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"Install Lightning Protection. WB Lightning Rod. Co."

"Seamus Donohue was a man who knew his subject - lightning. He came to our home quickly, and scheduled installation immediately after we made a decision. The men who came to do the installation were professional, careful and took time to make sure the results were as "invisible" as possible. We hope never to have a lightning strike again at our home, but as the weather patterns change, we fear that is more possible than in the past. We feel more protected after our lightning protection installation. But you never know how successful something is if the proof is in something never happening! But we'll take it."

"On time, thorough, clean, no-nonsense installation. Thanks very much."

"They are prompt. They are very good. Really responsible. The People that come to your house are very nice and kind. They are respectful, they also use shoes cover to protect floor. the people across the street also hire them."

"They called promptly, set an appointment quickly and in a very short time frame, and kept the appointment flawlessly. And to my delight, got my charging station installed same day!"

"Have had 4 furnaces installed and several repairs performed over the years. Always timely and good service."

"Sierra did a great job. Ran new electric and installed our Govee lights. Even took the time to help us download app on phone so we can control the lights."

Please Note we are not Electricians and only furnish and install Lightning Protection systems. With over 20 years experience in the home lightning protection, B & B Lightning Protection is your industry expert in the New Jersey area. We pride ourselves on our extreme professionalism and attention to detail. Our customer satisfaction guarantee will assure you we will not leave your property until you are completely satisfied with our work. As a family owned and operated business, you can trust that we will treat your home as we would treat our own. Give us a call today, we look forward to working with you!

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In a nutshell:

Carpentry:  Excellent

Communications skills: Abysmal.

I joined Angie's list due to work this man had performed at a new neighbor's home a block from us.  She did warn me of "difficulty"  in communicating with him due to a hearing or other issue and all was via e-mail with exception of recent text messages.

First contact was a year ago.  He had several personal health and family issues over this year  which led to his beginning the job  yesterday.  He was to have been here on Monday but ran into an issue of inspector timing on another job so began yesterday morning after he apologized and then said he would be here all day until totally finished on Tuesday. 

He arrived at about 9:30am--all seemed great, things were progressing well. My husband had already had to do some work which was necessary due to recent rain and the inability of Mr. Andrews to come when originally hoped (he was ill)  Mr. Andrews seemed pleased with what had been done and with the materials we had there although my husband had apparently gotten the wrong insulation.  Mr. Andrews spoke to my husband on the phone and I took photos of the opening to more fully explain to my husband what was happening/why the insulation he bought was the wrong kind.  Mr. Andrews did leave for a short while yesterday to get some shims.  I went outside at about 3 pm--curious to see the progress. About half of the work was done, the work area was still set up but he and his son were not there.  I came around to the front of the house to see Mr. Andrews and his son begin driving away.  I walked up to front of yard near the street where they pulled over to the curb.  It was very hot and muggy, Mr. Andrews told me he couldn't work any more that day--was not up to it health wise since he was just very ill for a couple of weeks.  I am an RN and fully understood and told him his health came first. They said they would be back in the morning.   I did think it was odd that they did not make any effort to tell me or text me before they were driving away.  It was a total coincidence that I happened to come out when I did.  It ended up raining about 15 min. later so no harm done. Chalk another one up to poor communication skills.

I had to work today.  My husband had to stay and work from home due to the wood work schedule change.  My husband is a professional engineer.  He is also a very kind gentleman and offered to get some ply wood for Mr. Andrews to stand on in the pachysandra next to the last board to be fixed rather than get his feet stuck in the plants.   Mr.. Andrews COMPLETELY and erroneously accused my husband of not liking him walking in our plants as well as criticizing his work.  I know my husband.  He is NOT AT ALL that kind of person.  I have actually been told in the past that he is actually pretty easy to work with for an engineer. He asks questions because he likes to know the details of how it all works--especially from an expert carpenter.   Mr.. Andrews dropped the board, told my husband he was done and wasn't going to finish the job, he couldn't work with us since my husband didn't like him walking in the plants and he believed my husband was criticizing his work.  My husband tried to tell the man this was not at all the case.  Mr. Andrew's sons were both there and apparently understood the truth  that COMPLETELY was misinterpreted by Mr. Andrews.  

There were other communications issues along the way that caused head scratching.  We thought Mr. Andrews was going to give us a list of needed materials for us to order.  He did not.  He did tell us he was a labor only carpenter.  We did, however originally think after the initial contact that Mr. Andrews would at least let us know what materials he required. We thought we would get a written estimate.  We did not receive anything in writing except what was in our Angie's List e-mails. We chalked that up to our own inexperience and possible misinterpretation of what was said in our in-person original contact with him so very long ago. We trusted him.

Given the rain of the last 3 weeks, Mr. Andrew's recent illness and the gaping hole in the side of the house-my husband did much more work on this project than he wanted or ever expected to .  This included all measurements and figuring out what and where to find the materials needed (the clap board is an unusual width) My husband had to put up sheathing and fix the roof line to protect from the rain. It took hours he doesn't have to spare. The bulk of the clap board wood work was left for Mr. Andrews who had said all was great when he got here yesterday.  If we had not seen Mr. Andrew's work and also had had a deadline of any kind, we would not have had him work for us in the beginning.  I feel we gave him a LOT of slack/understanding given the issues he had and how much time we waited.  

Today, was totally mind boggling!  The man just packed up and left. He apparently can not handle any questions or curiosity  He did come back telling my husband his sons told him to take whatever we decided his work was worth.  The original labor proposal was for $750.00. We furnished/paid for all materials.  Mr. Andrews told my husband the work last board  would be about $50.00..  The final payment was $700. 

Again, we will not have him for anything ever again--given his bizarre reaction to my husband, we are sure he would not come back.  The work he did finish was good.  His communications skills are very poor.

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"AHS is ok. They cover repairs of most everything under the roof of your house. The companies that contract with them are not always the best. You call AHS with the issue, they send a fax to the repair company and give you the contact info. If they don't contact you within 24 hours, you call them. Sometimes they answer, sometimes they don't. When they arrive (usually three days or so later), they service the item. if it has issues within the 90 days, you call AHS again, they are sent out with no charge. If the serviceman decides the unit is unrepairable, AHS will allow you to choose a replacement from their listing (usually not as good as what you have) they will install and remove your old item, or give you wholesale amount to buy and install your own. Prices vary on what you want covered and what you want the copay to be, plus where you live. For me it is 49.99 per month with a 75.00 time of service order. You can have more than one item serviced at the same time under the same fee. If you have a SEAR product the repair guys are great. Not that wild about the other ones they send out. But it is a big savings compared to calling someone on your own. The cost of service is only the 75.00 copay."