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"They came, they did a full set of inspections, made some recommendations for future maintenance, and cleaned out the chimney good for another year. Super friendly super knowledgeable super professional. Very happy with the service."

"Superior Chimney came to our house next day after water was coming into our fireplace down the chimney. Came and gave a free quote which was extremely well communicated and provided pictures to show the issues we were having. We needed to replace our caps as well as new waterproofing on our chase cover. Repairs were able to be completed immediately. Extremely happy with the service and felt cost was very fair. Would recommend for service"

"Chuy's Tuckpointing and Restoration showed up right on time (or early!) both when providing an estimate and on the day of the project. They worked quickly and cleanly. Thoroughly professional -- great job!"

"Chimney repair was completed on time and with quality work."

"Pryor Construction was previously owned by a neighbor of ours, and following a competitive bidding process in 2006, we contracted with them for nearly $300,000 of work on a major kitchen and bath renovation for the back portion of our 100 year old home. In general, their work was excellent, and together with the oversight of our architect, the addition integrated nicely with the original century old woodwork. Although like any major project there were points of disagreement as to the results of his work, we were ultimately able to reach reasonable accommodations for remediations. That is until a few years ago when we noticed cracks in the bottom concrete step off of our back porch, which they constructed. While this is the newest concrete installation it was unlike anything we experienced with any of the other concrete installed at this house which we have owned for over twenty-five years. We patched it and hoped that would be the end of it. One year later the crack extended across the entire step, both horizontally and vertically. Upon further inspection we realized that the poured concrete step contained clay bricks evidently as a filler, and it is said that their inclusion resulted in the premature failure. We notified Pryor Construction of apparent substandard construction practice, but never heard back from them. Two years later, and the deterioration of the step continued such that we had to undertake a more comprehensive remediation. In the course of demolishing the existing concrete work, we came to realize that the steps did not contain a random brick or two, but clay bricks were an integral part of the concrete work. Full sized bricks were present throughout the concrete, not broken up to even imitate an aggregate, but complete bricks were used in lieu of concrete, which I believe is more expensive than brick. When we presented Pryor Construction with an invoice for the cost of the remediation efforts including over 1,500 pounds of concrete, and related costs of labor and materials for demolition and reconstruction, the prior owner Pete Pryor,denied that his work was substandard and refused to pay our costs. Note that no bricks were part of this extensive renovation, so they had to have been brought in specifically as a filler for the concrete step. It seems that Pete Pryor sold the business several years ago, and is evidently no longer affiliated with the company. The current management of Pryor Construction simply refused to respond to my communications. It may be practical and financially advantageous to obfuscate responsibility for such items as a: an unevenly laid plank floor; or a prematurely rotting section of a porch, in order to negotiate a cost of full remediation. The hiding/substituting of brick for concrete, is simply a fact that is irrefutable. Based upon the opinion of disinterested experts, this is a substandard construction practice, which led to the the premature failure of the concrete step. The fact that Pryor Construction then failed to immediately take responsibility for at best an obvious breakdown in their internal quality control procedures, while continuing to hold himself out as the “ Renovator of choice” who “PROVIDE QUALITY WORKMANSHIP”, is really alarming and and in my opinion is a false claim. Although our architect provided construction management oversight, even the best can miss things in areas where construction practices are presumed to be standard and straightforward. Given the length of time since the work was done and for the deterioration of the steps to become noticeable, I doubt if it is covered by any form warranty, so I can not pursue any additional steps for compensation. My suggestion is that existing and potential clients of Pryor Construction question current management as to what might have happened in this case, so they are well informed of the risks they are undertaking, and the level of oversight which may be required."

"I have not used the services, but intend to do in future.  
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"I paid for a one hundred dollar roof repair. I know this is cheap but they came out and quoted $1100.00 for some tar around the chimney and tuckpointing . Or $2600.00 for flashing. It seems a bit high. I just bought a new 16x7 garage door with a motor, tracks, and three openers installed for $1000.00. Materials--tar and cement compared to a steel door, motor, tracks and openers. So it would be 1000.00 for labor. Maybe a few hours. I know grinding cement is not easy but we are talking about $200.00 per hour. A little high."

"Arrow has previously done work for us - tuckpointing our entire home, rebuilding our brick front steps, concrete repair and full house caulking.   Last repair was in March.

I emailed their estimator (my longtime contact) today about getting some caulk/patching repair work done, and she said they were booked solid until the end of October - today is August 19th.

Either she's giving me a line, or they truly don't do small jobs anymore and don't care about their previous loyal customers.

Unfortunately, I can no longer recommend them on AL."

"Thunder cold called me based on an an inquiry I did for window replacement services at one of the big box stores. They were not affiliated with that store but rather some mutual sharing of marketing information occurred.  This was fine as they were a high quality company, although I did not realize that my contact information had been circulated so widely.  I did also get calls from other firms.

The gentleman at Thunder really spent the time to listen to me and also gave me some good information. This was for replacement windows for my Mom's house (built in early '50s).  He really listened and brought over two products that definitely fit our needs.  The key details were that we wanted vinyl frames infused with a light wood texture (many vinyl frame products are just a uniform color) and one of these product also was using a new high density flexible foam as a separator between the panes of glass. I checked into this technology further and found it to be quite smart and a very good idea.

Thunder is an installer who can represent several different products.  His bid was priced very reasonably and from what I could see on AL and BBB the company had a good reputation.

Ultimately we did decide to go with another product from a different company but this choice was purely because of technical details of the window vendor's design (we had no issue with Thunder and felt that they really gave us superior service.  We would recommend Thunder to other customers and may consider them in the future for other jobs.

FYI - the design difference that cause us to go with another product was that even though the vinyl met our needs and window technology was great, we found that the vinyl extrusion process used was basically for a single style of piece.  In other words, the top and bottom of the window frame were made from the same extrusion as the sides.  Since the top and bottom are different, additional small vinyl pieces are inserted to make the complete window.  This ultimately takes space away from the glass area of the window.  My Mom's house has very short windows and the amount of glass space lost would have been a problem.  We found another vendor who had both the high density foam and a three extrusion process (top, bottom and sides are all different)  for wood colored vinyl. Had Thunder carried that product, we would have carefully considered them."

"Job was completed in just two days in Sept 2017. In Feb 2018 ice damming built up on a low area of the roof that faced north, no sun hits that spot from about Dec to early March. I called JZ and they came out within 24 hours and got the ice off the roof. No charge. I offered them some cash for climbing up on our roof on a bitterly cold day and they politely declined and told us they'd be back by the end of Oct to put down some more ice protection. Last Saturday Oct 20, that exact thing happened. No charge again! Jack and Peter are professional, honest and skilled craftsmen. Their able crew of laborers are efficient and courteous. JZ's prices are more than reasonable and they provide unparalleled customer service. I strongly recommend them."