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"They were great and efficient. Our driveway is really steep. They had no problems. Cleared the swing out garage doors. I will have them come back for the next storms."

We have been in business since 2003. We specialized in poured concrete foundations and floors, as well as stamped, colored, concrete. We also do building site excavations. We guarantee your satisfaction, and work to make sure that each job is done right the first time. We put that in concrete!

"Custom Paving and seal coating came as a referral from my friend who had their driveway paved last year by them. Mike came to meet with my husband the same week I called requesting a quote. My husband felt he was honest and gave good advice on how we should proceed with our driveway since it was half paved, half mud/old leftover gravel. We decided for now just to have the muddy part of our driveway graveled (which was approximately 75 feet) and Mike and his crew got the job done within two weeks of the initial quote. The crew showed up on time and got the job done in less than four hours. Our driveway came out exactly how we expected and once we are ready to have our driveway paved we will definitely be calling Mike back as returning customers."

"I hired Felipe to built a fireplace for me. He exceeded my expectations in every single way. If you are looking to have any projects completed I would only recommend Felipe and his team. I will definitely be having him come back."

"Once again, Jason and his guys came through for us for an emergency situation. I noticed a small amount of mold growing on the ceiling above our shower. To me this was an emergency. Though Jason was fully booked up, he found the time to remove and replace the ceiling, install a new exhaust fan, and do all the associated repairs. As always, his team did the job quickly, were professional and neat. The work was top quality. I recommend Explicit Exteriors without hesitation."

"This was an unexpected pleasure. Richard Stanley was so helpful from the beginning. My driveway goes up the side of a mountain with many twists and turns and altitude changes. He and his fantastic crew took a really horrible chip and tar driveway that had seen better days and transformed it into a driveway that has me smiling every time I use it. Richard was on the job site every minute and made sure that everything was done to his high standards. R Stanley was recommended by some friends who had used Richard, and they were so very right. I had a bunch of estimates done, and for once my choice was the right one. I would use Richard again in a heartbeat. This was an expensive job, but well worth it."

"We contacted Lannes construction to finish my attic and transform it in a playroom for my kids. Ozeas was on time with first appointment, and easy to communicate. he listened my ideas and concerns and gave some input on how to do couple things I wasn’t sure. Price was very competitive and he charges for the service which I prefer as I know what I’m paying for. I ordered the flooring and door as per my taste and he took care of the basic materials I don’t really know how to buy. All very clear, he charged the materials used and returned anything we didn’t need. Very correct with money and I much appreciate it. Work is impeccable, we loved the finishing and the all experience. Will definitely hire this company again for future projects."

"Work went extremely well. A 4 man crew removed the existing wall and replaced about half of the wall on the first day. On the second day, two men replaced the rest of the wall and Jeff with another employee removed the old wood."

"Doug and his guys did an outstanding job. They tore down the old wall and steps and dug out the flagstones on the walk. They cut back the yard to accommodate the backfill for the new wall. They then build a beautiful dry laid bluestone wall, with 5 massive solid bluestone steps, and a beautiful bluestone walkway. They were able to reuse some of the large block from the old wall and the rest of the old wall served as backfill for the new wall. In addition, there was one broken concrete step on the stairs leading up to the front door of the house. Doug and his crew broke that out and replaced it with a bluestone step. The crew showed up every day, weather permitting and worked hard. The were very responsive to my questions and concerns. It was really a pleasure to have them working here. Doug provided a clear and accurate estimate of the work to be done. I recommend him highly. I would not hesitate to have him do additional work for me."

