Birkenmeier & Sons Inc

We were very happy with the results of our basement remodel. Al was very helpful and his crew did a great job in a timely fashion.

We had a goal of getting the project done in 30 days and 99% of the project was done in 25 days. Al was terrific to work with and was always on top keeping the project moving with his subs and at the same time communicating with my wife and I. The entire project looks beautiful! Our landlord, the old tenant and all our customers love it and it looks great. Al was responsive up to the very end and we really appreciate his dedication and commitment to helping our business.

The project ran very smoothly. Al is extremely professional and kept the communication lines flowing at all times. He is respected by all of the subcontractors, thus they provide promt and courteous service. The quality of craftsmanship is SUPERB. As an interior design professional, I would most DEFINITELY hire him again and recommend him without hesitation to clients.

Al and his team did a great job. One of the most important components of the job was ensuring the job would be done right. Al always does a great job of bringing in his team and assessing the all work on the project. This helps avoid any surprises after the job is started. Al's team came in and completed the project on time. They took extra not to damage the surrounding planting beds and patio as they pull off the old roof. The roof looks great and the clean up was spotless! We also had Al do a major remodel to our home two years ago. We would recommend him and his team to anyone planning a home project - if you want top quality and professional work....

Fantastic. The crew was polite and great with the clean-up. Roofing can get messy. Birkenmeier & Sons worked with the insurance company to make sure that everything was taken care of properly and fairly. I would definitely recommend them again. I will be using them in the future for interior cabinetry work as well.

Outstanding! Details and options were discussed along the way for saving the budget while maintaining the structural integrity of the job. The job itself required extensive equipment as well as the nerves of steel as my house is located very near a drop off and the atrium is three stories high. When the job was done, the site was as clean as it was before they started and my house was solid and weatherproof. I am an interior designer and I would definitely recommend them to clients.

The project was completed on time as promised and in a professional manner. Al was in constant communication with us all during the project.

Extremely well. We couldnt be happier with the results. Al is the best GC I've ever worked with. He is professional, courteous, accommodating, extremely skilled, and brings a raft of experience and talent with him to the job. He finished our renovation on time, on budget, and with results that were way beyond our expectations. He is our first choice for any other work.

Can't say enough good things about Al and his team. He was methodical, detail-oriented, and even managed to keep the dust to a minimum! He went above and beyond by adding trim to the sunroom to match the rest of the house. I hadn't even thought of doing that. He did a lot of the work himself and had a great electrician and a great tile guy come in too. We are so pleased with the results.

Perfect. This was a little job requiring some handyman expertise. Al came by one day between jobs and it was all done.

The job went well! It took 4 1/2 months, and was essentially right on budget. Al only charges for the work he has completed. All of his subcontractors are top notch. He does much of the work himself, and is very a very gifted finish carpenter. He is very accessible and responsive via phone, email, and text. His jobsite foreman, Papa Gary, is there every morning at 0700. Our dog was his best buddy!

As always, Al takes the time to make sure everything is the way I want it and offers his opinions on the best way to complete the project. I am a bit of a perfectionist. Al and Gary are great to work with as it is their objective to make sure I am happy with their work. It was nice to see them again as we spent a lot of time together during our initial remodel project. The pups were happy, too, as they always get a little treat after lunch!

Al Birkenmeier and Papa Gary have done work for us before. I have experienced them as the consummate professionals. They are friendly and always do more than expected and asked of them. The work is always done to beyond my satisfaction.

We have used Al for several jobs in the past. He and his team have always been professional, polite and easy to work with - even to the extent of them stopping their work to build wheelchair ramps for my son when he is fractured his femur! On this occasion we had an area of roof where the shingles were holding water which then leaked through to the family room. Al and his roofer identified the issue and came up with a plan to fix (we have an old house with a lot of different roof planes and angles). Unfortunately the shingles are no longer manufactured but Al tracked them down and worked with us to arrange a repair date that worked with our busy summer. Al is always the first guy we go to when we need a contractor we can depend on to do an excellent job.

It didn't happen and never will with them.

