Gilson & Daughters Construction

I called for an estimate on 3/8 11:55am and left a message. Never heard back so I always will try back a second time to give the contractor a chance as I know they can be busy. Left a message on 3/14 and asked them to please call me back and let me know if they can or can't do it. Haven't heard back.

This company is awesome. I gave him a call; he dropped what he was doing and came right out. He was at least 20 miles away but came right over because it was an emergency and fixed my problem.

I needed handicap access to/from my house. I contacted Gilson and Daughters after checking Angies list. Bob Gilson came out the next day and explained how he would install an outdoor wheelchair lift and gave us a preliminary estimate. He told us his wife would call us back in a couple of days with a firm estimate (she had to find out what expenses the city of Pittsburgh requirements would add to job). We had to call them several times over the next two weeks before we were able to get their final estimate. We liked Bob Gilson personally, but ultimately we decided we wanted a ramp rather than a lift.

These guys usually do disabled access builds (ramps etc.) but a friend recommended them to us as good with general carpentry and woodworking, so we asked them to come out and repair/rebuild a some woodwork on our stairs and railing that had been problematic to integrate with some other renovations we were doing nearby. They came out immediately when I called to come up with a work plan and estimate, and were back in a week to complete the work. The work looks great and was very reasonably priced, given the complexity. I would definitely recommend them for any job in the carpentry or handyman category.

I was very pleased. He seemed to be very knowledgeable about what he did. He had common sense about what I needed, such as making the ramp gently sloped. He gave me a way out around the ramp also, and he was very thoughtful about providing what would work for us.