Bruce E Tinkham Construction

Fifty-three permits, and almost every one of them is a roof. Bruce E Tinkham works out of Danvers and the permit trail says roofing far more clearly than any marketing does — commercial TPO and fully-adhered rubber systems on Danvers, Beverly and Peabody buildings running from about $9,000 to $88,000, and asphalt shingle work on houses. A 2021 permit covers stripping a shingle roof to the wood deck at 57 Pond Street in Marblehead and installing a new GAF Timberline HDZ system; the permitted jobs run 2015 through 2021. On paper the credential is a Massachusetts construction supervisor specialty licence, CSSL-099977, which BuildZoom lists with roofing, insulation, and windows-and-siding endorsements attached and describes as active as of July 2026. That is the directory's claim, not a state confirmation, and it is worth checking directly with the Department of Public Safety. A separate sheet metal licence, #2829, is listed as inactive and at one point cancelled. What is missing is the part homeowners usually lean on hardest: nobody has written a review. There is no star rating anywhere, and the BuildZoom score of 81 is calculated from permits and licence status, not from customers — the page itself notes it does not rank in the top half of Massachusetts contractors. This reads as a roofer, despite a profile that advertises kitchen, bathroom, basement and whole-home remodeling. If the job is a roof on the North Shore, the permit history is real and specific. Ask for recent references, confirm the CSSL and its endorsements with the state, and get certificates of general liability and workers' comp before work starts.