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- Extreme Decks & RoofingHe gave an estimate of $4,000 for a completely maintenance free 6x14 feet porch for the front. They quoted a completely maintenance free porch for the back, that was 10x20 feet for $10,500. I had received another quote for the back porch for only $7,000 that was maintenance free as well. I couldn't believe the difference in price. I will be going with a different company because of the high price
- Saw ContractingIn regards to the renovation of 8 townhouses project and for some background: I came to learn of Scott Waltenbaugh and Saw Contracting through Angie's List. I worked with him for nearly a year and got to know his strengths and weaknesses. As someone in the real estate business who works with multiple contractors, I feel as though I'm in an excellent position to give you a thorough assessment of Scott's and Saw Contracting's abilities and lack thereof. Initially, Scott was very professional, polite, responsive and attentive. The first and second townhouse renovation seemed to go quite smoothly. I had some initial problems with some of his finish work (ie. ceramic tile not straight, crown moulding not mitered properly, etc), but after pointing it out to Scott, he was able to correct those couple of mistakes during the next renovations. In reading some of the other posts about Saw Contracting, I sense that from Scott's responses to the couple of complaints, he is wanting to portray his Company as a large company that is growing rapidly, with estimators, office personnel, etc. I found this to not be the case whatsoever. Scott is essentially a one to two man show. He will sometimes brings some extremely low skilled help when he needs the extra manpower. During my experience, Scott went through several "assistants" . To demonstrate the quality of employees he employs: One assistant contacted me directly suggesting that Scott was "stealing" from me (although I was never able to substantiate that claim). In another situation I learned that one of his employees was breaking into my vacant property at night and using it as a home. In this situation, Scott actually found out about this, forced his employee to apologize to me, but let his employee continue working with him. And yet in another situation, I was able to prove that an assistant of his actually did steal a lot of roofing shingles from me. I found all but one of Scott's assistants to be extremely low skilled, unreliable, unprofessional and dishonest. In addition, other than this one articular employee "Lance," I do not recall any other employee that stayed with him for longer than a few weeks. It was probably the 5th or 6th townhouse renovation that I started sensing "attitude" from Scott. He started to demonstrate a consistent denial of responsibility for certain duties, some disorganization in doing tasks not required, or not doing tasks that were required, and then an obvious effort to purposefully ignore my phone calls, text messages and/or voicemails when prior to this time he showed none of these tendencies. The part that aggravated me most about this what that I specifically stated at the beginning that the reason I wanted to hire him was because I was not happy with the lack of communication and disorganization from my previous Contractor that worked on these townhouses. It seemed to me that Scott (during the last few townhouses) went out of his way to ignore my calls/texts at all costs. To me, this lack of communication would peak whenever we would have a minimal disagreement. To me his approach at times seemed childish and revengeful, all of which seemed to escalate with time. As far as the skills Scott proved to be capable of, I would list them as follows: Painting, Crown Moulding, Baseboards, window installation, Closets & Doors, Fan Installations, Cabinet Installations, Hardwood Floor Installations, Door Hardware, among other small odds and ends. As far as the skills Scott proved to be incapable of: New Construction, stone work, plumbing, electrical, drywall repair, recessed lighting installation, cleanup at the end of each job, planning ahead, organizing a job site, minimizing supply/material costs/purchases, supervising employees, estimating, etc. In regards to my New Construction Project: This is without question where my relationship with Scott and Saw Contracting was a much more costly experience and the one that I strongly urge you to learn from. I hired him to perform the framing work at the New Construction site. Scott was involved minimally, "sub" contracted about 90% of the work to several different contractors who would consistently quit on him and later talk negatively of him to me directly. Then, Scott later showed the audacity to blame me for "the negotiated price being to low" as the reason he could not get good help or deliver a good product. On several instances of trying to explain my position to him, it seemed it could not sink in for him. So I will explain it here the same way I explained it to him. "If you agreed to do a certain job for a certain price, then you have an obligation to get it done in a workmanlike manner at that price. It is unprofessional, unacceptable and borderline criminal to attempt to justify incomplete and/or sub par work as being acceptable as a result of the negotiated price that you agreed on being too low." I truly believe this is where Scott and my relationship went straight down hill. I lost tremendous respect for him in his attempts to justify his poor work in this manner. Ultimately, he performed VERY LITTLE observation of the workers (framers) on site, and then took a substantial chunk of their pay while leaving little to his sub contractors. At the end of the day, as it relates to this project, he has left me with a house that is out of square in many areas, and has cost me thousands to repair drywall after the fact just to get it to a reasonably acceptable level. He has forced me to accept a house that shows obvious evidence of sub par construction. He proved to be extremely unskilled in the New Construction aspect of homes. Several of his work was simply incorrect and was later, essentially mocked and proven to be incorrect by engineers and other professional contractors that followed. During the framing, several areas were not finished, some items were just done improperly, yet he stressed (become extremely aggravated while doing so) that these areas were correct and he defended his work at all costs, even when licensed professionals were saying different and to the naked eye it was