Please refer to my wife’s review on our flooring installation.Lowe’s hires out Ultimate Home Services, who is basically a liability shield that sub-contracts a smaller company, in this case shine home services (when we tried to file an insurance claim for the damage shine caused,...
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Please refer to my wife’s review on our flooring installation.Lowe’s hires out Ultimate Home Services, who is basically a liability shield that sub-contracts a smaller company, in this case shine home services (when we tried to file an insurance claim for the damage shine caused, the insurer kept saying we can’t pay for flooring damages, they’re not covered for that type of work).They poured self leveler all over our home without priming our OSB sub floor or sealing the seams. This meant that moisture from the cement was sucked into the structural subfloor of our home and cement running into our basement. The result was about 10k in damages to the structure of our home, concrete raining into our finished basement through the seams, and cement everywhere tracked everywhere. That resulted in about another 7k worth of damages to our carpet, ceiling, walls, deck, and driveway. The day they did the pour I came home from work to 5 guys, covered in cement, sitting on our furniture and contemplating laying LVP on cement they had poured roughly two hours before (touching it with their fingers to see if it was dry). They also used my tools, tried to leaf blow the cement dry, and were in a bunch of parts of the house they had no scope of work in, at times closing the doors behind them into rooms and our basement. There were tons of shady things they did while in our home that made my wife feel unsafe. When I called ultimate home services I was expecting the manager to be as astounded as I was. His only and repeated response was “listen we do this every day.”This company has no doubt caused serious structural damage in hundreds, if not thousands of homes across the country, and through a series of subsidiaries maintains legal protection from all of it. When you sign with Lowe’s, you waive your rights to a class action law suit, and this is exactly why. After 14 weeks and 17k in damages our final offer from Lowe’s and insurance collectively is 4.5k to pay for the damages. Due to the cost to just fix the damages not being covered we’re still living in a home with no flooring at this time.Please for your own safety, health, and happiness, do not use Lowe’s for any in home services. We’re going to see what other avenues we can pursue to get awareness spread on the dangers of doing work through Lowe’s.