southern tub repair & refinishing

Be oh so very cautious in dealing with this outfit, and if you must, get your agreement in writing, as he charged 55% more than agreed upon when my plumber picked up the refinished tub - and then he refused to answer phone calls from me trying to get him to explain his ripping me off. In a phrase: Caveat emptor.

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We had a mobile home tub and shower refinished.  They did a pretty good job.  It took around 4-6 hours total because they had to prep everything and then do several layers of the spray finisher that they use.  The fumes were horrendous, but they had these machines that pushed the fumes out of the bathroom through a window to the outside.  But even then, the smell was very strong, so if you get this done, you might want to sleep at the other end of the house or go to a hotel for a night or two depending on how well you ventilate your house afterwards.  The other reviews said they had bad service, but the two guys that did the refinish for me were not that bad.  So maybe the owner has hired new workers.  One of them was a park ranger and seemed like a great Christian guy, so I wasn't  worried about anything bad happening.  But if you do use their services, I would still have someone at the house while they work.

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It was very expensive and took a long time (6 weeks). When we picked it up and got it home we noticed a lot of thin spots in the coating. We called and had to take it back to be redone. To their credit they took care of it with no problems.

My tub and shower were refinished in July 2012. We had nothing but trouble with the shower peeling, bubbling, etc. We tried for 13 months to have it fixed. Ricky and his help agreed it was not done correctly and that the employee who did it was fired. Someone from Ricky's business showed up six times (we waited other times that no one showed, and numerous unanswered and non-returned calls, each time "patching", each time not fixing the problem. We called a refinisher in Memphis, who said if it wasn't prepared correctly patching would never fix it. After not hearing from Ricky after numerous call to him, and no return calls, we had a refinisher in Memphis come and completely redo both the shower and the tub. Just flushed $985 down the drain.
Ricky Beard is a very dishonest person. He does not do quality work, doesn't answer his phone, doesn't show up when he is supposed to, and does not stand behind his work. He is the most unprofessional businessman I have ever dealt with.