"I had planned to wait to submit any sort of review until certain outstanding issues (below) are cleared up, but at the rate we are going that may be quite some time away. I will come back and amend this review at the conclusion of the project. The sale went well, but the installation (by Jack) was EXTREMELY unprofessional and sloppy and left damage to my house's siding. Air Tite sent Sean out to fix and after the evaluation i was scheduled for this morning at 10am. I took the day off work to be there and was called at 10 am by Sean, cancelling due to illness. Why couldn't he have called to cancel at 7 or 8? I wasted a day for nothing. " - review I left on the Service Magic Website in 2010.
Owner/Salesman - Curtis Taylor
First Installer - Jack
Second Installer - Sean
I actually had 2 sliding glass doors installed in 2010 by Air Tite. I left the above review on the ServiceMagic web site and just decided to put one here, too.
The actual sale went well, I was confident that I was going to get what I need. I had 2 patio doors that were no longer sliding, and whose seals had broken so they were foggy. I was told by owner/salesman all that the installation would involve: removal of the old doors, replacement with the new, the doors on the outside would be trimmed out properly, threshholds on the inside would be replaced as they were before installation. The usual stuff. We scheduled installation and I paid 50% of the bill.
The installation is where things went horribly awry. The installer (Jack) came out with (I think) his son as his helper. Jack was a gruff no-nonsense sort of guy. He was also unprofessional in his installation. He installed the doors, but did not trim them out properly on the outside, instead opting for the multiple tubes of caulk approach. A LOT of caulk. Big globs of caulk. I brought this to his attention and he said, "hey there's nothing I can do about it now." I looked at him and said, this really looks bad...would you be happy with it in my shoes. Grumble grumble...I'll see what I can do. Oh and the threshold in the basement, where is it? (now there is about a two inch strip of concrete between the glass and the edge of the carpet). His response was that the threshold was part of the previous door and he can't do anything about it. (shouldn't owner/salesman have noticed that?). Oh and he forgot to bring out the little foot locks for the doors and one screen had a tear in it.
Came to settle up and pay the bill. I didn't want to pay the entire balance because of the loose ends. I didn't push the quality of work at this point because the guy was frankly gruff and sort of scarey.
Well he did NOT like that I only wanted to pay half of the balance untill the job was totally done and got on the phone to owner/salesman. I talke to him and agreed to hold back less. I really wanted the guy out of my house.
later that day, I took pictures of the work done and sent them to Air Tite with my thoughts. I was called by the secretary (after the sale was made, owner/salesman NEVER spoke to me again, nor did he apologize.) and she said they were sending out another installer to fix the job.
Sean was scheduled to come out at 8, so I took the day off from work. By 10 I hadn't heard from him so I called and he was sick and wouldn't make it (how about a call early in the day so I can reschedule my life?). We rescheduled for a week later. He did show up, was very apologetic and took a look around. He did a lot of grimacing. He really didn't want to say anything bad about a colleague, but a few times he couldn't help himself. He did fix all the problems I had, except for the threshold. He was a decent guy and did good work. He obviously cared.
Though things were finally straightened out, everytime I look at the doors I am reminded of the very poor installation service I received from Jack and the intimidating way he behaved.
I would never use them again. Curtis Taylor will tell you ANYTHING to get the sale, and then he is a ghost in the wind... read more