To start off positively, the final product came out good, and the installer, Mario and his crew did a great job (so far...carpets only been laid for 3 weeks). However, in my opinion, that's where the 'good' stops.
I had two main areas carpeted - all the bedrooms with one style of carpet, and the stairway with another type of carpet.
I have two main beefs: 1) The install date, which was a main factor in choosing CC&T, was pushed back twice; and 2) the final waste factor for the stairway carpet is/was 89% (this is just the sections they left behind, not including the edge scraps and a few other smaller pieces they took with them).
I had a couple other bids from separate companies, with the main other company, PS Flooring, being the runner-up. Their bid was a little over $1,000 less than CC&T, but the two main reasons we chose CC&T is because we liked the carpet styles a little more (probably why they were more expensive), and more importantly the install date they originally gave me (Dec 8th) was two days after I had some wood flooring installed in the non-carpeted rooms (completed on Dec 6th by Quantum Floors which did an excellent job!). Not to mention, we were leaving for a two week Xmas vacation out of state, so I wanted everything to be done before we left.
So, on 11/29/17, I sat down with Charley Kelly to find out if the two styles of carpet were available, pricing, install availability, etc. At that time, he stated that both carpet styles were IN STOCK, and would be shipped to their local warehouse within a week, and that out of their 20 crews they have complete their installations, he wanted to make sure he could get 1 of 3 crews he stated he preferred (poor sales technique by the way), so therefore it would be Dec 8th before they were available. I said "great", and the price, while higher than the other flooring companies bids (the bids were all using carpet manufacturer Mohawk Industries), was not too high that it discouraged us away. On Dec 5th, I called Charley to confirm the install date. He stated something went wrong in production, and the carpet would be delayed at least another week. When asked why a carpet in stock needed to be produced, he attempted to use a bunch of jargon, and simply said it hasn't shipped yet. He called back a couple days later to say the carpet was done and being shipped already. He then stated the soonest he could install it was Dec 21st (another two weeks out). This was a big problem as we were leaving for our Xmas trip by then. I told him I wanted to cancel the install and asked for my deposit back, at which time he asked to give him the day to see if he could switch things around. Within 30 minutes, Charley called back and stated he could move the install date to before our Xmas trip. This told me that either I wasn't getting one of his "choice" crews, or someone was having their install date bumped back.
I am a large loss general adjuster, and a home inspector, which means I have a construction background. In other words, I know how to measure carpet, install techniques, waste factors, etc. My stairway carpet measures 110 actual square feet. When Charley measured the room, he stated he had to order 228 SF of carpet - that's 107% waste factor. When I told him that didn't seem right, he stated that's how he figured it and he didn't want the installers to be short. Knowing that this was off, I told him I would trust his judgement and we would see after the fact. Well, after the fact, I was left with 98 SF of "waste" in the form of two large sections - again, this does not include the scraps waste. That's still 89% waste factor, which is ridiculously high as these are normal stairs, not spiral.
As annoyed as I was of the waste factor, I figured I could at least get the left over sections binded so that I could use them as matching area rugs. The owner's wife, Loretta, called a couple weeks after the install to see if I was happy. I explained my two main beefs with nothing expected in return; however, then a few days later, Carl Green(e) leaves me a message from CC&T on a Sunday afternoon (1/7/18) requesting I measure the sections left behind so that he can determine if they measured wrong. I did as requested and today called him back with measurements as well as explained while I was disappointed, overall it wasn't the end of days and I was ready to move on. If CC&T would have simply left all alone after their first "customer service follow-up", I never would have wrote this review. However, Carl then proceeded to tell me that I was wrong concerning the waste on the stairway carpet, and that 89% waste can be expected for stairs. WRONG! The customer is not always right, but you do not have to have any construction background to know that waste that high means it wasn't ordered right, and at approx $7.35/SF, it adds up. At the end of the day, Carl is going to "pass my information on to the owner"
I don't think I'll hold my breathe.... read more