American Building Technologies

It was good

Exceptional quality workmanship!

Very satisfied with the job

They arrived on time and completed all the insulation work in the attic and garage in one day. The inspector from the Conservation Services Group said the insulation work was performed according to their strict standards.

Overall it went well. The crew was prompt and did a great job cleaning up after each day. I graded a B for quality due to a few miss haps that can happen when doing this kind of work in an old house. They hit a water pipe to my tenants unit. the pip was mounted to the outside wall so was hard not to hit it. They also hit an electric wire. I say it's expected because they have to drill into the side of the house and at a minimum there will be wiring that could possible get hit. I had my plumber and electrician fix the issues and ABT promptly reimbursed the costs

They didn't make it to the first appt bc they were running so late so we rescheduled. The second appt. they were about an hour late for. I was told I would receive an estimate via email in the next day or two. I called two days later to check-up on the status of the estimate. It is now two weeks later and I am still waiting for an estimate.

I originally had brought in four groups to provide estimates for the above described work. We have a very difficult to access space in the attic over the bedrooms due to a chimney and central air unit. One provider seemingly did not want to do this work and go in there and quoted me over 3 times what I ended up paying. Two providers had more reasonable estimates for their work, while another was honest and told me that their installation method (Icynene) was probably not appropriate for the work and referred me to Romaine's group at ABT. They were the last group in, they were very thorough with their estimate and were the ONLY contractor who was familiar with the Marblehead Energy Rebate program - which allows customers who get insulation work to receive up to $1600 in cash rebates off of your final bill. (The $4500 figure above was cost for me before rebate - my net cost will be closer to $3000 due to rebate) They were very familiar with the program and the individuals in town and handled all the organization with them. Ultimately the quoted price from ABT was in line with estimates from other groups and we went with ABT for the work. They were scheduled to come out approximately 3 weeks after agreeing on contract, however we got a call 2 days after the estimate was done and ABT was able to get our job done within 3 days. Work took one full day and included some additional work on the outer walls that was not originally in my quote. Their team was able to get most everything done in that one day, although they did have to come back as the thermaldome did not fit my space and they had to create a custom dome. Additionally, some caulking on the outer walls needed to be done as they ran out of caulk. That work was completed one week later - they are coming back today to reevaluate the walls with infrared to make sure there are no gaps in the insulation and to also look at a tricky kneewall area where getting the cellulose in proved extremely difficult. Overall, terrific experience and great communication with their group.

Because I will be having a new air conditioning and heating system put in my house, I wanted to make sure that I had insulation to make the new system as efficient (less costly to operate) as possible. I found American Building Technologies on Angie's List (they were highly rated). They were very responsive, friendly, and knowledgeable, The crew treated my house very respectfully. I really appreciate their attention to detail. I am very happy with the job ABT did and am looking forward to more comfort and less cost to heat and air condition my home.

The estimate was on target and we were very pleased with the results of the job. The workers were courteous and were good at their very difficult jobs. The job was completed on time and on budget. The only issue that came up was a situation where one of the workers used our neighbor's washing machine and dryer as a platform to connect power in the basement. They created significant damage and an unhappy neighbor for me. Romain, the owner, was completely responsive. He came over immediately, ordered replacement parts at his expense and had them delivered to our neighbor. He was out some money, but his integrity clearly showed. Good outfit to do business with overall.

Romain and ABT gave us firm estimates, kept to them, were always on time (even during two snow storms) were completely professional and very knowledgeable about their work and their products. Because of the age and location of the house, the insulation had to be blown into the exterior walls from the inside which meant cutting 3" holes every 16" through wallboard and through wood. The crew was expert, extremely neat (and it's very hard to be neat around wallboard) and never made a bad cut. They cleaned up after themselves to the point where, in one instance we had old plywood, wallboard, etc., and debris on the jetty outside the house. The crew went down onto the rocks to remove all debris before high tide. Following completion, Romain went over every wall with an infra-red detector to ensure all spaces had been addressed. Within 2 days, during Boston's 0 degree temperatures, the floors became warm (rather than radiating cold) and the heating system was able to maintain a constant 68 on all floors (in intense cold, we have never been able to maintain constant interior temperature above 63). Finally, this work was eligible for state energy efficiency grants and loans and Romain handled all of it and we received the grant (2,000) and the 7 year no-interest loan (15,000) before the 4 day job was completed and that was no simple task. I would recommend Romain and ABT to anyone with a big, old disaster of a home that always provides unpleasant surprises when "home improvement" is contemplated.