Now that you’ve decided on kitchen remodeling in Phoenix to give a new look to your countertops and kitchen cabinets, your first call should be to Republic West. They bring high quality workmanship and materials, and an unparalleled level of honesty and integrity to every job, whether it is for window replacement or kitchen remodeling in Phoenix.

In Phoenix there are dozens of companies that offer “cheap solutions” to renovating your kitchen; the reason for this is the way in which they acquire their materials and workers. Cheaper materials are lower quality and will require replacement much sooner. Sub-contractors will be hired to do your renovation, as the company you signed with found their work bid to be the lowest. Once you have signed the work order, however, it can take months for them to show up at your house to start the project. In the meantime, if their sub-contractor gets higher paying work, they can abandon your kitchen for weeks or months. Stories of this happening are widespread in the industry, and the reason home remodeling gives so many people headaches.

This is not the way Republic West does business, and our customers have always shown their appreciation for it. While the industry standard for receiving repeat and referral business has maintained an average of 4% to 5%, over 50% of Republic West’s business comes from referrals and repeat customers. Our customers always walk away happy with the remodeling experience and the results of our work. But more importantly, they trust Republic West’s ethics. The goal of every quote is to provide the best price for their high quality work. For this, customers receive the highest-quality materials, installed by our own Republic West craftsmen, who will finish the job and return your house to normal faster than some subcontractor you’ve never heard of and never hired yourself.

For a sound investment in kitchen remodeling in Phoenix or resurfacing your counters and kitchen cabinets, the best solution is Republic West.

For more information about kitchen remodeling in Phoenix, contact Republic West.

That’s why Republic West custom designs and fabricates replacement windows in Arizona using our exclusive PROtec^TM glass system. The only fully customized, high performance glass system able to ensure each replacement window provides maximum efficiency, comfort, optimum light transmission and the highest long-term energy savings. Republic West is the ONLY COMPANY to offer FOUR unique high-efficiency glass systems, one that’s just right for each window in your home.

At Republic West we know that you want the best replacement windows in Arizona that not only look beautiful, but also windows that are low maintenance and custom crafted to fit your openings. And because windows are 80% glass, we always design windows for your home with specific energy saving, heat resistant glass developed especially for our Arizona climate.

Only Republic West’s window replacement services include “Solar Tuning” your home. Solar Tuning ensures that each window provides maximum efficiency, comfort, optimum light transmission and the highest long-term energy savings. No single glass system can provide maximum comfort, long-term energy savings and optimum light transmission.

For more information about replacement windows in Arizona, contact Republic West.

If you do plan to replace your windows in Mesa, you should know what goes into creating them. When explaining windows and their heat resistance it is important to tell people the following:

• Low e² - R value is 3.85
• Low e³ - R value is 4
• There are a limited number of companies who know that the glass in a window is most important to keep the temperature stable and comfortable in a home and they offer window/glass packages exceeding those listed above.  These companies “solar tune” your home to make sure that the proper glass is inserted in each of your homes exposures so the efficiency and comfort of your home are maximum.  Those glass types are a combination of glass, film suspended between the layers of glass and gasses inserted into the pockets created by the glass to maximize the efficiency.
• Low e³ + krypton gas +heat mirror film + krypton + clear glass = R value of 8.3!
• Low e³+ krypton gas + heat mirror film + krypton gas + low e² = R value of 9.1!
• Low e ³ + krypton gas + heat mirror film + krypton gas + low e³ = R value of 10!

It only makes sense to have a professional solar tune your home to suggest the best combination of glass for your windows.  Putting the most efficient glass all over the home is not the answer.  The glass systems are a balance of heat reduction and light.  The more you reduce heat, the more you reduce light.  So the goal is to balance heat reduction while keeping your home as light and bright as possible.

For more information about windows in Mesa, contact Republic West.

Windows: We’ll match your 2010 Federal Tax Credit on Republic West windows with PROtec^TM glass (up to $1,500!)

This July - We will match your 2010 Federal Tax Credit on Republic West windows with PROtec^TM glass (up to $1,500!)

Energy efficient windows and doors offer an unprecedented opportunity to increase the value of your home and enhance its beauty, while reducing your expenses. With summer fast approaching - now’s a great time to not only keep your energy costs down, but also take advantage of

Offer valid on all PROtec^TM vinyl and fiberglass window products. May not be combined with other coupons, discounts or previous purchases. Expires July 31, 2010

Refacing: HUGE Spring Sale- manufacturers overstock of Premium cabinetry saves you up to 40% over 2009 prices

Reface your cabinets this July, and save up to 40% over 2009 prices! While supplies last!

