Aquashield

darich

I've had these gangsters at my door several times too....always chase them.

The thing that I wonder though.........they apply this magical waterproof coating to the tiles....but do the lift each tile and spray every individual tile to ensure complete coverage? I've never seen them do that, nor do I expect them to.
That means that the spray goes from one tile to the one below in a continuous spray.....fair enough.
What happens when my tiles move though? wind, temperature change, someone on the roof adjusting/fixing my aerial?
doesn't that break the seal between the two tiles?

I've also been told by several people in the building trade that concrete tiles should not be pressure washed.....and what's the first thing these con men do?
Get their pressure washer out.

Feel sorry for people who get scammed because they don't know any better - prime targets for these scumbags.

ewcs

Yer_Ma wrote: »

Hey - new to the forum and it was this particular issue that got me to register.

I read some comments a few weeks ago after i had signed up with Aquashield and the work has been done, although i have not paid them for it yet - only the deposit.

couple of things are bothering me though, mainly the price I agreed for this work. The salesman was very slick and I unfortunatley fell for the old game of "start them high and then close low" - thinking i had got a decent price for the work.

However after watching them carry out the work there is no way i want to pay the agreed amount. I know what I think is a fair price now after seeing what they actually did and I am about to send them a greatly reduced payment.

Anyone here give me any tips on how I should deal with them after this? I suspect they wont just sit back and accept this after I have signed up for a higher price but I feel they have not kept up their side of the contract and have conned me into paying too high a price and made inflated claims on the usefulness and necessity of the product. I am no lawyer but surely I have some grounds here?

All comments welcome

if you after having the works explained and materials being used then signed a contract with an agreed cost they have got you, if the finished work is not up to standard/damage/bits missed you can withhold final payment until your satisfied works are complete, as for them agreeing to a reduced price!!!

Yer_Ma

What if the salesman has mis-represented the actual work carried out? right now i am raging at being caught out by this.......There is no way this is a fair and resonable price for the work done.

The thing is the roof looks good, they have not left any crap or any damage as far as i can see. They did have to come back and finish the coating for some tiles missed.

All the nonsense about the ladder system they use, the high pressure sales tactics and the fact that they did not even leave the board.....leaves me feeling conned.

I will probably just have to suck this one up and learn a lesson it seems.

thanks anyway.

ewcs

Yer_Ma wrote: »

What if the salesman has mis-represented the actual work carried out? right now i am raging at being caught out by this.......There is no way this is a fair and resonable price for the work done.

The thing is the roof looks good, they have not left any crap or any damage as far as i can see. They did have to come back and finish the coating for some tiles missed.

All the nonsense about the ladder system they use, the high pressure sales tactics and the fact that they did not even leave the board.....leaves me feeling conned.

I will probably just have to suck this one up and learn a lesson it seems.

thanks anyway.

you would have to prove the salesman misled you and that becomes your word against his, plus you signed to agree to the work/method and materials he explained.
I meet customers who regularly are quoted £9k upwards with pressure sales for external wall insulation on properties, what these customers tell me makes me mad, and yes is it conning the customer, they want 9k i can do it for 6k easily and im only in your property half hour.

knowloads

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My roof has been on since 1925 which so 85 years probably been pointed and a few tiles replaced over the years and had no moss or other things attach themselves to my roof.

An 85 years old roof will not have any felt, the tiles are probably clay and a roof of this style should.can not be coated anyway.
As for Lewie calling ME a con man ( no I never met the man, just another unsolicited opinion), I ran a very successful business for many years, we NEVER used self employed canvassers, salemen, fitters or £50 worth of coating. The system is curremtly be9ng sold door to door by untrained, un qualified and over paid eejits (in most cases, no offense intended). As with any industry, the development of all products is based around a NEED. NO company that developes coatings for hundres of applications (and some are bigger than the gross output of many countries), would bother to manufacture something that was not saleable. Why do I bother answering these threads when it would seem most older participants will not accept progress. These forums are designed to offer both sides of a story, and despite the company I worked for (In Australia not here) being a sucess story, doing the job correctly, for the right price, for 25 years, with no major issues, and over 1 million clients......... the same old sh*te keeps coming back. THE ISSUE HERE IS NOT THE COATING SYSTEM, THE ISSUE IS THE C0MPANY AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE. IF THEY HAD BEEN MORE HONEST, DID THE JOB WELL AND COVERED THEIR AFTERSALES SERVICE BETTER, THEN ALL WOULD BE WELL. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING ANY HOME IMPROVEMENT, DO NOT TAKE NOTICE OF ANY ONE (OR TWO) SELF OPINIONATED VICTOR MELDREWS, GET THE FACTS AND MAKE AN INFORMED OPINION. On this not I close my coments on this matter, quite frankly I have better things to do.:A:beer::T:T:T:T:T

Lewie

knowloads, I called you a con man as you decided to get personal with me, for some reason. (See posts 267 & 273)
All I had done previously was voice my opinion without the need to get personal.
Like you say, this is a forum and any ones opinion is valid.
You don't like my opinion so you get personal because you know there is no way you could win a debate with 'facts'.

THE ISSUE HERE IS NOT THE COATING SYSTEM, THE ISSUE IS THE C0MPANY AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE. IF THEY HAD BEEN MORE HONEST, DID THE JOB WELL AND COVERED THEIR AFTERSALES SERVICE BETTER, THEN ALL WOULD BE WELL. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING ANY HOME IMPROVEMENT, DO NOT TAKE NOTICE OF ANY ONE (OR TWO) SELF OPINIONATED VICTOR MELDREWS, GET THE FACTS AND MAKE AN INFORMED OPINION. On this not I close my coments on this matter, quite frankly I have better things to do

The issue IS the coating system, it isn't needed EVER.
People ARE getting the facts by reading the disaster stories of what happens when you go down this route.
As for having better things to do, you said that before, see post 196.
Speak soon!! :beer: (and a chill pill).

Edexaquashield

knowloads wrote: »

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Seriously, where do you get your info from? Until today I was at Aqua for over a year and a half. Granted, they rip people off (hence me leaving) but some of the crap I've seen you post that they "have in the pipeline" really is beyond belief!

Oh, and they stopped coating rosemary tiles last August when the coating started to peel off houses in Manchester (and thus had to refund). They were briefly re-coating them from April to June this year, but stopped again.

henpecked1

AGalvin wrote: »

I have recently used the Aquashield ( www.aquashieldcoatings.com if its the same business ) service up in Glasgow and found their service to be great value for money. They were quick and efficient. There price seemed very reasonable when compared to other equivalent services I think.

three years on and no more posts, hmmm

Edexaquashield

Connie wrote: »

Do cold-calling roofing companies have a list of people to target? Pensioners / women living alone / likely soft touches?

Not specific people, no. They do have a list of age groups/property types to knock at specific times - Bungalows in the daytime etc, merely to catch people in.

Edexaquashield

Lewie wrote: »

Try a decent sized poster somewhere on your property saying 'NO cold callers, especially salesmen.'

Unfortunately, they don't always work. There are cold callers out there who have absolutely no regard for them.

Use a chain. That always puts them off.