I am married to a brick mason. We work in Salt Lake. We've done masonry for 20+ years. We have…read moreNEVER been treated as poorly as we were at this company. We went to St. George to do a job, for a family member and decided to purchase materials in St. George, instead of hauling them from Salt Lake. BIG MISTAKE! Unfortunately, in the town of beautiful St. George there aren't many options for construction supplies. So, perhaps if you have NO OTHER OPTION, you might have to use this company. For this reason, we feel we should share our experience. So you, as an educated customer, can make sure you follow behind the people working here and make sure they do their job right. So, you don't get screwed.
1- This company makes you purchase corners and flats in separate packages. Not that unusual. But what makes it frustrating is they make you buy a certain square footage or linear footage of each. So, for example...you HAVE to buy 8 linear feet of corners, regardless of how much you need. And you HAVE to buy 110 square feet of flats, even if you only need 50 square feet. So, you are paying MORE for material than you really need. And, it's overpriced material at that.
2- They loaded the WRONG flats onto our truck. Period. We didn't notice that the flats were wrong until halfway through the fireplace we were doing, and the corners and flats were different colors...which wasn't apparent until after they were on the wall.
3- When we went back to return the WRONG stone that THEY loaded on our truck, we were treated like idiots. "Oh, you didn't check your material to make sure it was right." Excuse me? Sure, you can place some blame on us, but ultimately, it was THEIR fault they loaded our truck with the wrong material to begin with! Why would we ever suspect it was wrong? We have NEVER had this happen in all our years of masonry. Never. We were inconveniencing them, they offered no compensation for their mistake, not even an apology. Luckily, they did return the wrong stone, and gave us the proper stone. But, it was not done without huge amounts of trouble and attitude.
Our point is not to get some forklift driver in trouble. Mistakes happen, we understand that. Our problem is, this company has NO customer service skills. The customer is never right, and we're all idiots. I suspect that this attitude stems from the fact that, if you want certain stone, and they are the only one's in town who have it, you'll just have to deal with getting treated like garbage. What choice do you have? Well, if you have another option...even if you have to drive to Cedar, Vegas, or Salt Lake...you should do it. Shame on them for running a business this way. And if you do decide to use them, make sure you do THEIR job for them and double check your materials (that THEY loaded) BEFORE you leave the premises.