Return-Path: Received: from g.gp.cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10829; 10 Aug 91 13:09:46 EDT Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1991 13:07-EDT From: Christian.Lebiere@G.GP.CS.CMU.EDU To: bovik@CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Glass Block recommendation Message-Id: <681844050/cl@G.GP.CS.CMU.EDU> I would like to highly recommend Suburban Glass Block. We just had them install 11 (eleven!) glass block windows in our basement and they did an excellent job in a tough situation: the windows were of a non-standard size, some had a gas main or electric wires going through the frames and the foundation support was quite old. They also had to partially block two well windows. Their price was very competitive and they stuck by their bid. It is a father-son business (Ross and Carl Campbell) and they have a very flexible schedule and work quite hard. Their phone number is 441-0178. I would also like to warn against (although not outright disrecommend) somebody named Bob Zimmer, who is referenced by the Browns Hill Sand & Glass Block Co. He seems competent and gave me a slightly lower bid than Suburban, but although he had specifically told me that his bid included the removal of all the frames, he told me during a later visit - after I had tentatively awarded him the job - that some frames were o.k. and that removing them was going to cost an extra couple hundred dollars. Basically the good old "bait and switch" technique. He subsequently lowered that figure and when I decided to cancel the agreement, called me later to offer to do it for the original price. I had lost confidence in him and decided to go with Suburban.