We hired Precision Door and Window because of positive reviews & because they have been in business for 60 yrs. A neighbor has since said he wished he knew we were hiring Precision- he would've steered us in a different direction. Another spoke about their shoddy work & the mess they made in her home. Had they posted reviews, we would have paid attention.
I've never written a negative review. Have had many contractors here over the years. Everyone makes mistakes & missteps, right? Well, we absolutely do not recommend this company for doors, siding or gutters- unless you have a job that allows for loads of random time off to deal with multiple phone calls, re-visits & no shows, & unless you don't really value your home.
During this ordeal with Precision, we learned of their reluctance to pull a building permit for our project. We wrongly assumed they would take care of whatever they should do, & we were unaware that the permit needed to be posted on our property. Eventually, & after much discussion, they did pull a permit.
It has taken months of patience & then frustration to finally have 4 new doors that work properly. All 4 doors were hung ridiculously. 2 doors had gaps so long & wide that we could clearly see the outside from inside our home. 2 doors scraped the flooring; 1 scraped so badly it took the finish off the floor & the other screeched so much that eventually the rubber runner on the underside started to come off. We were patiently calling for several months, & later, well, not so patiently.
They came to repair their doors, yet had to return countless times to get things right. Very disruptive to our work schedules. The last visit took hours & left a royal mess with sawdust in/on furniture, appliances, walls, drapes, etc. That was last week & we're still cleaning.
They ordered & affixed new shutters which were too small for the windows. Once we saw this, they did order proper fitting shutters. However, the screws for the proper shutters had to go into different holes in the siding. This left approx 84 holes in the siding from where the wrong shutters were screwed in. They tried to assure us that since the holes were behind the shutters, it was ok to leave the holes as-is. After months of discussion, including our concerns about infestation, moisture & mold, they did plug the holes with some kind of goop, with no guarantee that the goop will hold.
As they removed & replaced the vinyl siding, each evening we picked lots of nails off the driveway. We've since picked up hundreds more & shards of debris on the property. We're still finding them. It's a concern with mowing.
As requested, prior to replacing the siding, they removed an old exterior AC unit from the 2nd level. They sawed off the AC pipe at the exterior end & left the remainder of the pipe extending into our home. We don't know why they didn't just remove the pipe. When asked what they did to seal off the pipe from insects, weather & mold, they told us they covered the pipe with wood, house wrap & the new siding. We suspected they were not truthful. So, days later, we asked again. This time they mentioned nothing about wood. Instead, they said they blew hardening foam inside the pipe to seal it. Huh- we then investigated on our own. Well, they did not cover the pipe's end with wood, or even house wrap. They did not fill the pipe with anything. They simply covered it with vinyl siding. We have photos from inside our home, of the sun shining through the bare siding and into the pipe. Months later, Precision sent someone to fill the remaining piece of pipe with silicone & cover the area with house wrap and again with siding.
One new downspout is still not draining properly, despite their attempts to fix it.
Dealing with Precision Door and Window, we were too slow in learning not remain hopeful, not to trust them. We expect them to reply to this public review with apologies & to say our experience is very, very unusual, that they stand by their work & will do whatever it takes to make things right. Ugh. read more