Business Description:
Chicagoland's premier home exteriors company specializing in roofing, siding, windows, gutters, masonry, sheet metal, carpentry and more. Over 6000+ served.
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roofing contractors
general contractor
A.B. Edward Enterprises, Inc.
414 Mercantile Ct, Wheeling, IL 60090, USA
(847) 827-1605

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H J N.

Chicago, IL

A.B. Edward Enterprises, Inc.

Qualified, Thorough, Outstanding Craftsmanship

No one in Chicago could side the small back sun porches of my two-flat building. I had chosen colonial red 4'x8' flat Hardie Board siding panels, thinking they would be easy to install. I was wrong. Very wrong.

It turns out that there are only three Hardie board certified installers in the Chicago area; only they are qualified about the highly technical ins and outs of these panels, which are typically used only in commercial applications, although increasingly less so. One company owner (NOT AB Enterprise) came out and told me he could not do the job--two weeks before his company's scheduled starting date. He said that the job, upon closer inspection, was simply too difficult. My back porch had had old siding torn off and the surface was now (he said) too uneven to apply the flat board panels. Plus, I wanted quite elaborate channels to frame the squares, something that takes a lot of time.

I turned to AB Enterprise, which had been my second choice all along. They were a bit more expensive, which is the only reason in the end that I'd not chosen them. Chris Ryba, their man in the field, had always been there for me: he gets back to you immediately, keeps his word, is punctual, and extremely personable and efficient. He told me that there was no reason why they could not do the work: sure, it was difficult, but not un-doable. In the end, though, they raised the price significantly given (upon closer inspection of the installation surface) the need to shim the 1/2" plywood placed underneath the panels--and the elaborate cut-outs to accommodate my hanging balconies.

In the end, their work was wonderful. I'm thrilled. I wish there was a place where I could upload photos. The job is that good.

Thank you Chris, for fitting me into a hectic fall schedule at the last minute. AB Enterprise: please give him a raise.

Heidi