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Published on: October 10, 2018

Olympic’s MAXIMUM Stains Are Guaranteed . . . to Let You Down

By Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP

Decks often are the focal point of your backyard space—an outdoor living room to enjoy during nice weather. Decks also are an expensive investment, and most homeowners take steps to protect it by staining their decks to protect it from the elements, extend its life and beautify their outdoor space.

Maybe you finally decided this summer was the time to re-stain your deck. Maybe you just built and stained the deck recently. Either way, you took the time out of your weekend or maybe, you even took a few days off of work to properly apply the stain you bought, which has a nice, long warranty. Now it’s Saturday morning, the weather is nice and comfortable, and you decide to enjoy your morning’s coffee out on your deck. But when you go out back, all you see is the stain chipping, cracking, and peeling off of your deck. And there is nothing worse than when your deck starts cracking, chipping, peeling, or losing its color long before a stain is supposed to fail.

“How can this be? The stain came with a multi-year warranty,” you think to yourself. You stained your deck just last year. Your deck should not already have the chips and cracks it has. Maybe part of the stain is peeling away entirely. The bottom line is, this should not be happening to your nicely stained deck. Unfortunately, many customers who stained their decks or fences with Olympic MAXIMUM Stain + Sealant in One – Semi-Transparent and Olympic MAXIMUM Stain + Sealant in One – Toner stains report cracking, chipping, peeling or fading long before the warranty expires.

Olympic guarantees its MAXIMUM-brand stains will prevent water damage and graying for a minimum of six years (Semi-Transparent) and four years (Toner) on decks and eight years (Semi-Transparent) and six years (Toner) on fences and siding. These are bold warranties for stains that are cracking, chipping, and peeling on many customers’ decks and fences within a year of application. Frankly, the product cannot meet Olympic’s lofty guarantees. Continue reading

Published on: June 12, 2017

Not So EZ-FLO: Are Your EZ-FLO Pipes Causing Issues?

By Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP

Has your plumbing gone awry? Do any of your home appliances use water supply lines from EZ- FLO International, Inc.? Well, that may not be just a coincidence. According to a number of consumers, EZ-FLO water supply lines—the flexible tubing that is either covered with braided stainless steel or brass, or non-braided plastic, used to supply water to faucets, dishwashers, toilets, ice makers and other household fixtures—have been at the center of leaks around the country. These water supply lines often look like this:

Considering the number of different places EZ-FLO water supply lines can be located throughout our homes, this is important information for any consumer! Comments for dishwasher supply lines include:

It has only been installed for 5 months and already the water line is leaking just before the connector. It was a slow drip and ruined our wood floors.

All 6 water supply lines that came leaked and had to be replaced by new ones bought at [L]owes, products were cheap but are not I got what I paid for, I wish I could return just the water lines but I don’t think amazon will allow me to do that. Don’t buy this product unless you only need the power cord.