Keith puts the kNOBLE in Knoble Mills. He shows up when he says he will. He is professional, fairly…read morepriced, and an excellent woodworker. He brought my 1913 Craftsman kitchen back from a flood, and now it is beautiful and period appropriate while having all the modern conveniences. Keith shared my vision and was very responsive to my ideas and any tweaks and changes along the way. There are contractors and there are craftsman. Keith is a craftsman, not settling for anything but the best in the products he chooses and the work he does. I can't imagine hiring anyone else for any carpentry needs.

2022 February 05 Saturday 2:02 pm Eastern time USA To:…read moreKnoble Mills Sawmill / Keith Datum The purpose of this message is to express dissatisfaction with the oak wine-glass holder and shelf and the small shelf that you installed in the dining room and in the foyer, respectively, on 2021 December 22. The dimensions of the two shelves are as requested and the finish of the wood (visibility of grain features, smoothness, etc) is acceptable. There are no visible chatter marks from the planer or other tooling marks. Find below a list of problems/deviations and other observations about fit and finish of the two shelves, versus the similar shelf (mantel) you installed over the fireplace in the living room in 2020 December. Finish: The finish of the new shelf in the dining room and the shelf in the foyer does not match the finish of the mantel installed over the fireplace.; The finish of the mantel over the fireplace is, as you indicated at the time of installation, four coats of tung oil.; The offgassing of the tung oil finish on the mantel continued for three or four months after installation and a slight, volatile odor can still be detected.; There is very slight odor of wax on the new shelf in the dining room but this odor was much less noticeable than the odor of the tung-oil finish more than one month after installation., and Since the shelf in the dining room will be used at times to hold open bottles of red wine, red wine would almost certainly leave a visible, lasting stain on the current finish. Color: The color of the shelf in the dining room and the shelf in the foyer is noticeably lighter than the color of the mantel over the fireplace. Sealing: The back edge of the mantel over the fireplace, where the shelf meets the plaster wall, was sealed with flexible caulking. There is no flexible caulking at the back edges of the shelf installed in the dining room and the shelf installed in the foyer. Lead time 189 days elapsed between delivery of the wood to your shop on 2021 June 16 and installation on 2021 December 22. Cost The invoice submitted on 2021 December 20 indicates that there was a credit of $80.00 from the quotation submitted in 2020 for installation of the mantel over the fireplace since you did not have to procure the wood for the fireplace project. You indicated at some point that this credit was $180.00 not $80.00, but mention of the $180.00 credit cannot be found in either a text message or an e-mail message exchanged about the project. Regardless of any record of this credit, the budgeted cost of $80.00 (ignoring loss due to working, applicable tax, and shipping) for 10/4 quarter-sawn white oak (17.5 board feet = (10/4 x 60 inches x12 inches) + (10/4 x 24 inches x 12) (corbels)) used for the mantel over the fireplace, works out to roughly $4.60/board foot. This price, $4.60/board foot, is probably half or less than current market prices, especially for 10/4 stock. Collateral damage There are two holes in the plaster in the dining room in which the heads of fasteners are visible. These holes will have to be patched and painted.; The old and discolored plaster around the corbels of the shelf in the foyer is visible and will have to be repaired by a competent plasterer and repainted., The heads of two stainless-steel wood screws are visible on the inside faces of the corbels. When compared to the mantel installed over the fireplace in 2020 December, the shelf installed in the dining room and the shelf installed in the foyer are substandard. I plan to post most of the contents of this message to your Facebook page and/or to Yelp or Angie's List after 30 days have passed from the date of this message. Best, John C. john@******.***l

Recommended by a family member Ken and his employees did an…read moreamazing job removing 2 trees and trimming 1. Same day service from estimate to removal to cleanup. Completely satisfied with their job

We are very pleased with Ken Wagner and his crew. He came in and took the trees down in no time…read more He was professional and efficient. He also cleaned up after and took care in not tearing up the yard. He was also very reasonably priced. I couldn't be more pleased with the job he has completed. Well done!

This review was originally about their rental business, but the same people work for both companies…read moreand there is overlap. Don't do business with the Palmieris. Buckle in because I'm about to take you on a wild ride through my experiences renting for a year from Liz and John. I'm sure they'll offer some half-hearted reply attempting to contradict what I say in this review, but at the end of the day I have the texts to back it up. I also believe I was a good tenant: I paid my rent on time and never missed a month. I lived at 3403 Dawson with four other people during 2019-2020. I'll give you a quick rundown of the landlords: John and Liz work together, but John mainly supervises renovations while Liz deals with tenants. Liz would randomly perform spot-checks of the house under the guise of coming in to "collect our rent checks". When we said that made us uncomfortable and we were more comfortable putting them in the mailbox for her at the front of our house, she said that was unnecessary and the random audits continued. However, we realized that when she came in, sometimes she'd turn our AC up. You see, they had written into the lease that they'd pay for electricity and air conditioning, so these spot-checks were opportunities for her to adjust the thermostat to try and save some money. Speaking of their electrical penny-pinching, when my roommates and I wanted to get a fish and five-gallon tank during quarantine, Liz told us the only way they'd allow it was if we agreed to pay them $20 a month "to offset the rise in their electricity bill". For those of you who haven't ever owned a fish, a five gallon fish tank is about the size of a small bowl and doesn't use power. One day, we came home to find our beloved porch table missing. Only after asking Liz if she saw anyone stealing our table did we find out that they had brought a truck to haul away the table because the neighbor didn't like the way it looked. I'm not kidding. The table wasn't exactly something you'd find at a three-star Michelin restaurant, but we were broke college kids and it's all we could afford. Call me crazy, but I believe if you're going to have the balls to silently destroy your tenants' property, you should probably have the decency and integrity to at the very least tell them. Here's my absolute favorite story about these landlords. While we were juggling college classes during quarantine and the pandemic, Liz asked us to move out a few weeks earlier than our lease end date because they wanted extra time to perform renovations. What had actually happened was Liz had made a mistake: she had promised the next group of tenants that they could move in early before asking us. We said no, and John and Liz pestered us until finally we agreed to meet in person to discuss it. When we told them we had already made plans to move out on the last day of our lease, they showed their true colors. Liz stormed out of the house and slammed the door yelling something about how "karma is a b****" and we'd "eventually find out". John took a less-explosive approach and tried convincing us that technically the dates on our lease were wrong, and that we needed to "go by what they said" and not the legal documents. When that didn't work, they tried holding the fact that they gave us $200 off our rent in the month of April over our heads. Finally, about a day later John offered us $2,000 to move out early. Although we had already made plans with moving companies, we were broke college students and we decided to agree to their terms but ask for it in writing. After being shifty about putting it in writing, not a day later John went back on his word and decided he had changed his mind: no more deal. You be the judge of what that implies. Say what you want about John and Liz, but I will say they're good at one thing: pretending they're someone they're not. For landlords that spent the whole year pretending they were the only good landlord in Oakland and reputable people of their word, they made us realize that they were just like every other slumlord in Oakland.

