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"Anthony Jakupca was a pleasure to work with. His company cleaned the asphalt tiles on my 3,000 sq. ft. ranch home. The tiles, which are a lighter brown, were black from leaves, mold and moss. Anthony came to the house to evaluate the problem and was able to find a product to remove the stains without power washing the roof. He first did a small test area to prove that the product worked and then spent five hours restoring the roof to its original color. Anthony and his team are extremely professional and experienced. There was no mess to clean up after they finished and they even washed my skylights. I would recommend Butler Building"

"Adam, co-owner, arrived dressed in very nice dark slacks and a light blue button-down shirt. I should mention that Adam's arrival was a complete shock to me. I had mixed up the dates and assumed our appointment was the following week. Thankfully, Adam, arrived on the date we had agreed upon. And, though I didn't recall the time at the moment he drove up, I am sure he was punctual. I told Adam that since he was here, yes, let's take a look at the basement so he could give me a price to paint my basement floor. But, according to Adam, I had agreed to hire him on the spot when we talked. He also said he had purchased all the materials and was ready to work. Though I don't recall all the details of our conversation, I can say that Adam would be the first contractor/handyman who gave me a quote without seeing the job first. For example, other people I interviewed, wanted to see the condition the floor, measure it so they would know how much paint to buy, etc. I don't recall Adam giving me a price over the phone, but I decided to take his word for it. I felt bad that he could have scheduled another job in my time slot and since he also had already purchased the materials, I agreed to let him do the work. What I did recall about our conversation was that I explained to him that I wanted the floor painted because plumbers had to break the floor in two areas to get to the pipes underneath and that they re-cemented the floor, pretty clumsily. I wanted to even out these patches and have a clean, painted, nice looking floor. I also asked him to hang a mirror in my dining room. Adam assured me he could handle the job satisfactorily. Since, I hadn't expected him, I had to hurriedly clean off the basement floor. There were bags and bags of linen and dog blankets, etc. Adam did volunteer to move the remaining 4 or 5 boxes of pillows and blankets. Before we entered the basement, he had said that he typically starts a job by cleaning the floor with a shop vac. However, once he saw my basement floor, he said it was pretty clean and asked to use my push broom (it was nearby) to sweep the floor. We chatted a little and then, I remembered, I wanted the sink stand holding the utility sink cleaned of rust and painted black. He said he had some black flat paint and agreed to do it. I got busy doing yard work in the backyard, when I rounded the front, he was sitting in his truck. He exited the truck and I said, something to the effect that I guess he was waiting for the etching solution to dry. He said, it only takes about 10 minutes to dry. He also said the etching solution was environmentally safe, which I liked, and odor-free. Sometime later, I decided to take a look at his progress. He had already painted some of the floor. I realized immediately that he had not cleaned the rust off of the stand for the utility sink, nor painted it black. I asked him about this, thinking he just overlooked it. But, he said the stand was too brittle to be painted. I told him a couple of other people had looked at it and found the stand sound. He said he would check the stand again. Adam's fee is $155 per hour and $99 for every hour thereafter. He estimated that the job would take 2.5 hours. I was impressed that he was finished right about that time, maybe a few minutes more. However, he said he had another appointment and didn't have time to hang the mirror. He added that he thinks the sink stand could be cleaned of rust and painted, rather than be tossed out. We looked at the floor together, and I told him it looked good. It was still wet and shiny. He told me not to walk on it for 48 hours. Yesterday, I walked on it. I was surprised to hear a crunchy sound. The sound comes from stepping on the epoxy flakes Adam added to the floor, per my wishes. I hope the crunchy sound isn't permanent. As far as the floor's appearance, it's just okay. Maybe I was expecting too much. But, I thought the re-cemented areas would have been blended in so that I would have a nice, clean, smooth looking floor. The outlines of the re-cemented areas show through the paint as well as stained areas and areas that were covered in old paint. It just looks like paint was rolled over the existing floor with little or no prep work done. Based on my information, the cement and other areas could have been sanded by hand, or with a hand-held tool called a grinder, to smooth out the rough edges. But, maybe the Clean n Etch could have done the same thing. Adam said it drys in 10 minutes. I happened to come across a bottle of Clean n Etch at Home Depot yesterday and it advises no foot traffic for 2 hours after application and no top coat for 24 hours. I am not accusing Adam of not applying any Clean n Etch, but I wonder how useful it was if the paint was applied on top of it before the solution actually cured. I can only hope that the paint job will last for years, as Adam said it would. Finally, the idea of the epoxy flakes is that they are spread haphazardly, and they were., but maybe too much so. One area has a huge cluster of flakes and nearby areas are sparse, it looks as if a bag of flakes was dumped in one area and remaining flakes spread sparsely."

