Posts By: James Fick

Job of the Month – July 2014

HISTORIC OLD SALEM CHURCH Description of Work: Remove all existing cedar shake roofing and install new 24″ #1 blue label treated cedar shingles, remove existing chimney at main roof and re-point various areas of stone wall where counter flashing is installed at front and rear lower roofs. Project Manager: Ken Stanley Crew: Vincente Colon, Mike Read More

Job of the Month – June 2014

Description of Work: Removed and replaced all front side windows with new Windsor Pinnacle black clad double hung windows and a Jeldwen sliding basement window, replaced front door with a new 6 panel Buffelen Douglas Fir wood door with Baldwin dark bronze hardware, painted front door red, installed black aluminum window wrap and installed crown Read More

Job of the Month – May 2014

Description of Work: Replaced all eave and rake fascia, soffit and molding with new PVC trim, added lumber to support new trim and gutters, replaced all gutters with new .032 brown aluminum half round gutters with #10 fascia mounted shanks and 6″ circles, replaced all downspouts with 4″ round brown aluminum downspouts, replaced water-table flashings Read More

What to do if you hava a dispute with a contractor?

Construction work is not an exact science. The contractor, and the project are exposed to numerous uncontrollable conditions, such as, unforeseen weather delays, material delays, working projects expanding in scope and impacting the schedules of pending projects, manpower problems, etc. Any one of these conditions or a combination of them can trigger a dispute. What Read More

Getting a contractor to bid your work

Selecting a Contractor Some Owners are confused when contractors are not over-eager to bid the work. If contractors believe you are not ready to buy the work, or you are just a price shopper, they may feel that you are not worth their time. Here is how you can get them to bid. Tell the Read More