B Jordan Construction LLC

We have recommended him to several of our neighbors and people at church. We had a great experience overall.

Every job has been done exactly the way Brian Jordan told us it would. If there have ever been any unexpected issues Brian has always been quick to make it right without any excuses or complaints.

Review continued: October 6, 2011 The carpenters were ready to install the ceiling wood. Brian Jordan had not purchased it and was not available. Being white aspen it was only available from one place in Longview, Satterwhite Log homes ?about 30 miles from my house. I go to Satterwhites and buy the lumber and haul it back to the jobsite. Unknown to me at the time this lumber should have been stained and finished before it was installed. The carpenters evidently were not aware that it should be finished first then installed. They installed the ceiling. After it was installed they were ready to stain and finish the ceiling. Back to Satterwhites to purchased the stain and finish for them to work with. It should have crossed my mind that carpenters are not painters and that although anyone can slap paint on a board it takes skill and knowledge of the product and material you are applying it on to achieve the desired results. It seems that while doing a re-do for another client (re-painting white cabinet doors hung on a rope strung from our porch to their tool trailer on our property and on our time, someone did not clean the spraying equipment properly) resulting in white flakey product being sprayed on our aspen ceiling ?white aspen is not cheap- leaving the surface rough, dull and flaking. October 11, 2011 The windows and doors are delivered COD from All Seasons Windows & Doors. Brian Jordan paid a minimum amount (to stay under his bid) to have them fabricated. Upon delivery we paid the balance. He was not available that day. October 14, 2011 We go to Satterwhites and order the 1?x8? white pine lumber to do the walls with. Brian Jordan picks up the lumber and cuts the order short. The carpenters run out of lumber. Brian Jordan is not available. We return to Sattershites and buy the extra lumber we need to finish the walls and trim. We go to Sherwin Williams and pick out and purchase a stain for the walls. The carpenters make every effort to get the stain cut to the proper consistency to achieve the desired results, but remember carpenters are not painters. Brian Jordan shows up while we are trying to get the stain cut properly and wants to know ?who?s cow they were milking? a derogatory statement. We finally get the stain cut and the carpenters start to apply it. The person at the Sherwin Williams told us the stain should be applied then wiped immediately. In their attempt to appease Brian Jordan and not make him mad, it got slapped on in a hurry and then half way wiped. Guess what? Applied way to heavy and not wiped down properly, the stain turned a beautiful blue when it dried (it should have been a pale see through green). The next morning we tried to sand it off to no avail it had been applied way to heavy to sand thru.. We decided to tear off the wood and purchase new wood (1?x6? white pine is also rather expensive) and have the carpenters re-install it at our expense. In other words, we would buy new wood, new stain, and pay the carpenters all cost above the bid price and eat the loss. Brian Jordan agreed to this, his charge $125 per hour for the crew & himself. We balked at this, but accepted rather than find and hire a new crew. The carpenters took the blue wood off and were through by noon. Brian Jordan sent them home. The lead carpenter felt bad about the situation and called me aside and suggested we call a professional painter he knew and get his input on staining and finishing the wall lumber. We called the following day. As soon as the carpenters were through Brian Jordan loaded up his tool trailer to leave, I ask him about the work that had not been completed that he had been paid for, i.e., the brick work (the outside of the house is brick and the addition was to be bricked to match, the gutters on the new addition, and the propane gas line to be laid and tied into the house (we had to move the propane tank to another location because of the new addition) he tells us he will be back to complete those task after they get the new wood up on the walls.. October 21, 2011: The painter we called comes. He stains and finishes all the new wall lumber. He said it should have be stained and finished before it was installed. He looked at the ceiling and told us what would have to be done to correct that mess and agreed to come back at a later date and refinish the ceiling. October 31, 2011: The carpenters return to put up the wall lumber. It takes two days to do the walls and hang the window and door trim. During the process of hanging the door and window trim Brian Jordan shows up and chews everybody out about how slow they are working. We are hanging trim; it is not something you want to do in a hurry. They get in a hurry. Everybody is slinging wood and banging away with nail guns. After the dust settles and Brian Jordan leaves and the carpenters leave I look over the work. The window trim is out of level and crooked. I call Brian Jordan and ask him to send the carpenters back to straighten the mess up. He said they were busy and couldn?t come back for a while. I called the lead carpenter and ask him what I could do to prep for a re-do, i.e., take the trim off if necessary. He told me he would come out and fix it. I told him that Brian Jordan said you all were busy and could not come. He told me that they did not have any work until later next week. He came back the next day, leveled and fixed the trim work. By the way, the day they hung the trim was the last time we saw Brian Jordan, he did not return to complete the project or call. I have to get a propane tank moved and open a ditch to lay a new propane gas line. I call Brian Jordan on December 1st and tell him I am ready for his plumber to lay the line and tie it in. He tells me that his plumbing crew is leaving for south Texas to work for an oil company and won?t be back for 3 or 4 weeks. Come to find out he does not have a plumbing crew. We have an open ditch and no gas. We find a plumber who comes out and lays the line from the propane tank to the house and does the tie in. We pay the plumber, even though we have already paid Brian Jordan to have a plumber come out and do this work. December 7, 2011 The painter comes out and refinishes the ceiling. Since Brian Jordan did not paint the doors or window trim and obviously was not coming back to do that we had the him paint the doors and trim work while he was here. We had paid Brian Jordan to do this work. Another nightmare: The first heavy rain the roof leaked where it was tied into the existing roof. It had leaked in that area when they first laid it and they tried to re-do and repair it (carpenters are not roofers) Brian Jordan ignored the problem and told us to buy some stain blocker and paint over the stains on the ceiling. Well, when the heavy rain came it leaked to the point of running down the bathroom wall and into the bathtub and stained the ceiling in the bathroom and dinning room. I called Brian Jordan, No Response We called a roofer to come out to see what needed to be done. After inspecting the roof on the new addition, he told us it would have to be torn off and replaced. The problems were: 1. nails in the bond lines. 2. exposed nails in the shingle tabs. 3. no water proof membrane in the valleys. 4. bent nails that would eventually cut thru the shingles. 5. fascia trim that was higher than the roof sheathing. He said if we left it in the current condition that eventually the roof would leak in a number of places and ruin the ceiling wood. We called two more roofing companies and they sent out their reps to inspect the roof. They all came up with the conclusion. Tear it off and replace it. In conclusion : Brian Jordan was paid to do the following that has not been done: 1. the brick work. 2. the plumbing (we hired a plumber to complete this ? (we could not do without gas to the house) 3. the gutters and downspouts. 4. paint the out side fascia and trim. 5. stain and finish the trim and doors on the inside and outside of the addition (we paid the painter we hired to complete this as we wanted the inside finished where we could use it). 6. clean up and haul off the debris left over from construction, i.e., old roofing where they cut the roof, and trash. Spread and level the dirt around the addition. We have hired an attorney and filed a lawsuit against Brian Jordan dba B Jordan Construction LLC in the 4th Judicial District Court of Rusk County, Texas to recover our money paid and our losses incurred. It is set on the docket for jury trial.