I was just informed of this complaint, and as in every situation there are 3 sides to every story, each individual side, and somewhere in the middle. First and foremost, all our installers are professionally trained and have a "master window installer and re-glazing" certificate from PGT Windows. The simple fact is our business is in construction, and our market is southwest Florida. We receive many inquiries from installers throughout our area and it's extremely difficult to find personnel with the skill level to perform the work, as well as people that we feel confident that can be trusted to go into a consumer's home. We are doing "construction", it's inherently a sweaty and dirty job, in a home that someone lives in, it isn't "new" construction in its raw stage. The lead installer on this job was born and raised right here in Fort Myers. He's a good, honest man, who is a hard working "blue collar" worker in the construction trades. I myself do not smoke, in fact I abhor it, it killed my father at 59 years old. However, we do not discriminate, nor do we look down on anyone due to their occupation. There are many people in the "trades" that do unfortunately smoke, therefore it's their choice and I don't judge them for it. Our installers are good, honest, and hardworking people that work in an extremely difficult climate, It's VERY HOT in southwest Florida, and they perform a job that "most" people would not be willing to do, and many people look down on them for that. As for the comment about "urinating on the baseboards", I don't really have words for that other than the fact that yes, it's hot in Florida, the installers drink a lot of fluids to stay hydrated during the work day, and I'm sure from time to time they may ask to use a customer's bathroom. In no way do I believe they purposely did this, I can only imagine that during the physical action of going to the bathroom there may have been some splattering from the toilet. I will refrain from any further comment on this. I will not name the crew that was on this job since I care about them and their feelings. However, they do get several wonderful comments, in fact just this week I was in a repeat customers house that requested this crew. As the owner, I know their wives, I know their children, I buy their families turkeys for Thanksgiving, and give them and their families a wonderful Christmas party annually, these people have families they feed and homes they support, and I care deeply about each one of our team members. They do not have the luxury of wearing a suit and tie, slacks, dresses, etc. to work and nor do they work in a climate controlled air-conditioned environment. Regarding the windows themselves, it's extremely difficult to explain Florida windows and Florida construction to people in our market. First and foremost, since the majority of construction in our market is concrete block, our window sizes are very standard due to the size of concrete block. Unfortunately, in this home, the section the customer is referring to is "wood bay" construction, however the windows used in the original construction were "concrete block" size windows, therefore they must be replaced with the same size. During the original construction of the home, there was no drywall, stucco, or siding on the home, windows are put in during new construction in the homes rawest form. In replacement windows, that process is backwards, but as mentioned before, the size we must use is the same as the original, therefore it's not uncommon that the replacement windows will be extremely tight going in. Everyone in the window business understands this, as well as the manufacturers, not to mention we are in the "glass" business and glass is fragile, and it WILL break. We understand this, and every customer is informed this at the point of sale. We must pay for the products upon receiving, just as you would pay for any product you purchase in a store, we also must pay the building department, and we must pay our installers. Every customer acknowledges with their initials on their contract that "final payment must be paid upon installation. Warranty items (i.e. broken glass, balancers, etc.) does not preclude final payment". This process was followed in this transaction as it is in all transactions. We simply process the warranty items in accordance with the manufacturers policies and procedures, and perform the warranty work once we receive the parts from the manufacturer. Regarding the plantation shutters, over the years, due to factors out of our control, as well as every other window company, the code changes have required our products to be larger framing than what the original construction was. Again this portion of the home was wood construction therefor the wall depth is not as deep as block construction. We DO NOT know in any of these situations in wood construction walls if existing plantation shutters or blinds will work with the NEW Florida Code Approved products. We do not set the codes, but we do have to follow them. Finally, as the owner of Clear Choice, this was addressed by the co-owner of Clear Choice, my wife. She is the one who addressed the warranty issues and sent our Production Manager out to fix the issues. In business, it will never be a perfect world, even though we strive to be perfect. I formally owned a company with over 500 hundred employees with over 170 dealerships in over 40 countries. I completely understand that we don't live in a perfect world, but there is no problem too great that can't be solved. I can only apologize to this customer feeling like their experience was unpleasant. I have the utmost confidence in all our team members, I care about them and their families, just as I care about my family. I've raised my children here in our community and we care deeply about it. We just try to do the best we can daily and we have good, hardworking, honest people that are doing a hard and dirty job in a hot and miserable climate. I'm thankful for them and the job that they do.