What Makes the A-Affordable Experience, Different? (continued)
•We
respect your neighbors If there is a radio on the job site the volume will
not be excessive. Profanity is also not allowed on an A-Affordable job site.
Unless someone hits their thumb with a hammer. Then, cover your ears!
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On average, 25% more lumber goes into our deck structures. That equates
to more strength, stability and less potential problems in the future. It's
difficult not mention the fact that a high percentage of carpenters regardless
of what they claim, are looking to spend as little money as possible on
materials. This is an easy entry, highly competitive business. These guys
survive (barely) by selling jobs on price alone. They will cut every corner.
Most decks that I see are crappily built. "The Menards special"
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I am based in DuPage County, not in Will or Kane County. I am centrally
located to my service area. You should know that when you deal with locally
owned service businesses, you may benefit from more attentive service.
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Speed and
Efficiency, Your job gets started and completed in a
reasonable amount of time. At times labor shortages and weather have been
factors in a job running longer than anticipated. They do not run longer
because of mismanaged scheduling or having 5-6 starts all at once.
•Reputation,
As I enter my twentieth year in the deck business I value
what people say and write about my company. If I didn't handle business
properly, it could prove very embarrassing to have an irate customer yelling at
me while I'm on stage in front of 500 people. What does that mean, you ask? Click here
Two critical facts about local deck contractors (most contractors, come to think of it)
1. Most deck contractors, you will probably not want to deal with! Maybe 60%. They are primarily boozer, loser, know-it-alls, with years of experience building bad decks. You are too intelligent to be fooled by this group of slobs; but thought I'd reinforce the idea anyway. There are also the guys moonlighting as contractors. No insurance etc...
2. Good luck getting three bids; throwing out the high and the low ones. Once again the odds are that the middle guy is also on the lower rungs of the quality scale. It is necessary to change tactics here. This is a highly competetive business, in fact pricing for deck installations (labor and materials) is very close to what it was back in 1996. It could be that that high price of the three is "right" and the other two prices are too low (resulting in corner cutting and compromised quality) That stated, we are frequently in the middle of the pricing group. So, if we wind up being the middle guy, you can be confident the pricing and quality are correct.
"It is not my objective to be nasty here, this is just how I see it. 20 years of almost exclusive deck contracting experience. Thousands and thousands of in-home estimates and hearing the same stories over and over has lead me to these conclusions." - Frank Lamphere owner of A Affordable Decks, Lombard IL.
"I am far from perfect, but I am better than 97.9% of the other contractors doing this kind of work!" - Frank Lamphereowner of A Affordable Decks, Lombard IL.
Dog House
* I have hired and fired many carpenters with more than 20 years experience. Some of the one's I fired, were not qualified to build a dog house. So why did you hire them, Frank? "Well, I was probably in a jam at the time and they have a tendency to exaggerate their credentials" Attention homeowners, they're still out there and they also, would like to bid on your deck project.
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