Madison Insulation and Mold Remediation

John originally came to clean the gutters on my parents' house by way of a pre-paid gift certificate from my aunt and uncle. He returned my call with an hour of leaving a voicemail. Luckily he was just finishing some work in the neighborhood and realized he could still fit our job in before the end of the work day. He arrived 10 min later and did quick and excellent work. During pleasant conversation with my father, he learned we could occasionally hear flying squirrels gnawing on wood somewhere over our living room. John took a good look around our roof and attic vents and alerted us to a very small gap at the base of our chimney. Since he would still be in the neighborhood the following day, John offered to come back and repair the gap. My father agreed and John returned as promised. Knowing that we adored these flying squirrels and wanted no harm to come to them, he made noise to coax them out, double checked EVERYONE had evacuated and then made the needed repair. When my father pulled out his checkbook to pay for this additional work, John refused any compensation. Instead, he just asked that in the future we refer any friends or neighbors who might need similar work. This guy is professional, kind and very talented. We would definitely hire him again!

It did not go well. The description on the site was that he would do a blower door and would use an infrared gun to be able to look at the insulation pockets in our home. He was unable to do either one of those things. He did not have the right equipment to be able to do what he had advertised being able to do. He was somewhat prompt. But then, I asked him to do this stuff. When he came out initially he said, he was unable to. He said he would be trying to get his equipment replaced or repaired and he would get in touch with us. That never happened.

Arrangement for this was done earlier , he arrived with the time frame given.  Removing the old one and replacing it.  Checking to see it works well, and it still does.  He cleaned up after himself.  I had no problem with the replacement service with him.

Not much to say , work was arranged he came , a bit later then mention but he called ahead and inform me.  During the work , he found a minor problem let me know about it and I ask if he could do it either now or later.  He had the time and was able to do the work , so no extra arranging of time was needed.  When smoothly.

John came out and jumped right up on the roof.  I was worried that the roof was shot over the garage.  Within minutes, he sealed up a few spots where the shingles were worn from a old satellite dish, and then reassured me that the roof has several years before it needs to be replaced.  This is after I got a recommendation for a new roof by a different contractor.  He then commenced to clean out my gutters, re-positioned the gutter angle, and fixed a few  broken connections.  He also gave me a few recommendations for proper runoff of the gutters. <br /> <br /> John then came in the house to install two bathroom fans.  Both bathrooms were missing fans when I purchased the home.  John warned me that I was creating a situation that is very mold-inviting.  He not only installed the fans, but he also did a remediation of the possible spots of early mold growth. Both my bathrooms and myself are breathing better these days. <br /> <br /> At the end of the day, John showed me how my dryer vent on the outside of my house was offset to the dryer duct work.  He cut a new hole to properly align the duct work and then reconnected everything.  To finish off the day, John cleaned out my dryer vent and probably saved my house in the process; there was a lot of junk in that duct. :) <br /> <br /> I would use Madison Insulation and Mold Remediation again; I will use them again, as this house needs a lot of help.  I don't care what the negative people say on this company and neither should you.  If you want a good person to bring back the safety and reliability of your home for years to come, give John a call.

Went very well.  John was prompt and very helpful explaining things to us.  He went way above what he was paid for and we are very grateful for his help..I dont believe we will ever have a  problem agiain but if we do, I will most certainly call John at Madison Insulation first!! <br />

When smoothly , arrived within time given.  Inspected and offered advise , and work when smoothly as expected.  Had to leave for a short bit to get an item but back within a reasonable time.

Not much to say , John did this after I mention I had a problem with it.  Working it into his schedule.  Works well now.

John came over within a day of calling the company.  He quickly showed me cracks in the brick foundation from the outside of the house.  He assured me that he could take care of the problem from inside the crawl space by sealing the crawl space and fixing the vapor barrier in the crawl space.  <br /> John was incredibly knowledgeable and courteous.  I have a roommate that works third shift and sleeps during the day.  John arranged his schedule to make sure that my roommate would not lose sleep while he did his work.  That was very thoughtful of him.  He also showed me a few more possible repairs that could be done on the house to cut my energy bill in half.  I know, I couldn't believe the idea of cutting my energy bill in half, but I am already seeing a significant difference in my bedroom and bathroom.  <br /> Overall, I will hire John back this spring to help seal up the rest of the house as well as take on a few bathroom fans that need to be installed to control moisture, so I don't have mold issues.  He also will make some adjustment to the HVAC as now the house is heating better.  I highly recommend Madison Insulation and Mold Remediation; if you want to care for your home, you should give John a call. <br />

