Portland Deck Refinishing

Chad got right back to us after the initial phone call. He quickly gave a quote and got us on his schedule. As soon as the weather cleared, he got to work. Chad showed up right at 8 AM both days. He got right to work as soon he arrived. The cleaning took an hour. Two days later he did the sanding and staining in two hours. The deck looks beautiful. He was careful to protect our floors and walls through the process. Highly recommended.

Chad got back to my inquiry through Angies List right away and had me send pics and square footage of my deck. I had already taken care of stripping, cleaning/brightening and power washing. Needed someone to sand and stain. We agreed on a price of $600 which worked out to just under $2 per sq. foot. Chad was available the following week and came out at the agreed upon time. In fact, he was a little early. He was done in about 3.5 - 4 hrs. and the deck looks great. I'm glad that he steered me away from the Behr product stain we were going to use as he mentioned that it doesn't last that long. Chad used a Sikkens product that is supposed to be one of the best on the market. Would definitely recommend him to anyone else looking for someone knowledgeable who will do a professional job fast and for a fair price.

Chad came out about two weeks after I contacted him (as he said he would). He was on time and pressure washed the deck. A couple of days later he came out and sanded and stained the deck; again he was on time. A day later when I looked at the deck it was blotchy and there were places where the stain hadn't taken. I called Chad and he agreed to come out to fix it. We had some discussions about whether the deck was sanded properly. The next rain free day he came out and put another coat of stain on the deck. He followed through on his promise of a good job. The deck now looks great. Anybody can do a good job if it's easy. It takes a pro to get stuff done when there are problems.

Despite not protecting the wood for the past couple of years- after lightly sanding & oiling with Penofin the deck looked great. I plan to use Chad again in the future.

Extremely happy with the work Chad did, he was here when he said he would be and completed the work timely and the deck looks great! I would highly recommend!

good-ended up with 2 coats of solid stain.

Chad responded to request for bid promptly. He is very absolute on what he can and can not do. he knows his craft very well. Chad came three consecutive days for the three procedures and arrived early and reliably for each procedure. Chad worked independently and efficiently and 100% trustworthy. Chad offers a great service and emits confidence and does not try and trick anyone.. We will absolutely use him again and refer him to anyone.

Chad was very responsive and did a thorough job. He gave me a quote for my job by texting pictures and dimensions of the project. He showed up on-time and stayed in budget. Highly recommended!

Chad showed up as scheduled and did all the work himself. He cleaned it one day and returned the next day to put on the finish. He is always punctual, dependable and diligent about his work. There was one minor problem I later contacted him about and he came the next day and took care of it. I highly recommend him.

After getting bids for the work, in-mid July we chose Portland Deck Refinishing (Chad James) on the basis of his rating in Angie's List and price. Chad didn't need to visit the site; he said pictures (and estimate of size) would suffice. I sent 7 pictures and he indicated his price. Due to his current work in progress and the fact the weather was very warm when we agreed to the job, and Chad wanted to wait until after the first of August. That was fine; Chad then contacted us late in July he was ready to begin on August 5, and expected it would take 4-5 days to do the work. He spent the 5th stripping the deck and railing and that allowed it to dry; on the 6th he sanded the railings and prepared the deck for staining, which earlier he expected to do on the 8th or 9th. On completing his work on the 6th, he said he was ready to stain if we were; so he did the work faster than expected! On the 7th he worked until mid-day and had the ENTIRE deck and railings done. I'm sure he was exhausted, but Chad is nothing if not industrious. Even my wife and I together staining could not have done it that quickly and completely. We are VERY happy with the result. Chad is punctual (started each day at 7:30 am), a very hard worker, careful to put down drop cloths and careful to not splash stain. He painted between the boards in a way that eliminated the dripping underneath that is common in deck painting--usually finding lots of drips on the concrete below. Not so with Chad's work. I was able to clean up the residue on the lower side of the house under the deck and the concrete from the stripping with a hose and a little soap and water, and the entire deck and area now looks perfect. Chad's work is excellent, and I would highly recommend him. Punctual, hard-working, thorough, completes the job. .