obviously incorrect. He consistently failed to return to perform the needed work/reparations to complete and/or to repair what he was already paid for. From my experience, I found all of this to be signs of someone who is not ready to call themselves a professional. Scott gave me the impression prior to giving him this Job that he framed "hundreds" of homes. It was obvious in the end after thousands have been spent in correcting his errors, that he truly did not know what he was doing when it came to New Construction related work. I found scott's warranty of his work to be non-existant, and his obligation to finish or perform duties after he may have monies advanced to him to be extremely unreliable and many times simply ignored. He does not stand by his work. In this respect, I would be hesitant to ever give scott any new construction, total gut jobs and/or addition related work. Further, I would be careful to ensure that if any pay structure is set up for him, it involves significant work up front prior to initial payment and final payment withheld until a professional inspection of the completed work is performed. In summary, if you have a small odd and end that you could use a handyman for, Scott and Saw Contracting is probably a good go to guy for a once or twice situation. If you are looking for a professional, that only offers work he can perform properly, that stands by his work, and that will correct any issue if it ever arises, I would urge you to look elsewhere. In my personal, professional opinion, Saw Contracting is not a professional Contracting Service as Scott portrays it to be. He is a handyman with limited capabilities at best
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"Devin successfully rebuilt stairs and other reinforcements on my deck to get it up to code with the city. He is knowledgeable in his trade and does quality work. He is also personable and easy to work with. "
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"Dan was busy with clients when first contacted, but remained responsive and was able to complete work in a reasonable timeframe. Once the job started, he was fast, did a nice job and left everything tidy.
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**To schedule an estimate please call (412) 969-4107 for fastest response.** Extreme Decks & Roofing is an individually owned and operated complete home remodeling business which has served Pittsburgh and surrounding areas with the highest of quality results for over 20 years. We specialize in each customer's individual needs and customize each job to their specifications. Aaron Karas and his company ensures a remarkable aesthetic and reliability which past customers have and will enjoy for y..
"Wow! What a fantastic job Extreme Decks did on replacing my roof. Not only was it reasonably priced, the end result was above board. The crew along with the crew manager, were polite, courteous and did a great job completing the roof plus cleanup. I would employ this company again for future projects and have all intentions of recommending them to my friends and family. You won’t be disappointed with their quality work and professionalism.
We are a small, family owned business dedicated to providing outstanding service at a very affordable price. Our goal is to exceed our clients expectations and we achieve that by using quality material and guaranteeing our work. No job is too big or too small so give us a call!
"Dutchy’s owner Charles and crew did a fantastic job from start to finish. From demo down to studs to a total renovation of our 40+ year old bathroom. Installation of tile walls and floor, heated floor, pot lighting, blue tooth exhaust fan, toilet, vanity and a 5 panel glass door. We are extremely pleased. We feel like we are at a resort when spending time in our bathroom. Love it.
We are Pittsburgh's number one roofing contractor we are your number one go to guys for all your exterior needs are gold at the company is to be number one the roof & driveway medics,LLC
Don Mull is a builder with over 40 years experience who started his own contracting business back in 1991. Since then, he and his talented, experienced crew, have earned a reputation for clean, safe, construction and remodeling to their customers' needs and specifications. In fact, his reputation for exemplary, fast, and honest project completion has kept him in enough projects to keep him and his crew busy without any special internet presence or advertising. His page on Angie's List is at t..
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"After searching for the right contractor for literally years - and having many come to bid only to tell us they were too busy, the job was too difficult, or their price astronomical - we found SAW Contracting through Angies list in July, 2011. In competing with another contractor for the job, Scott Waltenbaugh of SAW Contracting demonstrated a keen interest in taking on this "challenge" (our old house had and still has a lot of piece-meal problems) and won the bid by being competitive in his pricing, being professional and courteous in his demeanor, and gaining our confidence with his obvious knowledge and experience.
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<br /> Reading the extensive review before this, it seems there must be two SAW Contracting companies, for our experience with SAW Contracting has been NOTHING like that reviewer's: our tile is perfectly aligned and flat, as is our engineered floor; our framing is straight and tight; the drywall is smooth and beautiful; the stonework on the foundation is clean and tight and garners many compliments; the assistants were polite, respectful, hardworking and skilled; the communication has been par excellence; the attitude has been friendly, courteous, and professional; and the pay schedule was very appropriate and professional. We
<em> did</em> give SAW Contracting a "new construction, total gut job and addition" work and it came out better than we even dreamed it could. We had our own certified electrician friend do our electrical, but Scott showed knowledge in that area, also. Scott had his work schedule, materials and crew organized well; showed consistent and practical planning ahead; organized the job site well; and was extremely efficient with his materials cost and use. We're not sure what happened on the other reviewer's job, but there are always two sides to any story. To us, the last review had a vengeful tone, and we find it curious the reviewer stated he had trouble communicating with other contractors, as well.