It went great I used Birkenmeier and Sons Inc. in the past to build my custom home. I had my architect draw up the plans I wanted and presented them to Al Birkenmeier for a bid and went with him to build my Custom Home. The building process went so smooth and everything turned out just the way I wanted it, I lived there for 13 years before I sold and never had one problem in the house Not even so much as a nail pop! The craftsmanship was superb! I kind of look back now and wish I would've kept the house. I highly recommend this company to anyone you will not be disappointed !!

Al Birkenmeier had previously done work for me so I was confident everything would go smoothly. I was not disappointed. Al is a perfectionist and the finished product shows it. He keeps the homeowner updated on progress and schedules. He has very high standards and goes beyond the call of duty to make sure everything is done professionally whether by him or his subs.

This was follow up to for some final work from the complete kitchen remodel Al did in our home. He did such great work, we wanted to have him back to complete some of the final pieces.

Al and his partner Gary have performed several general remodeling jobs in my home in the past few months. Al reassembled shutters meant for our old door and installed them onto a new door. Because the door knob and glass were in different positions than the previous door, Al had to carve out a half circle cut-out so that the door knob would move freely. There were other issues because the shutters were not meant to fit the new door, but Al made it work perfectly and it looks brand new. He also installed beautiful crown molding in one of our rooms which was an impeccable job. Al also repaired wood rot beneath a door, and had to fix a number of issues with the door as he went along, such as slants and hinge issues. Because of his incredible ability, he saved us from buying a new door which would have cost us thousands of dollars. Al and his partner Gary were always on time and very friendly. Would definitely recommend. Al is by far my best find on Angie's List, and I use the list frequently. He is an amazing talent that is rare in the St. Louis area. If you have any upcoming remodeling jobs, look no further than Al Birkenmeier. You will be amazed at his ability.

Al Birkenmeier and his co-worker Gary are amazing. After the crown molding and door/frame installation, they looked at a patio door that we had difficulty opening and closing. It was an unexpected project for Al, but he quickly assessed the wood rot and went above and beyond to fix the rot so that we would not have to replace the entire double door. We are very grateful to have had someone so talented and honest. I am sure most people would have simply recommended a new door. He and Gary spent an extra day and a half working on the problem and now it opens and closes beautifully like new. Al has been my best find from Angie's List, that's for sure.

I had the good fortune of having Al Birkenmeier in my home this week. He and his associate, Gary, were the most talented people I have employed from Angie's List. Our project was complicated and serious. We had advanced wood rot starting from the 1st floor patio door which itself had sunken towards the lower level. In our storage area in the lower level, you could see daylight from above where the wood was rotten and riddled with holes. We knew we had to replace the door and two adjacent windows, but could not find anyone talented enough to resolve the main issue of rotted wood near our foundation, until we met Al. He seemed confident that the job could be completed successfully. That was very comforting, especially after another company assessed the job and said the problem might be catastrophic. After that remark I went back to Angie's List and did a thorough search and that is when I contacted Al. He was not intimidated by the job. While it was a daunting job, he assured us that this is work he had done successfully in the past. Reading the reviews once again, we accepted his estimate and our worries were eliminated after watching he and Gary tackle the project. We have moved seven times so we are very familiar with homeowner projects. Al Birkenmeier and Gary are by far the best we have ever hired over many years. My suggestion is don't hesitate to hire Al for your home-improvement projects. By the way, they were always on time, professional, and pleasant to be around.

From start to near finish, working with Al and his team of professionals has been a great experience. His project assessment and bid was comprehensive. While we have made some adjustments to the plan during the remodel, they were based on changes we made on finish preferences. We have an 80 year old home, so the demo and remodel have required extra care and attention to detail to maintain the original look and feel of the home, but updating all our electrical and plumbing. Al, Pappa Gary and all his subs have been professional and do oustanding work. I really appreciate the level of quality Al expects in all his work and the work of his subs. We have has several other remodel projects done in other homes, and I would say this has been the best experience of all. We are very pleased with outcome in all the rooms and actually looks better than we imagined at the start as we planned out the work. It can be a challenge to live in the construction zone while the work is being done, but Al works to keep work areas safe, clean and manageable. I don't typically write reviews or make frequently make recommendations, but this is an easy one. I would recommend Al and his team to others and would have him back to do work for us again.

