ABE CHIMNEY

The owner gave me an estimate which I thought was a little high but was pleasant, seemed qualified, didn't ask for down payment and told me I should beware of anyone who did expect money before job was done. Not being someone who does chimney work, I had to take him at his word for what needed to be done. I told him there was water running down into my cellar and "I" thought it was because there were a few spots on my chimney where the mortar was old, loose, missing. He told me the chimney had to be taken down to roof level and completely rebuilt. He was convincing, I hired him. The morning he arrived he had a hard time backing his open work trailer into my driveway, it's fairly narrow, just wide enough for my small SUV. He damaged one side of my wooden gate, along with a scrape on the side of his truck. I actually thought (stupidly) that he would contact me about repairing the gate, but after A YEAR I guess I should give up on that. I was surprised after the job was finished that he didn't use new bricks, they all look old and used, probably all the ones he removed as he took down my chimney. When a friend stopped by, looked up, said, "oh, I thought you hired someone to rebuild your chimney, guess not, looks like the old one." And quite OBVIOUSLY, the water running down into the cellar has to do with a few roof shingles, NOT the chimney....rain continued to run down in the same area. WOULDN'T YOU THINK A "PROFESSIONAL" CHIMNEY REPAIR PERSON WOULD KNOW THAT??!! After the job was done, there was a lot of cement powder/dust in the driveway which SHOULD have been JUST swept up but the "assistant" turned the hose on it basically just enough to wet it, it eventually dried and there were several large off-white blotches of dried cement sitting for about a month or more. For $1,950.00 , I think he got paid way too much and wasn't as honest and forthright as I first thought. The rain WAS NOT running down into the cellar because of some missing or loose mortar, he SHOULD have known that. According to Home Depot, bricks are pretty cheap. And one side of my wooden gate remains damaged and no longer closes properly. As an older person, retired and definitely not wealthy, this put a strain on my budget. One more example of life's crappy lessons.

Very well.

Extremely well! I had hired Mike 10 yrs. ago to line my boiler chimney and water- seal my fireplace chimney which had a 10 yr. warranty. I was very satisfied with the work done then, which was the main reason for calling him back.

Courteous, timely, trustworthy, and job done right.

Great, Mike was professional start to finish
He returned initial and every follow up call promptly
he inspected and went over in detail current status of chimneys and reviewed options
(unlike the previous contractor who didn't even look at the interior of the chimeny's before he had quoted a price for repairs)
Mike also offered to properly cap off one fire place chimneys that had been taken down by the previous contractor and ensured a water tight seal at no extra charge.
In the middle of the project, He went over a misunderstanding I had about one of the chimney repairs
he complete the job in 3 days as quoted
He cleaned up the area just as it was prior to him starting
The chimney's look and function great
Very happy with the work and every interaction 

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Originally I had contacted A.B.E. Chimney back in November 2014 and Mike had come out to quote the Liner, Cap, and repair work. After receiving other quotes from other masonry contractors, I reached out to Mike about executing the quote originally done in November this past May 2015. He responded within 24 hours and was willing to honor the quote. The day he said he was going to be there at 7:30 am, he was there ready to go at 7:30 am. He had to to increase his quote by $100 due to the condition of the mortar which was understandable and reasonable on my end.  For the amount of work that he performed on his own, he was packed up, paid, and gone by 2:30.

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