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<br /> Our project has taken a long time to complete for many reasons, but over the time SAW Contracting has worked here, we've come to know a young man who is highly skilled, sincere, honorable, and with a fabulous work ethic. Scott is a great communicator and truly enjoys keeping his clients updated daily with what is going on and what his next step will be, and he encourages his clients to give him feedback on his work. He is very easy to get along with, friendly and funny, and takes set-backs in his stride and just tackles problems head-on.
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<br /> An artist as well as a contractor, Scott is full of practical but creative design ideas and advice, and has been tremendously helpful to us in choosing materials and even re-designing our original plans - much improved and little to no extra expense. He would be excellent to consult with before you settle on any project. In fact, we are consulting with him currently on another project we will soon have him do.
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<br /> Scott Waltenbaugh works hard to stay on or below budget, and has actually saved us money. He prefers the client pay for materials directly and never fails to provide receipts promptly; the few times he has had to pick up extra materials, he personally buys them and presents the receipt for reimbursement. What little material may be left over - and it is a small amount, as Scott is very efficient and produces little waste - he has asked us where we would like it stored, not keeping anything for himself as some other contractors might. The actual cost of the job is very, very close to the original bid; the overage we have is due to our materials upgrades (windows, doors and flooring).
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<br /> As work progressed, we and our visitors have been consistently impressed with Scott's great knowledge of materials, techniques and trends in all phases of construction. Scott has built homes in California and Florida and uses his knowledge of earthquake and hurricane codes here (remember the little earthquake we had last fall?...) Even the building inspector commented on the extra support he included in his foundation framing and was impressed with the quality of the rest of his work, stating Scott was one of the best builders he'd seen. His superb skill and craftsmanship is obvious in all the work he has performed, but especially in his finish work. He takes the extra time to put beautiful custom cuts on his woodwork, caulking the smallest joints, carefully taping all painting, cleaning the walls and floors, creatively framing windows and doors, etc. A meticulous, careful and self-demanding perfectionist, he has seen and fixed 'flaws' we had difficulty seeing even when he pointed them out to us! And he stands by his work: he has called numerous times for various reasons to check for water leaks, air drafts, etc. and was willing to come out late if necessary to fix a problem, which, fortunately, there were none (he drives nearly 1.5 hours to get here). Scott takes great pride in his work and genuinely wants his customer to be thoroughly happy with the outcome. On that note, he eagerly jumps in to help wherever he sees someone could use an extra hand - even helping with non-construction tasks at times. His biggest flaw, if you can call it that, is that he spends a great deal of time on small details that really make a difference in the final product but can set his work schedule back. Our project took longer than estimated, but our result is far better than we imagined and we are thrilled with it.
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<br /> Clean-up is good, especially when Scott has his workers with him. Even without extra help, though, Scott doesn't like to leave the customer fighting through construction messes and tools and takes time to put everything away or out of the way. He keeps sawdust swept up, cleans floors and is careful about removing boots or putting down floor covering when working in the home.
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<br /> If you want superior work and can be patient with the progress, we absolutely recommend SAW Contracting. In fact, we've contracted with SAW Contracting for the next phase of our historic home remodel. Should we ever desire to build a new home, SAW Contracting would be our first choice to turn to.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238
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- At Ur Service, LLCPO BOX 203
Houston, Pennsylvania 15342
- At Ur Service, LLC
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- Bowman Construction & Home Improvements368 W Maiden St
Washington, Pennsylvania 15301
- Bowman Construction & Home Improvements
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- DAN THE HANDYMAN919 RANDOLPH AVE.
East Butler, Pennsylvania 16029 - Dutchy's Quality Restoration38 Loretta Street
LATROBE, Pennsylvania 15650
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- Extreme Decks & Roofing21 Landgraf Ave
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania 15017
- Extreme Decks & Roofing
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- Morning Star Construction Co., Inc.117 Maple Dr.
WARRENDALE, Pennsylvania 15086
- Morning Star Construction Co., Inc.
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- RYAN WABNEG ELECTRICAL & CONTRACTING SERVICESP.O. Box 359
Amity, Pennsylvania 15311
- RYAN WABNEG ELECTRICAL & CONTRACTING SERVICES
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- The Roof & Driveway Medics,LLC289 Palma St.
N Versailles, Pennsylvania 15137
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