Replace Multiple windows in our home. Went through providers, including Anderson, and decided on Joyce. Ohio company, american employees and supporting local business. Salesman was knowledgeable and polite and after the two hour home visit we felt great about our choice. Installation crew showed up with the windows. The foreman was surprised about a cutout necessary for one window (making the window bigger.) Implied that the project team does not tell the install team what they need to know. My wife purchased pizza and drinks for the crew for lunch and we all got along very well. The crew got to taking out our old windows, they did NOT put any clothes or barriers up to stop dust and debris. Dust, dirt, sawdust, etc. covered most of the interior of the house. This was in stark contrast to what the salesman said regarding the "installation process". They used a small vacuum with a hose to clean up the floors, no attachments to sweep or anything, just the end of the hose. There were also two windows with faulty latches noted on install day. (Odd that they made it through a QC or QA factory check.) The new living room window was 10" to small in length. Almost 1 foot short!!!!! They measured twice, two seperate people on seperate days and still got it wrong! So they buttoned up the window and filled the gap with some plywood. You could see daylight coming in around the window, which allowed bugs into the house. Our daily whack-a-bug lasted for three weeks until the team came back with the right size window. Additionally the new larger window that was cut out in the kitchen, provided a crisp breeze to anyone standing by the kitchen sink. There was also a deformity in the bottom right corner of that window.
Communicated all this to our salesman at Joyce, including pictures and left voice messages. They called my wife back instead of me and did not reply to my emails directly, only acknowledging them via phone conversations.
Reinstall day come around three weeks later. The same install team. They came in with a chip on their shoulder (obviously they had received word from management about our complaints) and decided to focus their anxiety on my wife. The foreman took no responsibility for the work they had performed and dismissed my wife categorically. Refused to admit that the bugs we were getting inside were a result of the windows not being sealed. (Hello! turn around and see the daylight coming in from the living room window?) Wanted to take a heat gun and bend/form the window that had a defect and then began to excuse everything we wanted checked as way to much and or too hard to do. Our salesman then arrived and doubled down with the installation crew. They were very condescending, aggressive and belligerent when talking to my wife, but were all about talking to me. In our lively discussions, we learned that the foreman had not replaced the insulation he cut out when enlarging the frame for the new larger window. (Hello!!! seal the window to the frame and put the insulation you cut out back in!) No wonder we were getting a cold breeze under the window! Salesman would not allow them to heat the window frame...need to have a new window and another install day.
Bottom line...product...GREAT...warranty...GREAT (if they abide by what is in writing in the future) and price was in the middle of estimates. The left hand does NOT talk to the right hand and a company with decades of service, they should have IRON-CLAD procedures for installation and rectifying issues, which they DO NOT. Customer service...POOR. Buy the windows and do it yourself. read more