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"The project was just completed, and we have had our final electrical and building inspections. We have no issues with the sales process and I only have high praise for the sales rep Bob Zielinski. We did have an issue of the price going up due to a change in the room configuration after signing the initial contract, but Bob handled it very well and to our satisfaction. We appreciate his efforts and the cooperation of management in coming to a reasonable compromise regarding the price increase. We experienced a very long delay due to the necessity to re-route the water main (water well) line which was broken when my concrete contractor was digging for footers. Once the footers were installed the final measurements were able to proceed. The materials were available in stock a bit earlier than anticipated and we able to easily schedule the installation. The installation and electrical crews were extremely professional and did excellent work. We were initially a bit disappointed in the insulation where the addition attaches to the house siding. While the work meets code and was approved by the city building inspector, we believed that there should be additional flashing and/or caulking along the entire line of attachment to the house. It seemed that there was a gap between the insulation and the end of the vertical beams, although they were fully attached and insulated. As soon as I brought this to the attention of the office, I immediately received a call back from the construction supervisor. He expressed a concern that any additional caulking would not match the structure or the house and therefore would not look good. They offered to send a crew out to evaluate what could be done. A crew showed up within an hour (the original construction team). They evaluated my concern and found a caulking material that exactly matched the siding on my house. Within an hour the caulking was applied, and the project has a better and more finished look. The construction and electrical work were completed on time, and my desires regarding the use of additional caulking were addressed in a most professional and satisfactory manner. We chose Patio Enclosures for this job because of the excellent work was done by their Stanek Windows division in installing a new custom patio door two years ago. Now the door leads into a wonderful new double pane glass, three season sunroom, with a solid sloping roof. The new structure matches the patio door exactly. We are very pleased with the work that was performed and the customer service that we received. I would only caution that if someone wants to get a job like this done properly, and with the highest-grade materials and workmanship, it will probably cost quite a bit more than they are planning to spend. In the end we believe the addition is worth the price and will add much value to the house as well as many enjoyable days and evenings using the room in the Spring, Summer, and Fall."

"Love their windows, put them in two different times! Very professional, highly recommend."

"We did the demo on our old two-tiered decking. Betterliving built a new upper deck from composite with aluminum railing. The lower deck was replaced with as 12X15 sunroom. The process from start to finish was a pleasure. All employees were friendly, knowledgeable, skilled, and prompt. Price was better than anticipated, so we went with a 4-season sunroom instead of a 3-season. The worksite was safe, clean and orderly, and the quality of the build was excellent. They worked through some miserable cold weather too. Deck â Betterlivingâ s construction quality was a major improvement to what we previously had. Their suggestion to use two colors on the railing worked out great too - spindles are a different color that the rest of the railing. Sunroom - also very solid construction. It is insulated well, and also helps even out the temps in the family room it is attached to. The gable style not only looks nice, but makes the sun room look bigger. They built a small landing off of the sunroom entryway too. It is important to note that they installed the flooring and contracted the electrical. Flooring and electrical work were included as part of our quote with them. Not all of our quotes from other businesses included flooring and electrical work, and would have been an additional cost with someone else. Having everything included in the quote also meant we had one project, not several projects. Deck/sunroom/landing materials â decking and landing materials were the same composite materials. The sunroom skirting was also the same composite. This ties everything together visually, and improves the overall look. Electrical work â Knorr Electric completed all the electrical in the sunroom (interior and exterior outlets, exterior floodlight, and hung a ceiling fan). They also replaced all of our outside lighting on the entire house while they were here, and moved a bathroom light inside. They were also friendly, knowledgeable, skilled, and prompt. And quality work from them too. We will definitely contact Betterliving and Knorr again for any additional work we want done. They are highly recommended! Note that Betterliving in the Erie, PA area is connected to DBC Remodeling and Construction (same company). DBC came highly recommended to us from a friend."

