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    Screen security door

    John is very reliable and professional man. First- he came to measure and gave us few very helpful recommendations for screen security doors. When door was ready- he promptly picked it up from Home Depot and installed in less then two hours. Some hardware parts were missing from the special order from Home Depot and he even used his own spare ones and promised to follow up when the rest will arrive. Very happy that we choose John for our screen security door installation. Fee is very reasonable, easy to communicate and most important- quality of the final product. Highly recommend John from San Diego Security Doors!

    New security door/frame

    John came over to look at our existing security door to give suggestions- our door was missing the top frame and there were gaps in the side, top, bland bottom of the door that let in flying and crawling insects (unwanted in my house). John said that there were other security doors/frames that should take care of our issue. He made another appointment the same week to pick up the new door/frame, install it and haul away the old door. It only took him 1 1/2 hours for the install job. Jon was nice and professional l would recommend this business. We are very satisfied with the work and price.

    Email exchange with business owner after we asked him to come back and fix the code violation in his work on our house. Read from bottom up
    Christopher B.

    This is a one-person business; the owner's name is John Hainsey. If you hire him without reading this, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you're one of the cases that goes smoothly. The quick version of this review is: 1. He pulled a misled us about what he would charge and ended up charging us much more than he led us to expect. 2. He's very unreliable; repeatedly failed to show up for appointments without any notice. 3. He did shoddy work--door doesn't bolt smoothly and, more important, he used unfinished and untreated wood to build a frame for our door (which we confirmed with the state is a code violation). 4. He started out very friendly and pleasant but, when our landlord noticed the code violation, he was evasive and eventually his attitude turned very ugly and mean. (See the screenshot of my email exchange with him for a taste of who you're dealing with here.) The longer version: He's got a pretty high star rating right now; don't be fooled. He's a personable guy--charming even--and I don't doubt that he often comes through and does a satisfactory job on the first try. But he's also very unreliable, quite unprofessional, and his friendly attitude turns very ugly if you need any kind of follow-up service him. (Note the parallel with the other 1-star review on this site: started out well, problem with initial job, couldn't get him to come back and he became very rude and standoffish.) My guess is the positive reviews are people who had jobs that turned out to be simple and who either didn't know enough to look closely at the quality of his work or had jobs that were hard to screw up. We hired him to install a security door at our home. He was very pleasant at first and offered a very competitive price: $259. After coming to check out the door, he affirmed the $259 quote but said he'd need to build out the door frame a little and, depending on the details, that might add to the price a bit. He gave us what he called a "worst case scenario" quote of $345. He told use we'd need to paint the wood he used to build out the frame, which was no problem. The problems started with he didn't show up for the appointment to come do the install. No call, no text; he just didn't come. When she texted him to ask where he was, he apologized and said he'd gotten busier than expected. That was annoying because my fiancée had scheduled her day around the appointment. He also didn't show for the second appointment. This time I texted him the day before to confirm. He responded saying he was out of town with a vague excuse about "some family stuff." At this point, my fiancée was fed up and wanted to find someone else. But I insisted we give him the benefit of the doubt. After all, family stuff does sometimes come up! I should have listened to my fiancée. He did finally show up to the third appointment and installed the door. Then he just charged us the "worst case" price with no discussion as though there had never been any question of a lower price. I'm pretty persuaded the initial price was intentionally part of a bait-and-switch to get us to hire him. The door is square in the frame but it doesn't close very well--you have to hold it in place to get it to bolt. Worse, he used untreated, unfinished wood to build out the door. Our landlord confirmed with the state that this is a code violation; all outdoor wooden structures or attachments to siding must be pressure treated. There were still shims sticking out of the frame when I took a close look. So, we can paint it but it'll be hard to get it to look right because the wood he used is so rough and is covered in lumber yard stamps that will take multiple coats of paint to cover properly. Our landlord was unhappy with the work and reached out to him. He was evasive but finally agreed to come paint the frame himself to make up for using such cheap, unfinished wood (and yet still charging us the absolute maximum he could--his "worst case scenario" quote). Well, as we learned with John the first time we tried to get him to come out and do work for us, him agreeing to come is very different from him actually showing up and doing the work. We hounded him for awhile and were starting to discuss what we would do if we just couldn't get him to keep his word (like posting negative reviews, complaining to the better business bureau, etc.) Unfortunately, he was accidentally copied on that email exchange. When he saw it, he became furious and outright refused to come finish the work he had agreed to do. See the screenshot of our email exchange below--I think it pretty clearly shows what a slimy little scumbag cheat this guy is. Save yourself a potential nightmarish experience and don't hire this guy.

    Security door installed by San Diego Security Doors

    I contacted John and explained we wanted a security door installed -no problem he said -- he also offered to haul away any old door or even pick up the new door at no charge! We picked up the new door ourselves and there was no old door to haul away however, we told him we had to await the approval of our HOA for the install but as soon as that was green-lighted we would be in touch again. About three weeks later we had approval and John came over promptly on a Friday afternoon - right on time and ready to get to work -- in less than an hour we had our new security door up and running and just great. John is courteous, professional, efficient, knows his stuff real well (he even saved us some money as I had purchased a sealing kit that he said really was not needed so we returned it and saved ourselves that and the install which would have been extra labor) - we cannot recommend him enough! He installs all kinds of doors not just security doors so, for all your door needs don't hesitate to call on John at San Diego Security Doors - he's the owner and he;s your man! Thanks John for a job well done.

    Security screen door and cat door purchased separately.  John fabricated the door so the cat door fits firmly in the security screen door.

    John at San Diego Security Doors was great to work with! Took about one week total from first call to install. John came out to measure, he picked up the security screen door plus a chubby cat door I ordered at Home Depot, he fabricated the holder in the security screen for the cat door (chubby size - one of my cats is a "larger" model...) and installed the security screen. If I had the locks on hand he would have installed them also. John had to cut the security screen, create a wooden holder and install the cat door in the holder. He did a FANTASTIC job and the whole thing is solid and secure. Everyone that has seen the door has commented on the craftsmanship of the work. John even cleaned up all debris when he was done with the install. I found John on Yelp with the help of my fellow Yelper's. I would work with John again and highly recommend him for security door installs with or without those chubby cat doors!

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    John was fantastic! Very professional, great communication and clean work. I will for sure call again and recommend to anyone.

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    I asked John to help me replace two interior doors, andhe finished within 2.5 hours. impressive

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    Spoke with John and all I could say is I will definitely be using and recommending them for my next project.

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