Sunshine Home Improvement LLC
About us
Additional address - PO Box 391, Drexel, MO 64742. Additional contact name - David Blan. Additional phone - (913) 599-4663. Additional fax - (913) 310-9912. Financing available. Traveling charges may apply if outside of 60 mile radius.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Windows, decks & concrete slabs, doors, gable vents. Seamless vinyl siding, insulation. Gutters, patio covers, replacement vinyl windows & sliding glass doors, screen enclosures. Siding, screened rooms, shutters, soffit & fascia, sunrooms
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
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I was very pleased to find someone who could help me with this -- most everyone else I contacted was trying to sell me an entire new porch or at least new glass windows at thousands and thousands of dollars.
They replaced the vinyl and the spline. This has turned my eyesore porch into a wonderful spot, and the tinted glass substitute vinyl keeps my porch ever so much cooler.
Very impressed. Thanks Sunshine!!!
After I went around the house and inspected the work I had a sizable list of issues. One of the most significant issue was the fact that they used "non-paintable" silicone caulk around all of the windows and the trim. My next project was going to be to paint all of the trim. I was now in a place I could not do that. My husband called the office right away to complain and the owner David Blain scheduled an appointment. David came out right away and inspected the work, made a list of the issues, and promised to resolve them all - which included ordering some new windows to replace the ones that didn't fit or were installed wrong, and cleaning the caulk off the trim or to replace it if clean-up was not an option. (this was early January) Many phone calls (from us) later and they were finally going to send out their A Team to fix everything. Sometime between the January visit and the later April install/fix, I discovered that the one bathroom window was either poorly installed or didn't fix and there was a gap along the top where air, water, and snow was getting into the house. On the day the A Team was to arrive (Mid April finally), we waited for what seemed like forever for them to show up.... Oh, I forgot to mention that during this timeframe I read their entire contract and contacted an attorney. Their contract allows the homeowner some descent remedies, although I doubt they ever hold to them. When the first person arrived, it was the owner David. He said the crew was at the office loading the truck. Before the team even arrived David and I were having a fairly heated discussion about just what his contract said. Not sure that he really knows. He told me that he has an attorney and is not afraid of being sued. Once we came to a resolution and the team arrived, they were more professional, did a descent job, and got things finished. David threw in window wrapping for free and knocked about $600 off the price for our inconvenience. All in all, we ended up with new windows and a lower heating bill.
Now it seems like the story should end there..... but it doesn't. It is now November 2011, my son put a ladder up against the house to clean out the gutters. The ladder went through the siding (it's some sort of particle board type siding). A descent size hole. The siding directly under the bathroom window that I spoke of earlier is bubbled, for about 3 feet. Hubby says "do you think it's the roof", I say "nope it's the window". I then realize that this is exactly why the tile, directly under that same window on he inside, is cracking. I go inside push on the wall and it moves, the wall behind the tile is soft.
Initially David returns my husbands phone call and agrees to meet him and a contractor at our house. Both David and the contractor say they are not convinced the damage is the result of the window installation. David agrees to come back after the contractor has tore some of the damage out and they would re-examine the issue. We have no choice but to fix the damage, regardless of fault so we hire a contractor to complete the work. A couple of weeks later, after a clearer picture of the damage is uncovered, both the contractor and my husband call David. Many, many, many phone calls later, discussion with the States Attorney General about the business practices of this company and David finally returns a phone call. The contractor tells him that the damage is indeed the result of the window being open for so many months and that it will take appox. $3,000 to repair the damage. David is shocked by the price, which seems cheap in my opinion, especially considering the outside will have to be repaired, everything in between the outside wall and the bathroom, the bathroom (including 2X4, insulation, and all of the tile) and has once again ceased all contact with any of us.
Our next step is to report the company to the Better Business Bureau and to continue or claim with the Attorney General.
"We made every attempt to satisfy the customer and we feel that we have resolved the issue here as the customer even stated in last part of second paragraph. The customer stated that we came to a resolution and thought we were professional. We gave a discount and the customer was. After the resolution the customer goes on to make a complaint which we came to verify was caused by normal shower problems with the tile and unrelated to the window."
"We had 2 mis-measures on job. Marsha (my production girl) thought she found 2 windows that would fit in our bone pile, but they didn't. We pre-ordered the 2 windows. We installed the 2 new windows and cleaned up the previous installers caulking to customers satisfaction. There was no set installation on the day claim for a 4 hour wait. Marsha does not have authority to give away windows. The production office knows that about windows blowing out. We have full time service people to take care of such things."
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