"I have mixed results with Briggs, some good points, some bad. My main complaint is that I was billed for more than the contract price, without notice or prior approval (thus my failing grade for price). The work also took much longer than expected, and was in some ways short of expectations, but in other ways well done. I chose Briggs over a lower bid contractor because Briggs promised a better job (new base and 2 layers of pavement: 2 1/2 inches of binder, which is a coarser asphalt for strength, and 1 1/2 inches of top coat of finer asphalt for a smooth finish; another contractor bid just one layer of pavement, also with new base). I also asked Briggs about using fabric under the base (which further stabilizes the pavement), but they never gave me a price for that. I had a contract prepared for removal and replacement of my driveway that was failing, in part because the original driveway was built on a poor base. I knew I had clay soil in my yard, and told the estimator I expected there was clay under the driveway too so I'd need a better base, and they wrote a contract specifying "Full removal of existing drive. Excavate + Grade with item 4 processed gravel as needed for proper pitch and stability", with an added footnote on the contract "soil may contain clay". I expected this covered dealing with the clay (which should be removed for stability, because it softens when wet). After preparation of the base was completed, I was mailed a bill for an additional $1000 for removal of the clay, and a new contract containing a "Rock/clay clause: If rock or clay is found during the install of driveway and interferes with completing the layout, an additional charge will be added according to work done". This clause was NOT in the original contract I signed. I was present when the estimator prepared the contract and for the whole time the work was being done, and was never advised there would be an additional charge until I received a bill in the mail. Since I advised the estimator up front about the clay, and my original contract specified excavating and grading "as needed", I believe this work should have been covered by the original contract. I signed a contract for a complete job, not a time and materials contract, and believe the contractor has not honored his contract in this regard. As for time to complete the work, this was done in the fall of a year that remained warm and mostly dry weather until nearly Christmas. At the time I signed the contract I was told verbally that paving should take about 2 days of work to complete. I was also working with another landscape contractor for adjoining work, and had them pause so paving could be completed. Briggs began work Nov. 21, preparing the base. A worker told me they'd return Nov. 25 to begin paving, but they did not (they did tell me the ground needed some time to dry; the weather remained dry). I finally called to inquire where they were, and they returned on Dec. 11. They installed the first layer of asphalt, and told me the top layer would be installed on another day. I then waited for them to return and install the top layer. After waiting I called again on Dec 18 to ask when they could finish. But the unseasonably warm weather was ending, and asphalt plants were closing for the season, and they told me they would not be able to finish until spring. They left the jobsite with unprotected loose soil along the sides on a hill with with no erosion control (and my landscaping contractor couldn't finish either, because we needed the pavement completed). In February heavy rain caused considerable washout of the loose soil, undermining the new pavement and leaving the pavement covered in dirt. Some of this washed into the road and into a storm drain. I called Briggs twice and left messages telling them they needed to clean this up, then followed up with a letter on March 2. They did not respond, until finally returning April 23 to inspect. Mr. Briggs first question was to me was asking me why I had not cleaned up the dirt that washed onto the driveway. I told him I thought I had hired him to do the job. They returned on April 25 to repair the damage and complete paving, but did not bring enough asphalt, and ran out 10 feet short of the end. They returned again on April 27 to finish, leaving a seam where the 2nd pavement met the first (they used an infrared heater to try to blend the seam, but it's still an obvious seam). A couple of months later, the town came and removed and replaced their storm drain, I'm not sure if this was due to the washout of Brigg's unprotected work filling it with dirt. As for quality of work, in some ways it was well done. They used all the right equipment, including skid-steer loaders, multiple dump trucks, a backhoe, a total of 3 different rollers, paver, and even sealed the joint where my driveway meets the road. The depth of the item 4 processed gravel base they installed varied, but by my estimate by the number of truckloads of material they brought, it's probably about 2 1/2 inches. But this varied. In some places it was thicker, and in others it was not much more than 1 stone deep (I used a wire probe to check). The pavement was also somewhat thinner than specified in the contract, which I initially believed to be the case because the asphalt required to pave to the specified depth and area should have been more than the legal load limit of the 1 tri-axle truckload they brought. This was confirmed when parts of the edges washed out over the winter. My contract specifed 2.5 inches of binder "after compaction". In areas where the washout occurred, I was able to reach under the pavement, and measured between 1 5/8 to 1 7/8 inches of pavement (mostly closer to 1 5/8). I told the contractor about this, and told him to bring extra for the top coat to make up, but I don't think he did, in fact, he ran out of pavement when doing the top coat. In addition, I think I have a couple of areas where both the base and top coat are thinner than average (at the road end, where I think he started trying to stretch the aspahlt as he ran low), and over the crest of a hill, where his paver broke through the base while preparing to pave the top coat. At that point I could see the base there looked like not a lot more than an inch (I didn't measure at that point, because they were working and soon filled in the hole with top coat asphalt). In preparing the base, they did take out a lot of clay and soil, but they didn't use as much item 4 gravel and pavement to build a new base, and parts of my driveway ended up below the original grade. I was left to fix the edges. They also paved the main part of my driveway a foot narrower than my previous driveway, leaving rubble in the gap that was no longer paved. I didn't ask for a narrower driveway. I also had a small expansion included in my contract, and had a bit of trouble getting them to shape it the way I intended, after they didn't square off their initial excavation (I should have painted markings on the ground for exactly what I wanted). All in all it's done, looks pretty good, is hopefully well enough done that it should hold up even though it may not quite meet the specifications in the contract (which unfortunately is relatively common with paving contractors, according to a construction inspector I know). But I'm not happy about being billed more than expected or having the job take so long to get done."