This review involves 3 service providers that I called for my deck refurbishing (cleaning, sanding, & restain). More details below, but the bottom line is that I had the best luck with the category of home maintenance (rather than deck maintenance), such as Schopp?s Home Maintenance. They were responsive, fairly prompt to get the work done, and did a nice job. It?s a large deck, with main section over 60 feet long, and there is also an adjacent side deck where the hot tub sits. Portland Deck Refinishing called me and said they were coming out to give a bid. They never followed up with the bid or a call back. Deck Renovations was nice enough to come out, but told me my deck was in bad condition and needed a lot of work done. They estimated approximately $4500 for my side deck, and roughly estimated about $20,000 for the main deck. So overall, I was most happy with Schopp?s Home Maintenance and got what I needed.

Chad came out promptly on 08Sep14, measured and inspected the deck and gave us a $600 bid for this work - which we accepted. He was so busy we had to wait a month to get it done. To us though, this is good because it means his work is in high demand - which often comes with high quality. He arrived on Oct 3rd as promised with his materials and equipment early in the day because it was a full day's work. He was remarkably thorough in every aspect of his work. He even spotted a small (about 1sqin) spot he missed after he was 'done' (that we wonder if we would have spotted) and went back to his truck to bring his tools and more stain to touch this up. He obviously has a high personal standard for the quality of the work he delivers. Prior to this we had made a project out of power washing the deck with our own gas-powered washer. That was quite a lot of work and he generously complimented us on the good job we did with this. It also made his job easier (and less expensive). He used a very large floor-buffer sized sander and a small hand sander to carefully prep the deck after tapping down a small number of nails that had worked their way out over the years. Then he applied a beautiful tan colored stain which was - 'the best there is' he told us. Did we mention that he was extremely thorough with an admirable attention to the smallest detail that is hard to find these days? :) The deck looked brand-spanking-new when he was finished and he said it looked no where near the 20 years old that it was. Even now, nearly six months later, it still looks brand new. It is so nice to be able to locate such quality and caring service providers on Angie's List. We always use her list to find providers any time we have work done on the house. It's the only way to go for us.

Chad did a fabulous job for a reasonable price. He showed up right on time and finished the job in good order. He is professional and efficient and I would highly recommend him.

Chad was outstanding. The deck looks great, he was resonsive, professional and skilled. His pricing is reasonalble and he is an all around great guy. Perfect experience start to finish.

It was a couple of years ago but as far as I can recall, we were pretty satisfied with them. He kept track of the weather and kept in touch with us while waiting for the dry days; he let us know that he had not forgotten about us.

I have used Chad before and knew that I could expect him to be punctual, professional, and fair priced. He is a personable and even tempered man who has had a lot of experience refinishing decks. He powerwashed one day, then came back a few days later and applied colored oil stain (of our choice) to three decks of varying size. As expected, he did a fine job and got it done in a timely manner. I will definitely use him again.

He was prompt in responding to my initial request and came out and assessed the job, giving a reasonable and fair quote. The decks were badly in need of refinishing and had several coats of stain that needed to be removed. The decks had a somewhat intriquite design and required hand sanding along with the normal type of sanding. It required him to come out a third time to complete the job at no additional charge. The decks look so nice and fresh. I would highly recommend him for others for their deck refinishing. He takes great pride in his work!

He was affordable. The job was done in an excellent manner. He was very prompt. He’s just a keeper. We have had other bids and the prices were really high. He just knew exactly what needed to be done. The deck is showing its wear again, He said that it needs to be done every 2 years.

Chad was awesome! He came on time and gave us a free bid, and then stained both fences within two weeks of the original call. He was very careful with existing vegetation and stained by hand to ensure good application. Both fences look beatiful!

They were prompt & did a great job. Very reasonable priced.

Chad punctual, diligent, trustworthy, good communicator.

Chad worked hard, fast and efficiently. The job takes two separate days. He arrived when he said he would and completed each part of the job in the amount of time he said. We are very pleased with the quality of his work.

Excellent work -- took just a couple of days to complete the project.

Terrific! He is talented, polite, efficient, thorough, and fairly priced. I wouldn't use anybody else.

Chad came by quickly to give an estimate and said he was several weeks out in terms of timing. That worked fine with my schedule. He called a few days beforehand to confirm the date he would start. He showed up early that day and did the prep work. He explained that he would not be back to do the actual staining for a few days due to the heat, and that was fine. Again, he showed up when he had said he would, and did just what he had agreed to do. He actually came in slightly under the original estimate when he gave me the final bill.