It went extremely well. Al always does a few extras that i don't ask for just to make it even nicer and he never charges me. He takes great pride in his work.

Al Birkenmeier, his employees, and his subs are all professionals of the highest order who seek to make sure that everything they lay their hands on is done right. On top of that, they treated myself, my husband, my two children and two dogs as if we were family. Together, I'm pretty sure Al and Papa Gary could build a skyscraper, but I was fortunate enough to have them building my kitchen. This was about as extensive of a kitchen remodel as it is possible to do. We were looking at a full, to-the-studs kitchen redesign that would affect 3 rooms of our house: the kitchen, dining room, and a bedroom and we would be living in the house through the remodel. Even during the initial bidding phase, Al stood out by giving us one of the most complete bids. We were pleasantly surprised when he showed up to our initial quote meeting with his sub-contractors so they could look at the job and give him a precise quote on their part of the work. Consequently, the quote provided by Al was one of the most complete and included almost exactly the scope of work we were expecting. Additionally, during his walk-through, Al even seemed pretty sure, based upon his the structure of our house that the walls we were planning to take down were load-bearing, in spite of what the drawings our architect came up with said, Al ended up being right. Al's main man, Papa Gary, is incredibly nice, and brings the same attention to detail to his work that Al does to his. He showed up every morning and got straight to work. We're not early risers, so we would often stumble through his work zone on the way to our makeshift basement kitchen, and he'd serenade our 3 year old with a goofy little morning song. Our kids adored ?the builders?. Also, of course, now anything that ever breaks in our house, our three year old just says ?don't worry, the builder's will fix it.? The kitchen remodel went incredibly smoothly, which is, I'm sure, due in no small part to Al's orchestration of everything going on. If I had a question for any of his subs during the remodel, he would have them on the phone right away to clear things up. Al was more than happy to meet with us every morning or leave us a quick text/email/voicemail to keep us posted on progress. There was never a time when we didn't know who was going to be at our house, when, and what they would be doing. Additionally, they did an exemplary job of keeping the work site safe, contained, and clean, which set us at ease since we had a toddler and a baby running around who like nothing more than finding the most dangerous things around to play with, but I was constantly amazed at how organized things stayed amid the chaos of demolition and carpentry. As with any job this size, additions and changes did come up. Do to Al's thoroughness up front, we were lucky enough not to have anything really major come up, but we did decide to change a few things during the course of the work and they were handled as line-items on our next payment. To Al, our problems were his problems. If we weren't happy with how something looked, he fixed it, or he got a sub to come out and fix it right away, no matter how small or trivial. For instance, one of the tiles laid on the back splash was set a little deeper than the rest, it caught the light weird, it was maybe a little nit-picky, but we could see it being the kind of thing that bothered us after a while. Al didn't even question it, he had the tile guy back out to chisel that tile out and put in another one. I should also say, the tile guy (Larry) was happy and prompt to fix anything and hopefully we can hire him for jobs in the future. The final thing I'd like to mention is the concept that Al makes sure everything he touches is a little bit better than it was before. I lost track of every little additional thing he did that weren't strictly in the project scope, but here are a few: he fixed some exterior brick tuckpointing that was cracking, he rerouted a pipe that had previously been (annoyingly) running through a closet and he replaced some ugly damaged window trim with nice new stuff, he added new baseboard trim in a hallway where we had removed a heater return grill and were left with an empty space. The basic feeling you get is that he treats the house as if he were working on his own. We can't thank you enough Al!

Al has done it again. Such a courteous, professional guy. Al and his top notch trim guy, Kevin, constructed my stair railing with solid wrought iron balusters and continuous handrail for the stairway/well that he also did earlier in the fall in my house renovation. The best quality materials were used and the craftsmanship was exceptional. The job was completed in less than two days so I could be in the house for Christmas. Again, I say without question that Al Birkenmeier is your go to contractor...I know there is no project he cannot do despite the many contacts he has in the field.