"Great job. It looks like new siding after repairs. "

"<strong>Project chronology:<br /> </strong> <br /> 4/30/12 Signed contract, made 30% down payment. <br /> 6/20/12 No word; called them, they said ?waiting for permits? <br /> 7/2/12 Demolition of old solarium began <br /> 7/6/12 Demolition completed <br /> 7/9/12 Prepped foundation for new concrete pad pour (rebar holes drilled in existing footers, insulation laid down, reinforcing wire <br /> installed) <br /> 7/10/12 Hydronic heating tubing installed (by owner) <br /> 7/13/12 Building inspector okayed pad for pour <br /> 7/19/12 Poured new concrete pad (in a downpour) <br /> 7/27/12 Ground pad with concrete grinder to remove soft <br /> spots due to diluted concrete (at my insistence) <br /> 8/6/12 Started sunroom installation <br /> 8/10/12 Completed mechanical work <br /> 8/21/12 Electrical work completed <br /> 8/25/12 Corrected improper width measurement <br /> 8/29/12 Fixed leaks in roof <br /> <br /> <strong>Comments on demo and concrete pad installation: </strong> <br /> Great Day Improvements (GDI) did not grout in the rebar that was used to tie the old footer to the new pad. I had to do that myself. <br /> The old footer surface was left covered with gravel, which would have prevented a good bond with the new concrete.  I had to insist they clean it off before the pour. <br /> Great Day used cheaper EPS foam insulation in floor instead of higher quality, denser XPS foam. <br /> Poured concrete while raining despite bldg inspector?s comment ?rain predicted?; foreman?s response at the time was ?only need a 5 <br /> hour window?.  They missed their window in the middle of a drought. Afraid the surface will not hold up. Stopped concrete pour when rain started.  Had to wait so long, sent the mixer/truck home and later that day they had to go out and buy/hand mix 2-3 bags of concrete mix to finish the pour. <br /> Even after cautioning their equipment operator not to drive heavy equipment over a buried water line, they did it anyway.  Dug it up to verify no damage done, buy why not avoid the hassle? <br /> I did part of the demolition myself for fear they would damage my bifold door framing (interfaces sunroom with house). <br /> <br /> <strong>Comments on sunroom construction</strong>: <br /> At end of 2nd day (8/7), noted lots of vinyl and aluminum ?sawdust? on the ground in my back yard, which is where my 3 dogs go <br /> to play.  Asked them what they would do about it and they said they would shop vac it up at the end of the project.  When it rained on the next two days, that was their excuse not to clean up the small debris, which sort of makes you think twice about walking barefoot in your back yard.  So far the dogs are okay? <br /> Sunroom was built approximately ¾? wider (3/8? at each end) than it should have been, forcing GDI to install spacers and lots of caulk to correct their error.  It looks okay and so far, it seems to be holding up but over a minimum 10 year lifespan I have my doubts. <br /> Leak appeared in roof at first rainstorm following completion.  GDI came out and fixed it in a timely manner ? again, using lots of caulk.  <br /> Since onset of winter and snow, have noticed effects of poorly insulated ceiling and walls with poor thermal breaks:  ice dams in the sunroom gutter, and condensation on my new hardwood floor.  See attached photos. <br /> <br /> GDI came out and installed insulation in the spaces between the windows this past spring (2013).  The guys doing the work admitted this should have been done during the initial install. <br /> <br /> <strong>One year later...<br /> </strong>I installed a woodburning stove in the corner of the sunroom in August of 2013.  The chimney exited through the eave of the room, not through the new enclosure roof, so if there were any leaks around it they would be my fault...I thought. (see photo) <br /> Initially I did have some flashing leaks which I could see coming down the chimney from inside the room.  I also had some leaks appear in the new enclosure ceiling that were not there before, but I attributed them to the flashing leaks.  So I had a professional roofer from Dunrite Exteriors come out and redo the flashing and the leaks around the chimney stopped.  However, the leaks in the ceiling persisted.  I spent much of a day on the roof with a hose trying to get the ceiling leaks to appear by squirting water around the chimney, but could not.  Finally I took heed to something my wife said: "The new chimney changed the rain runoff pattern on the sunroom roof and something that didn't leak before has now reared its ugly head", or words to that effect.  Well, just below the chimney there's a splice in the sunroom flashing that goes up under the first (bottom) row of shingles.  There's a screw there holding the two pieces down to the sunroom roof, with plenty of caulk on it to prevent leakage.  But it looked to me like water could get to that screw under the flashing by entering from the side - so I removed it.  Lo and behold, there was a second, uncaulked hole next to the screw I'd removed, hidden by the flashing.  It looks like the installers put a screw there initially before the overlapping piece of flashing was installed, then realized they needed a screw to go through both pieces of overlapping flashing and removed the first screw <strong>without patching the hole!  </strong>So water <strong>was</strong> entering the overlap in the flashing, going into the second open hole, then finding its way down to the new ceiling of the sunroom.  I plan to caulk the extra hole tomorrow and expect it will solve the problem.  Just another example of GDI's poor workmanship.  See attached photos for details."