Overall I'm very pleased with the work John has done. He clearly knows his stuff and held true to his initial comment that if he found something that needed to be fixed, he'd fix it at no extra charge. Unfortunately his guarantee wound up being expensive for him since he found the duct work in my attic was a complete mess and fixed it, which he had not initially planned on. But I very much appreciate him keeping his word and fixing the ducts as well as electrical, venting, and other little things that were messed up. (My house was updated 2 owners ago and while the owner had great enthusiasm for remodeling, had very little expertise, resulting in a lot of unpleasant surprises.) <br /> <br /> We had a communication glitch about halfway through the project. Due to some health issues, he didn't come for a few days, nor did he call when he said he would. After we discussed it, John has been excellent about keeping me updated as to when he'll be at the house and what work will be done. His extra effort has been reassuring for me. <br /> <br /> The foam insulation John and his crew installed in the basement, crawl spaces, add-on entry way, and attic has already had a positive effect, as has caulking cracks in the walls allowing cold air from the attic into the bedrooms. I have a new bathroom exhaust fan that actually takes air in and is vented out of the house instead of into the soffit which resulted in mold and rust issues. As soon as John has crew available he will blow cellulose insulation into my attic. <br /> <br /> John has been fun to work with and his work has gotten me the results I wanted. <br /> <br /> UPDATE: It's been one month since I wrote this review, which I wrote before the work was completely finished as a favor to John as he was starting another Angie's List deal and wanted me to mention the work he'd done. It's also been a month since I heard from John. The work that is finished continues to be great, but I have 36 bales of cellulose insulation stacked in my garage. A friend helped me move it in because I needed the parking space. I also have his insulation blower, hose, shop vac, and a bunch of tools, as well as some extra foam insulation laying around my house, yard, and garage. Little did I know when I purchased this house that my 2 car garage would be used to store my contractor's tools and materials! <br /> <br /> I have left several voice mails and texts as well as two emails asking John to contact me and I have heard nothing. The human part of me hopes that he and his family are ok. The homeowner part of me wants him to get his butt back over here and finish the last part of the job, or at least call me to tell me when he thinks he'll be able to get here.  <br /> <br /> John is great when he's here. When he's not here, it's frustrating.

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Great. Complete examination of my house: things I could do right away for improvement, and what I needed to replace, and what I could do in the future.

They used a blower-door and thermal imaging system to identify areas of potential energy loss.  He was very thorough and highly informative. Waiting for a response to my request for an itemized list of conservation measures and associated cost / energy savings. <br />

John was very professional and responsive. They arrived when they said they would ( a rare occurrence, we have discovered, when dealing with several other providers). We got three bids and they were right in the middle. The staff was professional and courteous and the quality of the work was very good. Wish everyone we worked with on our basement remodel were as good as these folks. <br />

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He shows on 1JUL14 with shorts and keens (sandals) on to work in an attic. <br /> He works for an hour or so and then tells us that we do not have ventilation holes in our soffits and he and is companion would be back tomorrow to start sparying foam in the basement. <br /> He doesn't show on 2JUL.  He doesn't answer phone calls or texts. <br /> He doesn't show on 3JUL.  He doesn't answer my calls.  He answers my wife's call at 1130 hrs and tell her he had the stomach flu and then coughs....... <br /> We then checked CCAP, https://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl,  and found several unpaid judgements against him/BPI and several other convictions. <br /> We fired him at that point and asked for our money back. <br /> We had him put in Angie's List's penalty box. <br /> Two months later he paid our $1,700 back to us. <br />

I initially purchased the home energy audit from BPI in November.  There was a bit of time that lapsed after the initial contact and then a crazy game of phone tag for a matter of weeks.  As it turned out, John was dealing with some health issues at the time that have not been resolved with surgery.  When he came to our home to conduct the energy audit, he was definitely still on the mend.  With that being said, he was professional, helpful and thorough.  We definitely have a better idea of what needs to be completed to improve the energy performance of our home. <br />

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John did an excellent job showing us where we could address issues with our home.  He approached it from a building science standpoint and was extremely informative.  I'd expect to get the same amount of information from a lengthy, paid seminar for contractors.  I also appreciate that John was frank with me about how best to approach future energy efficiency projects with our home.  I wasn't pressured into buying additional services, and was given a fair quote for the other services we discussed.  John did say that he's got a smaller operation now, so contact might be delayed.  He was prompt at returning calls, though, and when showing up for the initial appointment. <br />

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It was excellent. On time, professional, cleaned up after themselves. I can't say enough about them. The guy was perfect. He was credible and gave me an education as he described the job to me. There was one guy helping him, and he was very careful and scrupulous to see that everything was cleaned up.

It turned out wonderful. He was very polite and gave us all of the information that we needed and answered all of our questions.