Griffitts Exterior Home Designs Inc. has been helping homeowners in Springfield, Illinois repair and remodel their homes for years. Our services include durable and architecturally designed roofing, beautiful low-maintenance insulated siding, thermal energy efficient custom windows and decks. We specialize in those distinctive details which make your home special.
We are a full service Illinois Contracting company. Griffitts Exterior Home Designs Inc. uses only the highest quality materials to ensure your roof or remodeled home will look beautiful for years to come.
We are a full service Illinois Contracting company. Griffitts Exterior Home Designs Inc. uses only the highest quality materials to ensure your roof or remodeled home will look beautiful for years to come.
Services
Griffitts Exterior is a well established, professionally managed and professionally staffed commercial and residential exterior services and products company whom firmly believes that your complete satisfaction is the reason we are in business. We are a Central Illinois industry leader in installing and maintaining high performance, long term, fully integrated exterior systems.
In the early 1950s Harley, Harold, Harry, Horace established a residential restoration company which emphasized and delivered only the highest quality craftsmanship, and superior residential exterior products backed by the best warranties. The emphasis on quality earned the brothers the recognition and respect of the community and the company took off.
Professional installers have long preferred the rugged, dependable performance that only a GAF roof can offer, and have made our Timberline Shingles with Advanced Protection the #1 selling shingle brand in North America! Ranked #1 in Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in the Past Two Years, Brand Used the Most, Highest Quality Brand in Remodeling 2015 Brand User Awards for Ridge Vent Systems. Winner of 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 Womens Choice Award, with 9 out of 10 female customers highly recommending the brand to others.
Reviews (2)
Olchik
Jan 31, 2020
I had horrible experience with Steve Griffitts. He fixed my roof in 2015. He did 3 jobs: shingle part of the roof, car port roof and a patch in the corner of the rubber part of the roof. That corner part did not leak, but they offered a patch because there was a "soft spot" there. Roof started to leak right after they put the patch. He said it was not his problem, it was a gap between siding and the drippage next to where they put patch.
I said the roof did not leak before the patch, but started right after you worked on it. He put caulk there and it did not leak for 3 years. Now, in August 2018, it started to leak again. He came and said the caulk had worn out, but refused to fix my roof. Also he did not put overhang around the shingle part of the roof. He did not cover the pipe with the shingles correctly and when it rained, water came inside of my house, in utility room.
They fixed car port roof, but left the top part of the wall of the house adjacent to car port uncovered and now I have naked wood on that part of the wall in my house. When it rains, I guess the wood absorbs the water. They also did not put fascia on the front of the house and now when it rains, water comes inside of my house through the window. I put some caulk from the inside in the window. It helped, but not much. Now I have to hire people to fix all these problems. I have pictures if you want to see these.
I said the roof did not leak before the patch, but started right after you worked on it. He put caulk there and it did not leak for 3 years. Now, in August 2018, it started to leak again. He came and said the caulk had worn out, but refused to fix my roof. Also he did not put overhang around the shingle part of the roof. He did not cover the pipe with the shingles correctly and when it rained, water came inside of my house, in utility room.
They fixed car port roof, but left the top part of the wall of the house adjacent to car port uncovered and now I have naked wood on that part of the wall in my house. When it rains, I guess the wood absorbs the water. They also did not put fascia on the front of the house and now when it rains, water comes inside of my house through the window. I put some caulk from the inside in the window. It helped, but not much. Now I have to hire people to fix all these problems. I have pictures if you want to see these.
Mjk
Jan 10, 2020
The worst experience with a contractor I've ever had. You'll have to prod everyone just to get the bare minimum. No one will tell you when anything is going to occur. People just show up whenever they feel like it. They will cut corners so they can hurry on to the next project, then grudgingly fix sloppy workmanship. Prepare to get blown off unless it's time to hand over a check.
You'll have problems show up with your project the same month it's completed. Big on talk, short on results. Notice in the pictures how the siding is warping because it was installed without room for expansion. That side of the house gets the most sun and the heat immediately warped the siding. Most of the window trim was off by a quarter to a half inch.
They either did sloppy caulking or did not caulk where they should have. Siding was installed crooked and wavy by my front door. They were fine with leaving the job this way until I pointed it out and that's where things soured. They fixed the sloppy work that I found, however, I didn't find it all before I mailed in the check. They were so rough with installing the siding around my furnace pipes that the inlet pipe was pulled off the furnace in my basement.
They managed to do this from outside the house. This is just the worst of it. They left nails and cigarette butts everywhere. Still finding them two years later. Still have not been contacted about my warped siding. They insisted there was a 3 year workmanship guarantee. Apparently they do not stand behind their work or honor their guarantee. If you don't have the leverage of payment to get them to fix their work, it's not going to happen.
You'll have problems show up with your project the same month it's completed. Big on talk, short on results. Notice in the pictures how the siding is warping because it was installed without room for expansion. That side of the house gets the most sun and the heat immediately warped the siding. Most of the window trim was off by a quarter to a half inch.
They either did sloppy caulking or did not caulk where they should have. Siding was installed crooked and wavy by my front door. They were fine with leaving the job this way until I pointed it out and that's where things soured. They fixed the sloppy work that I found, however, I didn't find it all before I mailed in the check. They were so rough with installing the siding around my furnace pipes that the inlet pipe was pulled off the furnace in my basement.
They managed to do this from outside the house. This is just the worst of it. They left nails and cigarette butts everywhere. Still finding them two years later. Still have not been contacted about my warped siding. They insisted there was a 3 year workmanship guarantee. Apparently they do not stand behind their work or honor their guarantee. If you don't have the leverage of payment to get them to fix their work, it's not going to happen.
