
Serving Knowlton, NJ and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2012
Free estimates
Warranties offered
"The owner, Ion, was very experienced and we spent quite a bit of time discussing the project and the various options for getting my desird outcome. The men who came to do the work also worked very hard. But, the problems came in the materials used--I asked for cedar--which were not properly kiln dried. Within days, al the boards began to "cup," which was part of the problem with the old deck (which was 25 years old,so some cupping would be expected at that point). Some of the boards were beautiful looking, while others seemed to be dirty. During the first week, two knots fell out of one of the boards leaving holes. The gate was overbuilt an immediately began to sag. (I had shared photos of gates that I wanted, and which would have been lighter. Finally, part of the design was to keep the original stairs but reinforce by sistering up the stringers. Instead of using one complete piece of wood for each stringer, they pieced together each stringer, making them not as strong or long lasting as they should be. The did rebuild the gate--it took several tries--and wasn't what I had wanted, but I had to accept it and it did work. And they replaced a number of the boards, but not all that needed replacing. A year later I hired a great painter who worked tirelessly to get the wood in a condition to accept an oil coating and eventually we got the deck to look very nice."





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