"The service person was prompt, explained the tests and we had the results within a week."

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"On time service done in timely manner. Very satisfied in work done and clean up."

"This is our 3rd time hiring Ray and his team for a deep cleaning project at our house, and like every time, we are absolutely thrilled with the results! This time we had a basement (both finished and unfinished rooms) that had undergone some renovations and needed to be deep cleaned, including window and wall washing, vacuuming, mopping, and just wiping down everything absolutely thoroughly to get rid of all of the dust from the renovation. Ray and his team are the pinnacle of professional, thoughtful, friendly, and detail oriented, and really go above and beyond. Everything was absolutely spotless when they finished. Ray came out personally ahead of the job to discuss exactly what I wanted to have done and come up with a detailed plan, and was able to fit me in to the schedule very quickly. He was also present for the entire job, which was a great help since I had some specific instructions for certain areas of the basement, and I could rest easy knowing he would communicate my wishes to his team. They were so kind as to haul away some old carpeting for me, and even changed the light bulbs and replaced a broken light fixture for me! The basement is now cleaner than it's ever been, with noticeably clearer air quality. Best of all, Ray was able to take care of a project that would have taken me weeks to get straightened out to this level within just a matter of hours, and we are now very happily enjoying the space again. I could not recommend Ray more highly!"

"I have some level of disappointment because Acculevel was unable to lift the patio back to its original position. That being said, I think the challenges they encountered would have been encountered by anyone else, and some of the other one-man mudjacking operations who wanted to use buckets or wheelbarrows to carry slurry back to my patio probably would have given up earlier. I chose Acculevel because they use foam instead of slurry (which should last much longer), they had a 300 foot hose solving problems with access to the backyard (I live on a steep slope with retaining walls), and I had more confidence selecting them compared to independent one-man operations who do mudjacking. Their price wasn't the highest bid I received but it wasn't the lowest. I thought it was fair given the foam is a higher quality product. The crew actually arrived an hour early, which actually wasn't ideal but not a big deal (a call would have been nice). They worked hard and I suspect they were there much longer than they had originally envisioned. They did a nice job sealing all cracks when they were done with a high-quality crack filler which most of the mudjacking guys told me they don't do. The good crack filler can be messy and difficult to work with so this was a nice little bonus. Although they couldn't get the patio back to where it was, they worked hard to do the best they could without risking damage to the retaining wall. At least with the foam they use, I have confidence it won't sink anymore."

"Joe is an excellent and honest plumber. He answered my call immediately and was able to come over on the same day. He took the time to diagnose and figure out the problem before automatically start snaking out the sewer main (which it didn’t need) like most plumbers would have done. He was very conscious on trying to fix the problem as economically as possible without performing any unnecessary services. That is hard to find nowadays . Unfortunately, most trades do that, but not Joe! I highly recommend his services. I will use him again!"

"Came on time and upmfront with cost. Did test and didn’t need remediation. Friendly service. Was a little more expensive up front but liked the reviews."

"The service people arrived on time. They had to replace our whole system. Our pump room is old and yucky. They just went to work tearing out and putting in the new. There was no clean up for us to do!"