valerie brown
Poor quality and value. I hired OG to strip a deck down to it's foundation and replace all wood, included deck rails and steps. This was three years ago on a rental property. Oscar Garcia charged me $3,333 for the work. My tenant has now vacated and I had contractors inspect the entire property, including the deck. After three years, the deck looks worse that before they replaced the wood! That is because they used nails instead of screws to secure the wood. The result in 3 years is that all the nails are popping up, the wood is warped and the slats of wood, especially on the stairs are loose! I contacted Oscar Garcia, and he says there is no warranty and I was charged a price for using nails, not screws. I was never given the option of using screws instead of nails, and of course, I don't know the long term results of using nails. Needless to say, Oscar stated he remembers telling me this, 3 years ago! Yeah right! He must have the memory of an elephant if he remembers this. The invoice doesn't not detail whether nails or screws are used, so it is evident he didn't make this clear or inform me of this. Now he wants me to pay him to come fix the deck all over again. That is not going to happen! If he is a professional contractor, he clearly new that the nails would not last and the deck would then warp, which would cause me to call him again and pay him again to fix this. Beware of this company. They are not transparent at all about what they are doing and clearly cut corners on this project. Your deck might look good now, but wait until some time has passed, it will look a hot mess! I would give him 0 stars if I could.
