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No charge · No obligation · Yours to keep
Every company in this trade offers a free estimate. An estimate is a sales visit: it lives in the salesman's head and it is no use to a board that was not in the room. We leave you a document instead.
Two hours in your sanctuary. Every pew photographed and graded on a four-point scale for wood and for upholstery, the failure mode named, one section refinished while you watch, and a written three-tier budget you can hand to the board.
Free whether or not you hire us. Bring it to any other bidder and ask them to price the same tiers.
What it contains
A board can act on it. A salesman's estimate, they cannot.
How the two hours run
The grading scale
| Grade | Wood | Upholstery |
|---|---|---|
| A | Finish intact, no structural notes. | Foam full height, fabric sound. |
| B | Finish dull or worn. A refresh candidate. | Foam softening, fabric worn at the edges. |
| C | Finish failed — sticky, crazed, peeling. A refinish candidate. | Foam collapsed, fabric stained or torn. |
| D | Structural fault: loose joint, split board, failed anchor. | Deck cracked or padding missing. |
Most rooms we expect to see grade mostly B on wood and mostly C on upholstery: the finish is tired, the foam is done, the pews themselves are fine. That is a refresh and a reupholster, and it is the cheapest honest answer.
See one first
A two-page sample for a fictional 40-pew sanctuary: the summary, the grading scale, an excerpt of the per-pew table, the test strip, and the three-tier budget. It is marked as a sample on every page. Yours will have your photographs in it.
Questions
Yes. The report, the per-pew table with photographs, the test strip and the three budget ranges are yours to keep. Bring it to any other bidder and ask them to price the same tiers. Inside Utah there is no travel charge; outside Utah we schedule it with other visits in your area, or you can send four photos by email and have a written range in two days without a visit.
Whoever will carry the decision to the board — the building chair, a trustee, the pastor or a facilities lead. Two hours is enough, and you do not need to stay for all of it. We walk the room with you at the start and go over the findings at the end.
One section, about eighteen inches, on a pew you choose. Degreased, hand-scuffed, toned and recoated. It stays in place so the committee can look at it beside the old finish at service time, in the light the room actually has.
The grading and photographs are done on site. The written report with the three ranges follows within two business days.
That is how it comes. There is a sample below so you can see the shape of it before we visit.
Use the form, call, or email four photos and a pew count to hello@bethelfinishworks.com for a written range in two business days without a visit.