After reading the reviews from a few dissatisfied customers <br /> with regards to elevated pricing, my husband and I still decided to investigate <br /> Retrofoam as an option for the east wall of our house and the walls and ceiling <br /> of one room (which is an add on with only 3 inches of roll-style insulation in <br /> the walls and ceiling). Due to the ceiling only having about 4 inches space, blow <br /> in attic insulation company could not get in there to blow insulation in. This room is 10-20 degrees hotter than the <br /> rest of the house and foam was the only option. <br /> Alex was our rep and his presentation at the house was informative. He <br /> informed us that they are the only company that has the rights or licenses to <br /> use this type of foam, which does not have formaldehyde. The quoted price was about $2200 for the east <br /> walls of our house and the ceiling of the one room. They gave us info for a company that could do <br /> a home improvement loan for us. Alex <br /> left with our $600 deposit check and a tentative schedule date for about a <br /> month later. We immediately called the <br /> home loan company and to our extreme surprise, we did not qualify with <br /> them. Our debt-to- income ratio is exceptionally <br /> low and our credit scores are fairly high. <br /> This company offers a 6 month, no interest loan, but after the 6 months, <br /> the interest rate jumps through the roof. <br /> Due to our low debt-to-income ratio, it was very feasible that we would <br /> have the amount paid off in 6 months and then the loan company wouldn’t make <br /> any money; therefore we feel we were declined for this reason. Not having $2200 cash, we immediately notified <br /> Alex the same day that we had not been approved and needed to reexamine if we <br /> could afford to move forward. Two days <br /> later, our $600 check was cashed anyway. Although this made me a bit nervous and uneasy, Patrick explained that he makes it a practice to deposit the checks right away so that they are not laying around and he reassured me that if we decided to <br /> not move ahead, they would refund out $600. <br /> We looked around at two other companies which were about <br /> half the price, however it appears to be true that Retrofoam is the only one <br /> that does not use formaldehyde in their product. <br /> After several weeks of reorganizing our financing, we decided <br /> we could move forward with just the add-on room of the house, which was the hottest. <br /> We called Alex to ask him to look at <br /> the measurements of that room from his notes from his visit and give us a price <br /> for just that room to include walls and ceiling. We never heard back. For weeks my husband called and emailed <br /> numerous times and never heard back from him. <br /> We ended up calling Patrick, who told us he would touch base with Alex <br /> and we should hear back. Still, we heard <br /> back nothing from either of them. We were <br /> very dissatisfied with this company at this point, and had there been any other <br /> company who could do this, we would have gone with another company. Finally, after about a month, we heard back <br /> from Alex on a price for only the ceiling of that room (which incidentally <br /> would cost $1,000 which is their minimum job). After repeated detailed <br /> exchanges with both Alex and Patrick in attempt to clarify that we were looking <br /> to do the wall and the ceiling of that room, they finally gave us the price - <br /> $1400! With continued reassurance from <br /> phone conversations with both Patrick and Alex, guaranteeing it would decrease <br /> the heat transferred into that room from outside by approximately 85%, we <br /> agreed to move forward and keep our original schedule date. We never received a confirmation call from <br /> them the week of the scheduled date and we actually had to call them, twice, to <br /> make sure we were still set for that date and time. <br /> The day of the install, two gentlemen showed up on time to <br /> do the work, however Alex had given them the wrong order and price of work to <br /> be done, which was very frustrating after all the poor customer service we had <br /> received thus far. After a phone call to <br /> Alex, we got it straightened out and the workers began. I was satisfied with the two who were there to <br /> do the install; they demonstrated patience, professionalism, and seemed to take <br /> good care of our property. <br /> However, we were left with no paperwork or information on <br /> the foam or what to expect from the product. <br /> The reason I bring that up is because starting that evening there was a <br /> strange “burning” odor coming form that room that just kept getting worse, but <br /> I had no idea if this was normal and to be expected because I was given no <br /> information for after the install. <br /> On the second day of having the foam installed, the room is <br /> NO cooler than it was, and in fact, it actually seems to be hotter than it was <br /> before. We called Alex to requests them <br /> to come out with the thermal gun and troubleshoot. He was scheduled to come out the following week, however on the 6th <br /> day after install, (the day Alex was scheduled to come out) the room finally actually started <br /> to feel cooler than it had. I texted him and asked him if there was a ‘cure’ or ‘set’ time for the product because we were just now noticing a difference. He then informed me that there is indeed a <br /> “cure time” of 48 hours, and that is why he suspects we didn’t feel a difference. As to why were not told this at this initial <br /> presentation, during or after install, or when I called him upset the following <br /> night after install reporting no difference in the temperature of the room, I have no idea. The room is not necessarily the same temperature of the house, but it is maybe 3-4 degrees warmer, verses <br /> the previous 10-15 degrees warmer., which is what we were told it would do, and it appears to work as informed. <br /> <br /> Update: company has responded that this was not an a name or address that they did service work for. However that is incorrect. This is a shared account with the co-owner of the property who has a second house in NC. This house in Mesa, AZ, to which service was provided by retro foam, is listed as the"vacation" home on the Angie's List account. Patrick infarct called us a few days later to confirm. Patrick met with us at our house a few days later to discuss the review and their customer service. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />