J & G Tile

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Jim's work was the best and easyist part our entire remodel project. He makes you feel comfortable with eveything he does. He knows what he's doing, explains it all to you, helps with recommendations, always communicates, and just takes care of things. And the quality is excellent. If you want a beautiful tile job hire Jim. He also did a bit of plumbing in another part of the house because he heard the toilet running and suggested that it'd be a quick and easy fix, and he made it that way. He's always happy. That's another nice bonus.

The person who came out did write us a bid and it was very reasonable. We haven’t made a final decision yet. He is a one man shop and we are looking to try to get this done fairly quickly. The person who came out was very pleasant. He measured, gave us some good ideas and gave us a good bid. It was a free estimate. He gave us a bid, but he never followed up with us to see if we were interested or if we wanted to proceed. We would possibly consider getting an estimate from him in the future.

This remodel required significant ingenuity and creativity once demo began, as several other "re-modelers" had tried their hands at remodeling this bathroom over the past 40 years! My intent was to keep parts of the old bathroom intact so that I didn't lose the 1938 flavor, and then blend in the new in a way that didn't shout "new part"! This bathroom remodel was something I had wanted to do for years, and I am so pleased with the result. Demolition was more difficult than expected as the walls to be removed were concrete on metal lathe, and probably bomb-proof. Jimmy's solution was straight-forward and appropriate, and I am very happy with the result. Jimmy had to actually rebuild parts of the interior walls as previous remodelers had cut through the 2x4 supports so they could run their pipes where they wanted to. And, since he knew I wanted a semi-frameless shower enclosure (different contractor), he reinforced the portion of the wall where the shower door would hinge. Jimmy's tile work is absolutely beautiful. He takes great pride in the art and detail aspects of his work, and the results are simply smashing. Nothing in the tile area was "true" prior to the remodel (it was off ALOT), but it certainly is now. Jimmy coordinated with me on every aspect of this job, both planned and unforseen. He explained possible solutions to me in a way I understood (even if it took more than one time!). He provided options for cost savings that I could choose from - I felt involved and current with the entire project,and really enjoyed watching the transformation of this old bathroom. The unforeseen situations took time to reconcile, but the whole project was still within the time Jimmy had estimated. I will absolutely hire Jimmy for my next project!

He shows up when he says he's going to show up. Since this was our master bath, I was concerned about the mess of the project affecting our bedroom. I have to say, I have never had any worker in my house as conscientious about clean up as him. I felt like he left the area cleaner than he found it each day. Saw him vacuum and mop regularly. I also appreciated his attention to detail. It borders on OCD and that's a VERY good thing. Jimmy has a lot of skills, but his tiling is unbelievable. If you have a tile job, THIS is the guy you want to use.

After reading such glowing reports here on Angie's List, I am having trouble believing that he's the same man who worked on my bath. After scheduling our project two months in advance, James was four days late in starting the job. He called daily putting us off claiming his current job was running over. Funny enough, when finishing our job was going to take one extra day he whined about having to postpone his next job. James originally quoted our job as taking one week to do. It took nearly five weeks, because James does not like to work more then 4 hours a day tops. And those would be the days he shows up at all. In the 5 weeks he was working on our project, he called or texted that he would not be coming 40% of the time. His excuses were illness, car troubles, late-night recording sessions, and once he took off to do a 3-day job in Boulder which he had not previously told us of. He also requested the job be paid in full nearly a week before he had finished, which I refused to do. When James was here, he blared loud music and was sloppy. He did not lay down any carpet protection. The carpet in our master bedroom is now a mess and will have to be professionally cleaned. He dribbled some sort of white liquid through our house and walked back by it three times eyeballing it but never cleaned it up. He would take frequent smoke breaks and leave cigarette butts on our front lawn. I was surprised at the end of the project to find that James only caulked the areas where stone met stone. He did not caulk the stone baseboard or where the stone met the ceiling in the shower. He told us we had to do it (lesson learned in getting EVERYTHING in writing). When repairing the subfloor beneath the toilet, James sliced through a PVC drain pipe. Once he had finished the job and we were able to use the bathroom, the pipe leaked onto our garage ceiling below. When I contacted him about the damage, he laid blame on the previous contractor without even coming out to inspect the area. My husband fixed the damaged pipe and will now have to replace the damaged ceiling drywall.

I read on Angie's list that James would do small jobs. This was a very small job and I was so happy that someone would actually do. Everyone else had blown me off. James had several helpful suggestions about what could be done. The work was done well and I am very happy with the final result.

James was impressive from the very start. He was quick to provide us with a thorough bid. Since we had not done a complete remodel in quite some time, he walked us through the whole process. When we had questions or needed guidence, he was usually available to us via his Blackberry. He kept us updated every step of the way with cute and fun emails. You can tell that he loves his work! He preformed this remodel during the absolute coldest week of our winter, doing his tile cutting and custom work in our garage - burrrrrr! We are so happy with our new bathroom. He is an extremely knowledgeable handyman and an absolute MASTER as laying tile.

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WONDERFUL experience with James (Jimmy) Strickler from the beginning!!! Very professional on the telephone when interviewing different Angie's List Tilers and answered his phone immediately! Very helpful with his granite suggestions and how to go about the entire process. Very easy and pleasant to work with - my 2 boys even adored him! Showed up for work on time each morning and had an organized schedule. Jimmy's work is immpecable - very neat, crisp, and gorgeous. We love our new kitchen!!! Such an improvement from the old style white tiles with white grout! We are extremely satisfied with Jimmy's work and will call him again to do more work in our family room. He also wears different hats - plumber, electrician, handyman (as you read from above). We HIGHLY recommend Jimmy without a doubt! You WON'T be sorry if you call him!!!!

James did an excellent job for a very fair price. Excellent communication skills. I highly recommend AKA Tile

Overall, we could not be happier with Mr. Strickler's work.

This is the second bathroom that J&G Tile has remodeled for me and as with the first, this one turned out beautifully as well. The tiler showed up when expected, finished the job on time and on budget. He had some great suggestions that improved my original design. I have one more bathroom to re do and I will be calling J&G Tile.

He did a really nice job. He did what I asked him to do. He came up with some suggestions that were so much better than what I had thought of. His suggestions really didn't cost any more money than what I had thought of. It turned out really beautiful. He cleaned up after himself every day. I appreciated him not leaving a mess. He was a nice guy. He would talk to me and listen to my suggestions. When I asked him for a quote, he was here the next morning to give me one. Some of the other providers that I had asked about giving me a quote didn't even call or show up. Some of the others did call me back like two weeks later, and that just was not acceptable to me. For the work that he did, his price was absolutely an A.

Wonderful experience with James and J & G tile. James provided a detailed estimate with several options. He was excellent at calling/communicating prior to the date of the work, and his work was absolutely perfect. The backsplash looks wonderful, and we couldn't be happier. We have worked with several contractors on different projects since purchasing our house eight months ago, and this was the best experience I've had. I'll hire James for any tile projects I have in the future, and would recommend him to family and friends. Thanks, James!!!

James Strickler takes his work seriously. He has high standards and did more than we contracted for because he thought it would look better. He didn't charge us extra money for these things. He re-wired one of the spotlights in the kitchen that wasn't working. He moved a vent from the floor to under the sink so that it wouldn't show with the new tile. He put more rows of tiles on the backsplash because he said it would look better (he was right - it really did.) He installed the floor tiles in the downstairs bathroom in a diamond pattern because he thought it would make the room look bigger and more upscale. He put tile up the wall in place of the old baseboards. He put in three undercounter spotlights in the kitchen to draw attention to the new backsplash. He is a gem. PS He loves animals. None of this cost any more than the original estimate.

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I needed to have my masterbath redone due to a botched job previously done by another contractor. Jim showed up the day after I called and gave a very realistic estimate. He was honest about what could and could not be done. He and is partner Greg, did all the demo, tiling, and even installed a new medicine cabinet. They showed up when they said they would, cleaned up after themselves and I never felt intruded upon. The job took longer than expected, but that was due to me changing my mind and them very cheerfully doing what I asked.