RAY WILDING INC

Ray was great! He honestly told us he didn't think our basement flooding issue was a water table problem. He explained his reasoning well & told us how to handle the pitch problem that directed water to our foundation. Very nice person & honest to boot. I really think he could've sold us a really big job & we would've gone with it. His honesty & integrity are the outstanding qualities of his company!

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We could not be more pleased--when Sandy hit unfortunately our neighbors received substantial water damage, we had no basement damage, and no water came up through the floors also; which can be a major problem for us. Ray, (the owner), has come back several times to check on us and I find that impressive.

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Ray Wilding was recommended to me by my plumber who did not want the job. I checked Angie's List and saw positive reviews so I called him. Got an answering machine at first but he called me back within an hour and came over to the house the same day to see the situation. His men were here in less than a week to work on the basement. They removed the old, unusally-small liner to the existing pump pit, slegehammered the basement floor to make a larger hole, installed a new standard-size liner and a new larger sump pump in just a few hours. Ray went to the township offices, determined that a permit was necessary to dig the trench and lay pipe outside, so he filled out all the forms for the permits and dropped them off at my house for me to write the check necessary and mail them in. Then he called for utility mark-outs because the location for the trench was right where the gas line to the house is. Any delay in completing the project was due to waiting for the utility mark-outs. Once I told him they had been done, his men were right back here, hand-digging the trench with care. They disassembled a stacked stone garden wall, hand dug under the public sidewalk, carefully peeled back the grass between the sidewalk and the street, broke the curbing in order to lay the pipe. They used a level to make sure that the piping would run downhill to the street and not back up. Then they rebuilt the wall, mixed cement to repair the curbing and by the time they left a couple of hours later, I swear you could not tell that anything had been done here - except that water was running into the gutter instead of shooting out into my yard.

Excellent Job came back and did touch ups highly recommend

I couldn't be more pleased with their work! Just waiting for a hefty rain event to prove to me that everything went well, but I'm fairly confident that we will not see anymore flooding in my father's basement. Even the white paint on the walls has brightened up what was once a nightmare of a leaky old basement. The sealant that was applied to the walls WAS NOT the same as the waterproof paint available at retail stores. It had absolutely no odor and was not offensive. The 2 men that did the physical work on the job were always prompt and extremely courteous. They also cleaned up after themselves on a continuous basis. I was always present during this job because my father has Alzheimer's Disease and he owns a large dog. Just wanted to be sure that everything went smoothly with that and it absolutely did. Ray's price for the entire job was extremely reasonable and came in lower than I had originally anticipated. Overall I'm a very happy camper!

His crew showed up promptly. Any problems they encountered were rectified quickly. He afterwards had to come back a couple times for follow up, but he - the owner - came by himself for these visits! I enjoyed dealing with the president of the company. Mr. Wilding oversees every job and I appreciate that. I called with questions and he came out and explained things to me and even made a small update, but there was no extra charge and he was prompt. He warranted his work for 10 years and I got that in writing!

Ray was the most pragmatic of the few companies who gave us quotes, suggesting instead that we first try to repair the sinking concrete porch before attempting any drainage work and was the only one who said that we should only do work on the wall that was leaking rather than do the entire basement over.

The only issue I had was that Ray was very backed up and scheduling the work (done over 3 days) was put off for months and even then was later than we had hoped. That said, his crew arrived on time, worked hard and Ray was there to answer questions before, during and after.

One thing that told me a lot about Ray was that the original estimate said and quot;tie sump to town lineand quot; which we had envisioned meaning to dig up through the lawn but his workers pointed out that the gutters were already tied in at the house which meant they didn't have to dig the 50 feet to the sidewalk. I believe anyone else would have simply tied it in, done less work, and said and quot;We did what our estimate said we would, your sump pump is tied into the town lineand quot; but when Ray came to collect he told me that less work was involved and he reduced the bill by $300. I've NEVER before seen a contractor come in under estimate while doing the work promised.

He was not completely punctual as he said that he would get to us in late summer and he did the work the first week of October, but he did a nice job. They were very pleasant and they did the work in two days. It does look great. I haven't had much of a chance to test it yet but l think it is going to solve our problem with a wet basement. They guys did some extra work in the basement as I asked them to and they didn't even charge me for that. They did a very good job.