Joseph and a small team came out and finished my sidewalk and small stair set in 5 hours and did a…read moregreat job. Went over in detail everything that I wanted beforehand and I am very happy that I went with this company. I would recommend to anybody.

Brian Cook and his team have been fantastic!!he has tackled and completed at a reasonable cost all…read moremy construction needs and concrete work.he has installed privacy fencing,concrete patio and sidewalk,custom built a backyard shed,did vinyl siding,facia,soffit on my home.he gas also put in a new basement bathroom and new drainage under basement floor.brian and his team are very knowledgeable, polite,professional.i only call CT DEVELOPMENTS for all my home repairs and remodel and any new construction,that's how satisfied I and my family are with brian.he has become like a part of the family and we trust him 100%. I highly recommend this contractor to anyone.

AVOID. They come out for a repair service call and only give you the option to buy a new system. If…read moreyou decline, they charge you a $150 service fee. The "service" rep even forges your authorization signature on his iPad. The old owner handed over all customer credit card information to the new owner, so the new owners will charge your credit card even if you don't provide them credit card info and even if you decline to purchase (assuming you've used Thomas Giel in the past). New ownership is a firm called Gridiron Capital / GarageCo from the New York area. Not a Pittsburgh company. Candice Giel kept a small minority of the business, she does not control it. Services

We had gotten a quote from Mike 2-3 years ago. He came out explained the process and left a more…read morethan reasonable quote. Unfortunately at that time we weren't ready to move forward with the project. Fast forward to now. I had reached back out, Mike had double checked the measurements and provided and updated quote. We had the door ordered and once it arrived we had the installation scheduled. The installation team was great they communicated their estimated arrival and did a thorough job installing the new door. They also walked through features of the opener and how to sync to the keypad.

Fast and courteous. Did a great job with a big tree. Cut up rounds and cleaned up the project.read more

I was very pleased with the service provided by Sal Leo and his crew. They were removing 5 trees…read morefrom our property and completed the job in a little under 5 hours at the agreed upon price They were on time, incredibly efficient and cleaned up the area. Sal is very pleasant to deal with and is responsive I highly recommend this business.

I heard everyone uses them because they are the best. I ordered a load of mulch from them and I was…read morenot disappointed. The delivery driver was great, and surprised me by being a half hour early. Although I ordered 5 yards, the truck delivered considerably more mulch. The driver told me they want the customer to be happy. He also suggested a pitchfork, which turns out to be The quality was top shelf

Fantastic experience with mulch! We did delivery, and the driver was incredibly nice and…read moreknowledgeable. He came right on time, and the mulch looks great at an affordable price. Highly recommend!

I have nothing but praise for Gerald Giel Garage Doors! We had an unfortunate incident where a…read morevehicle slipped out of gear and we needed a new garage door. Sent a message after hours for a quote, and received a call (still after hours!) to schedule the next am to look at the door and confirm what was needed. They were on time- courteous and thankfully had the same door in stock. It was freezing outside, but they were able to schedule installation for the next morning. (Once again on time and friendly / clean staff.) .....This is what really impressed me: Unfortunately, we had a slight problem a month later. I emailed the company on a Saturday, and by Monday AM- there was a crew at our door to rectify the issue. From sales to service (and standing behind the work they do)- this company is top notch and I honestly wouldn't go anywhere else in the future! would recommend!

Resnick Garage Doors installed a new garage door for me in April of this year. Immediately upon…read moreinstall I was not able to get the MyQ app to work with the door. I thought I would be able to do it on my own, but after having issues, I called Resnick to come out. Someone did, but he said he wasn't familiar with the MyQ functionality as it was new. While he was here, "I" figured it out. Unfortunately, it has since stopped working without me touching anything or touching the router. The router is directly above the garage door. I've rebooted the router a few times. Has not resolved the issue. I also have been unable to connect my vehicle's garage door button to the garage door. Resnick told me that was for Lexus to resolve. Lexus did not resolve because they aren't coming to my home to troubleshoot. I called HomeLink and they walked me through some steps beyond the normal steps and the button started to work, but only when the vehicle is 'in' the garage. My 30year old door worked fine with my vehicle and I didn't need the MyQ features. The MyQ functionality came with what I purchased and that's the only reason I am using it. I only bought a new door to be proactive...... before the original door started to have problems. I've had more problems with this expensive door than my 30 year old one. I'm sorry I bought the door. I'm very disappointed in the lack of support I received from Resnick to resolve my issues.