them in 3 days and we water tested our roof again, same spots leaking. I understand that if the roof has any problems we can ask them to fix it. And if they dont come to fix it we can call their bond company to pay for the damage. But what if they come out to "fix" the roof everytime theres a leak but doesnt do anything? Are they going to pay for the labor if we take like an hour to clean up the leaking water? I dont want the quality of the job to come down to the warranty. Because they keep on trying to cheat us and not playing fair. We dont have any confidence in the work they performed. We will put up solar panels on top of the roof next month. And if it starts leaking then, its gonna be a huge mess. I dont know whats going to happen going forward whether they will just leave it like this and put a lien on the building, thinking thats gonna get their money back. Even if they come back and "fix" the spots, even if they can pass another water test. I think its only gonna get worse as time goes on. TL, DR: We hired an independent roofer to install a new roof. The roof leaked during the last few days of constructions and is still leaking after their so-called "repairs" since we water tested it 2 times. We are using a financing company to fund the money, but we fronted the material cost and $8000 for tear-off labor. The financing company wont pay a dime unless they have the city's final sign-off, which requires a final signature as of now. The roof started being an asshole and refused to do any more repair unless they get paid(it shouldn't even be considered repairs because I think the job isn't even done.)What is my best move going forward? Thanks What would be the best thing or strategy going forward with these crooks? They are not the kind of people who would want to have a calm discussion. I just want a good roof that does not leak and for last 10+ years, which it should. Should I even think about paying them when the roof is still leaking so that they can perform the repair? Should I try to seek legal actions because I have 0 confidence in the durability of the roof now? With solar panels up there its gonna be a huge mess if it starts leaking and cracking. Please help, I am the project manager, and my boss just wants to wait it out. I am having a lof anxiety thinking about dealing with these assholes everyday.
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