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    Bailey G.

    Extremely disappointed with Deck Helmet. One of their drivers thought it was acceptable to park on the sidewalk in a clearly marked fire lane at Walmart, completely blocking pedestrian access. Not only is this illegal and inconsiderate, but it's also a safety hazard -- especially for people with disabilities or parents with strollers. If this is how they represent their company in public, I'd be very concerned about their respect for customers and property on the job. Do better

    Step 1 is really Step 2, and Step 2 is Step 1.  Both decision makers have to be home at the time of the estimate.
    Shelly A.

    This is as far as I got. This is false advertising. They do not provide a free estimate until someone is in your home. Step 1: Two people come to your home with a high-pressure sales presentation. Step 2: is a satellite measure (maybe) The operator made it sound like they could start the job immediately. The two hour window is really a three hour window. If your appointment is at 1, you need to be available between 12 to 3.

    I had old deck and I wanted to renew it. Deck Helmet offered me a good price to renew it. They started the work and finished it. I thought they did it good job. After one year privacy Lattices they put on the fence started to break and falling down. Also, the fence started bending. I called them and ask them if they can fix with cost. I told them clearly I can pay for it just I need someone to fix the issues but they kept telling me some one from Warranty department will call me and nobody called me back. You need to know, once they install the deck with poor quality they will never show up to fix anything even if you want to pay for it.

    Some of the things found tossed into the landscaping.
    Gary S.

    Save Your Money Deck Helmet, as operated by Jason Aptor in the Rockville Maryland area, is one of the most poorly managed companies I've ever had the misfortune of working with. A qualified general contractor would provide better quality & selection with less aggravation or the barrage of pointless "customer service" emails. The "low pressure wash" is done at 3500 psi, is not low pressure and shredded the wood! Decking should arrive after demo and repairs, but is delivered first. No dumpster provided so crew loaded debris into truck parked on our lawn. Jason diverts workers from 80 miles to move furniture back to our deck that he, who's about 2 miles away, removed. It goes on. Billing however is VERY prompt. The workers are very hard working and will do anything asked. But they shouldn't have to be asked to clean up, move furniture, or not park on the lawn. That points to a lack of training or follow up by management. Use Home Advisor, Angie's List, or a trusted neighbor, but DO NOT waste your money with Deck Helmet. The materials are not what is on the Deck Helmet web site. Instead they're whatever the local Home Depot has in stock.

    After 4 years much of our deck looks like this. We have been trying for over A YEAR AND A HALF to get them to honor their 10 year warranty.

    (NOTE: I would give this company zero starts but this is not an option) Long story: Horrible, horrible customer service. I am certain that there is a memo in the home office that states "ignore and stall any request on a warranty until they go away." We got deck helmet applied to our wooden deck in 2016. It was OK looking but was impossible to walk on barefoot in the summer. By 2019 it had started to peel in many places. We filed a warranty claim in April of 2020 as the peeling was worsening and it looked like water was getting trapped under the boards and causing rot. The Deck Helmet people informed us that our warranty would not include labor and would be $4,900+ even though the original application was closer to $3,000. (Glad they had a warranty...without it we might have saved almost $2,000 - sarcasm). They did say that they would give us a gallon can of their product and we could do it ourselves (they even offered "free delivery" of the can...wow, they are so nice - sarcasm). We fortunately had the warranty certificate that the guy who did the sale gave us and it expressly said it covered parts and labor. So they begrudgingly approved the warranty repair in a very terse email. It is now 16 months later and I have been told 5 different times that the repair would have to be delayed due to: rain, Covid, temperature, winter, etc. I have sent more than 20 emails and spent more than 3 hours on the phone over many calls trying someone to get the work done. I have been told on at least 5 occasions that "a manager" or "a specialist" would call me back later that day or the next. I have NEVER received a call back. Every time I call, a different person answers and I have to explain to entire story again (this week I had to re-tell it three times in one hour long call) and there is never any record of the issue. The people I talk to have said "we don't keep records of any calls" and "we cannot access email" when I tried to forward the email threads. Unbelievable! The product is also not great (obviously) but was a less expensive alternative to replacing the entire deck...I wish we had spent it. The application burns your feet in the summertime and looks like liquid plastic, at best. The photos make it look nice. They promise warranty for 10 years! The worst customer service I have ever experienced...worse that AT&T, Delta airlines and the DMV by far. Do NOT give them any business. There are far better choices out there with people who don't treat you like dirt.

    These are just some of the rotten boards under the deck helmet.
    Kelly R.

    Please please pleeeeaaaassssseeee read the reviews for the horrific company. The product is worthless. It's been "redone" twice. It's still bubbling and peeling off. Now we have rotten wood under their "protective" crap. The customer service is terrible. No one will call you back or return an email. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! I WISH I WOULDN'T HAVE TO GIVE IT ANY STARS! RUN AWAY!

    All the blue tape are boards with the coating pealing.

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