About us
Valory P Cook has been serving the community for the past 14 years. We specialize in all of your Carpentry and Deck Repair needs. Valory Cook takes pride in customer service and believes in getting the job done right the first time and at the right budget. We have over 40 years experience in the Building Trades, from Labor to Construction Manager from Framing to Trim finish, also, 17 years in the heavy Commercial/ Industrial building Trades through Union Carpenters Local 388 Richmond, Va. However, we are not licensed for electrical or plumbing in the state of Virginia. If you want to work with an on time and reliable company then we are the company for you. We look forward to and thank you for your business.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Full Carpentry Detail, Handyman Carpentery , No Plumbing / No Electrical / No HVAC / No Septic/ No assembly of Furniiture or shelving of any type, also we do no Yard Work, Roofing/ Decks / Siding / Framing / Trim
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
| Number of Stars | Image of Distribution | Number of Ratings |
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"We were happy to do this work for. Ray especially when we found out that a competitive companies minimum was $500.00 just to get up on a roof. Only a boot replacement and a few shingles. While there checked over roof any nails popped up removed re nailed and sealed."
"Ok Per Contract we replaced (5) area boards in which were curled upward and splintered. Also per Contract applied " a coat of Jatoba solid hyde stain", through out both the upper and lower deck. with the replacement of the upper deck top tread as well as the (2) lower deck stair treads, and the lower deck top caps wood splitting nails rusted through no longer holding. the decking boards on the lower deck where badly weathered I could see no coolr of paint or stain that had been used on this deck to preserve at all. We did talk about ripping all decking boards and replacing but owner did not want to go the cost for this as it would more than double the cost. We did even though the owners said the deck had been already power washed and did not need it again, I did explain for the lower deck we would apply the olympic deck wash to clean as there was all the furniture and bags of potting soil along with a huge bbq grill on the deck in which we had to move to prep for the stain to follow. Also not in contract we replaced some Approximately (8) pickets as when we tried to bump back in they would not hold, so we had new from another job re installed at no Charge to owners. Also, we did put a (2nd coat) for the rails and pickets on the larger lower deck at the request of the wife also no Charge. Then when we went to receive last check the wife said we need to re nail their existing stairs to the upper deck, and we did at no Charge to owners and also not in contract. To note for both decks approximately 400 sqft. we put on (5) gallon stain 345 sqft each gallon is 1725 sq ft of stain, this is how weather worn the wood was. We always have asked for a portion payment up front all of our contracts this is for materials and operating expenses for the project as we are a small company and this helps all included, some willing to pay more than we have asked. if it does not suit your needs by all means there are others out there who may, we do not "Demand" at anytime. As for the Liscense it is my wife on this business for the wob - Women Owned business, and the Mob -Minority Owned business that is it. As far as the Ratings we have so many Great customers and they write at their own will we do not in any way manipulate to date we have never asked for any reviews."
"Yes, we were busy also contract did not set time limit or limits , not start or stop dates, we gave lowest price based on availability simply because we were busy. Contract called for Home Owner to provide paint instead we did, also original door was exterior rated door, we did replace that as well at no charge for inconvenience not in our control, the second door was primed and painted ( 2 ) coats, cost of paint no charge to Owner. the painting of the ( 4 )Columns were not in contract but painted, again not charged."
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