"I was a little nervous about ordering windows on the internet using measurements I'd taken myself, but I loved the design on the website so, initially I only ordered 2 windows to check the quality, my ability to measure accurately and the company's ability to build to my measurements. Jeff, the salesman I dealt with was attentive without being overwhelming and the first order was delivered in about 4 weeks. The windows were exactly what I was looking for and fitting them was a breeze. I followed up with another order for the remaining 13 windows in my porch and again, they arrived quickly, were of great quality, exactly to size and easy to fit. Looking forward to see how they last their first winter."

"Over the years we have undertaken many renovations to the homes in which we have lived. To do the renovation of our patio room into an all-season room, we spent a month interviewing six different builders and getting estimates. We liked how thorough Fredericksburg Builders were in discussing with us our ideas for our all-season room. We were also impressed with how they itemized and presented the contract to us. They offered ideas, and listened to our ideas and revisions throughout the planning period. When we finally decided upon the plans for the renovation their construction supervisor was very thorough in going over the contract  to make sure that we were all on the same page. Their estimate of the cost was the most economical of all the contractors we interviewed. <br /> Once the construction started, the crews arrived on time to begin the demolition of the old patio enclosure. From that point forward, all materials for the construction were delivered on time and on site for the crews to promptly begin work. All of the crews that worked on our project had a good work ethic, were polite, and cleaned up the site after their workday. Crews were diligent about not damaging our rubberized surface around the pool area by having plywood covering the area throughout the project. <br /> The heating system was somewhat of a challenge. We had hot-water radiant heat in the floor of the existing family room. For the new addition, we wanted to extend the radiant heat to the new portion of the all-season room. The heating contractor, Alpine Heating, evaluated the existing system and devised a means of connecting the radiant floor heating to the existing water boiler. <br /> All the crews were knowledgeable and efficient. They did an outstanding job laying the new tile after they had ripped up the old. The siding, doors, and windows were installed skillfully. But, what was really impressive was that they retrieved some of our old exterior bricks to finish off the fireplace in a manner we never expected so that it is a feature of the new all season room. The gate to our fence around the pool which the new all season room faces when finished looked like the original. <br /> What was exceptional was how the construction supervisor was always on top of things, willing to listen, and was concerned with how the end result would meet our expectations! We can only say that the addition of the new all season room far exceeded our expectations! <br />"

"The entire project went way better than expected. From the initial designs, which changed multiple times, to the final measurements and installation. The designer, Terra, was very responsive, and pointed out what would and would not work which made the process much easier for us. The owner of the company personally did our final measurements and made some minor tweaks to the design that we would have missed. The 3D designs they gave us we're amazingly realistic, and made us comfortable with the layout. Every appointment we had with them from design, to measure, to install, and the process of granite selection, measurements and installation we're exactly on time and professional. Terra even came to our house personally on install day to make sure there was no confusion on the layout. We had a minor issue with adjustment of a couple of doors, and Terra had someone here 2 days later to make the minor adjustment. Couldn't be happier with the way it went. I met them at the Home Show in the spring and knew they were the right fit for us. The cabinets we selected are super high quality, and much more reasonably priced than I expected. There were NO surprises. I would definitely hire them again or refer them to a friend or family member."

"We were really happy with them. It was a lot of money. But they actually ended up doing foundation work that we didn’t expect in the beginning."

"I was very impressed! No doubt, I will call again. Ken was very thorough with his explanation of the job, on time, and very quick and clean with the installation. Highly recommend!"