Does your kitchen need a facelift? Tired of your old cabinets? Is that finish dated and wearing off in spots? If you like the way your kitchen is set up but want a beautiful new look, you don’t have to tear out your whole kitchen and replace it with new cabinets. Try cabinet refacing. It’s a less expensive option that still offers the same result: a new kitchen.

May not be combined with other coupons, discounts or previous purchases. Expires July 31, 2010

Remodeling: FREE Interior Design Service with the purchase of any remodeling project!

FREE interior design service with the purchase of any remodeling project (4 hours to help you with colors, material selection, tile and tile layout. Unused hours have no monetary value)

Offer valid with full kitchen, room additions, bath or interior remodel. May not be combined with other coupons, discounts or previous purchases. Expires July 31, 2010

For more information about our Scottsdale home remodeling company, contact Republic West.

There are few things more exciting than taking your existing home and making it your dream home. One method of doing this is by increasing the size of your home with a bump out or room addition. Creating that master bedroom suite you always hoped for or creating a new great room to entertain in. Adding a guest suite or bar and entertainment area or converting your garage to a family gathering room are common themes for room additions.

Increasing the size of your home with room additions in Scottsdale and the Phoenix Metro area directly increases its value so room additions are one of the very best investments you can make, giving you a genuine return on your investment.

Republic West, with its very unique operational structure, is ideally suited to execute these projects. Room additions are complex and often take months or even years to complete. With Republic West in the driver’s seat, weeks to completion will be your project timeline.. Intensive planning, preparation, and teamwork will keep any inconvenience to an absolute minimum. Together with Republic West, we make your home everything you felt it had the potential to be.

Why Republic West?

There are many benefits to choosing Republic West for room additions in Scottsdale.  First and foremost:

• Your room addition design will be yours - not that of the designer.  Our designers focus on your wants and needs, not their own.
• We use a custom, proprietary software system to price your project.  Initial estimates are given with reasonable assurance based on the scope of work discussed.  Final pricing is done with each item on a contract, spelled out in detail with a price that will not change unless the scope of work changes.  Republic West is the only company to offer COST CERTAINTY.
• Republic West offers only the highest quality products and services.  We never use alternatives so that we can bid low, buy cheap and change your order.  Our products hold their value, their integrity and their beauty.
• We have an extensive in-house operational department. Our pre-construction manager plans and prepares all aspects of your project, right down to the execution.  By offering thoughtful, well-planned timelines, you are able to plan your life during and after the remodel.  Republic West guarantees TIME CERTAINTY.

For more information about room additions in Scottsdale, contact Republic West.

Choosing an Arizona Cabinet Refacing Contractor
This segment of the article will provide important information on how to choose a Arizona cabinet refacing contractor. Contractors should offer the following:

• New custom made cabinet doors and European style concealed hinges
• New dovetail wood drawer boxes and drawer guides
• Every single component of your cabinet should be brand new (except for the interior).  This includes custom-sized doors, drawer fronts, drawer boxes, glides, hinges and matching wood facing on the cabinet boxes.  Most companies do not include drawer boxes as a standard, nor do they flush out the bottom of the wall cabinets to match the rest of the kitchen.
• An Arizona cabinet refacing contractor should repair any damaged cabinet frames prior to refacing, removing any defects from your “new” kitchen.
• An Arizona cabinet refacing contractor should allow you the option to add cabinetry, kitchen islands, moldings, built-in appliances and more.  Custom refacing means that you get the changes you want to make to your existing layout.
• Finally, a Scottsdale cabinet refacing contractor should allow you to work with one foreman who will be responsible for the job from start to finish, every single day.  This greatly reduces downtime and the stopping-and-starting associated with most projects that are managed by many.

For more information about cabinet refacing in Arizona, contact Republic West.

Does your kitchen need a facelift? Tired of your old cabinets? Is that finish dated and wearing off in spots? If you like the way your kitchen is set up but want a beautiful new look, you don’t have to tear out your whole kitchen and replace it with new cabinets. Try cabinet refacing in Phoenix.  It’s a less expensive option that still offers the same result: a new kitchen.

Cabinet refacing in Phoenix is the most economical way to upgrade and update your kitchen. Typically, it involves replacing your cabinet doors and drawer fronts, and refacing your cabinet faces with veneer, solid wood or laminate to match the door style you choose. The entire job can be completed in a few days, and with the huge assortment of accessories (storage and hardware), you can have a beautiful new kitchen that’s more customized to your needs.

