juliahardwick

1. Terry of Renco knows his stuff. Within 5 minutes of arriving at our home, he had diagnosed the source of our basement leak, an old coal shoot door. The insurance remediation company and another foundation company could not. As a result, the repair was made to a small area and not to two 12-foot lengths of foundation extending from the house corner. 2. The excavation, was elegant and not destructive. Instead of bringing a back hoe through our yard, the earth was vacuumed out! A large hose was brought along one of my paths and the earth sucked out to a truck. on the street. It took very little time. 3. The remaining work was done quickly and efficiently. The coal shoot door was removed, the foundation hole filled with mortar and cinder block, the weeping tiles inspected, waterproofing and PLATON foundation wrap applied, crushed stone and then topsoil filled excavated area. Not only that but a uniform parging was done to the whole side of that foundation wall so it did not appear patchy. 4. Grading of the soil and general cleanup left the area looking as though no work had been done. We're VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.

Tom MacRae Painting painted the exterior of our 1930's house and garage. The bulk of the work was focused on the faux cedar shingle siding. Surfaces required little in the way of preparation.Tom was reliable. He responded to our request for quote the same day and always arrived when he said he would. He did all the work himself and did not contract out.Tom was flexible, adjusting the scheduling and scope of the project to our changing needs (We were having other work done on the house exterior.) He also changed the paint brand to one I preferred for colour and fade resistance. When I found the low luster was a bit too shiny, Tom immediately and willingly bought the flat sheen and repainted what he had done. Tom arrived prepared and worked extremely quickly. I think it took no longer than 3 days to complete the entire project (He had to spread it over 4 days because of weather) . He's a great cutter; the edges where the dark paint meet the light are very clean. He quickly and effectively dealt with any issues that arose.Tom is polite, very easy to deal with, respectful of his surroundings (i.e. no radio) and efficient.Tom MacRae Painting is extremely good value for money.