AIR SEAL INSULATION SYSTEMS

We received an extimate from Ari but had some difficulty dealing with him in coming to an accurate explanation of what was to be done and how. After talking with Vauna, Peter, and the other workers, we were able to come to an accurate concensus on the job to be done. Don't deal with Ari. Do deal with the others. They were very good.

They were on time and very efficient. They said they would be here at 8:30 and they were. They were clean and also cleaned up after themselves. They had a foreman come and check on them halfway through. It only took one day. I was very pleased with them. I also had others come in and their price was exactly the same.

After about a year, I am having that roof torn off and replaced. It has leaked constantly. The foam has pulled away from the underlying material, leaving large cracks and openings. Almost every ceiling on my top floor and several on the floor below will have to be repaired from the water damage. The workmanship is simply astonishingly shoddy. They came back twice to fix the things that I insisted on before I finally gave up. Every repair just made things worse. They broke my skylight and ruined my hatch cover. It was one thing after another. By the time it's all over I will have spent over $30,000 repairing or replacing things.

When Ari came to the door, he stank so badly of cigarettes that I couldn't stand close to him. He looked around the area and took measurements, said he'd get back to me with an estimate. His estimate was higher than I expected but I had nothing to compare with. But a member of this List showed how shoddy the work was that this contractor had done, so I didn't use him. And his manner, in general, was off-putting. He talked about doing a larger area than I had originally wanted, but his estimate didn't give me partial and full, to choose from.

Air Seal is one of the few companies that does Icynene spray foam insulation in the five boroughs. The installers showed up and sprayed but they left before I could even review their work. I was surprised to see that they didn't even finish cutting the spray foam insulation level to the studs in 4 walls. So I had to cut the insulation myself afterwards. Also, the insulation was not flush to the studs in several locations and there were a lot of voids in the insulation because I assume they were in a hurry. The crew left some wood and goggles and they asked if they had to take the trash away. The crew was nice but overall the quality was poor and the fact that they didn't cut all the insulation flush to the studs was unacceptable. If you have spray foam insulation done make sure you review all the work and make sure there are no voids in the insulation and that the insulation is full and flush to the studs.