A cabinet refacing contractor knows that you want the best cabinet refacing services for a large selection of cabinets that offer the best in durability, sustainability and beauty. You can select from many different styles and colors of woods and laminates. You will get all new custom made cabinet doors and hinges, new dovetail wood drawer boxes and drawer glides and every exposed surface will be beautifully faced with materials to match your cabinet door selection. If you’d like new counter tops, you can choose from a huge selection of granite, engineered stone, solid surface or laminate.

For more information about cabinet refacing in Phoenix, contact Republic West.

The Angie’s List Super Service Award is given to companies who achieve and maintain a superior rating with Angie’s List, a membership organization that consists of unbiased reports and reviews given by area homeowners about service companies. Less than 5% of the contractors listed on Angie’s List are qualified to receive the award, and this is the fourth year in a row that Republic West has been awarded for excellent service.

Angie’s List is a referral service that is 100% driven by customer members who use a company or service locally. They then post a review of this company. No company can do anything to buy their way onto Angie’s List or to affect the reviews they receive. For the past four years in the Window and Door, Refacing and Kitchen Remodeling categories, Republic West has consistently earned A’s and has been honored with the Super Service Award.

For more information about Arizona home remodelers, contact Republic West.

Arizona Home Improvement Contractors, Republic West hires, trains and staffs best-of-class operational management, customer service personnel, division administrators, design and sales staff, and senior and apprentice foremen ensuring that for every project, “service” does not become a byword.

“T.O.P. Assurance” stands for our Thorough Operational Process, a 3-phase, trackable system designed to create synergy before, during and after your home improvement project.

Republic West also operates under the National Association of the Remodeling Industry Code of Ethics.  Each member of NARI is pledged to observe the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and responsibility in the conduct of business by:

• Promoting only those products and services which are functionally and economically sound, and which are consistent with objective standards of health and safety
• Making all advertising and sales promotion factually accurate with respect to product description, performance specification, and cost/benefit analysis, and by avoiding practices that tend to mislead or deceive the customer with respect to competitive pricing, savings claims, or the nature and significance of contracts, warranties, finance agreements, completion certifications, lien wavers, or liability and workers’ compensation insurance
• Writing all contracts and warranties such that they are fair and mutually beneficial to all parties concerned, such that they are free of ambiguities or omissions which tend to obscure contractual obligations, and such that warranty terms and provisions are free of the capacity to mislead or deceive the customer as to quality or longevity of the product of service
• Honoring all contractual obligations until and unless they are altered or dissolved by the mutual consent of all contractual parties concerned, and by fulfilling those obligations in a reasonably prompt manner that is fair to all parties concerned
• Promptly acknowledging and acting on all customer complaints, and, in situations where complaints appear unreasonable and persistent, by encouraging the customer to initiate an approved third party dispute settlement mechanism
• Refraining from any act intended to restrain or suppress competition, and to thereby promote the private enterprise system and its guarantee of equal rights for all

For more information about Arizona home improvement contractors, contact Republic West.

Ask about their license and any organization that the contractor belongs to, such as the Better Business Bureau. Also ask if they have testimonials from other kitchen cabinet refacing customers. Then check out their Web site and make sure they are who they say they are.

Experience counts. Find out how long the company has been in business. Not that a new contractor cannot be good, but they will have to convince you why their work is superior to their competitors and why they can handle the challenges that may arise.

Finally, invite them to your home to look over your kitchen cabinet refacing project and offer solutions. Observe them while they examine your home and consider if they seem knowledgeable and trustworthy. Find out what types of products they use.  For instance, do they order unfinished doors and finish them in house or do they order from a company who uses state of the art equipment to finish and catalyse the finish so it will look like furniture.  Make sure you discuss exactly what the finished kitchen should look like so there is no miscommunication. If they seem knowledgeable and trustworthy you may want to consider moving forward with your kitchen cabinet refacing project.

If you do not feel comfortable with the contractor at this stage you should continue looking. Professionals answer questions and return phone calls even if it means they have to do a little more work, these are the type of kitchen cabinet refacing contractors you want working for you. This contractor will be in your home for a number of intense days so you want to find someone you trust, is knowledgeable and you get along with to help you through this process. If you choose the right contractor you will be breathing easy and enjoying your new stylish cabinets in a short amount of time.

For more information about kitchen cabinets refacing, contact Republic West.