Comparing apples to applesKitchen Cabinet Remodeling & RepairUpdated on Dec 27, 2010 View more like this | Visit MONTCLAIR, NJ | Contact MCW Carpentry LLC |
The best way to compare apples to apples when hiring a contractor:
Not only do you have to compare specifications of materials on their estimates and proposals.
Put the price aside and get out your scale of knowledge.
How does each contractor run their business?
Do they have employees or day laborers?
(Professional contractors who have employees pay high rates of workers’ compensation 15 to 20 % ). (Contractors that higher day labor can toss these guys off the truck at the end of the day and they could care less about the health and safety of these men)
Do they work out of their van or pickup truck or do they have a shop?
Is there office at home or at a separate location?
Do they have a Secretary?
Can you call them 24 hours a day to ask a question?
Do they offer health insurance to their employees?
What is the skill level of their employees, helpers, carpenters, master carpenter?
What professional organizations to they belong to?
What education do they have, what do they offer to their employees?
How many years in business?
What is their specialty?
Do they have an understanding of architectural design and wood science and structure?
Are they committed to their trade or are they just in business to make a quick buck?
What is their management policy for completing the job?
What is their safety training?
What is the background on their employees?
Are they willing to give you names and addresses of their employees and subcontractors and telephone numbers?
Do they carry BOTH Insurance and Licenses?
There is a big difference between professionalism and contractors that work out of their pickup truck.
Never trust a PO box number.
Google their telephone number See what shows up.
Always check with the local lumber yards
A Professional remodeling company will NOT give work away for free.
Be prepared to pay for professionals.
A Professional Master carpenter has more knowledge then a doctor and lawyer put together.
There are more than 30,000 items in a typical renovation project;
combined with over 50 different trades
Laws,safety,human resources. Just to name a few
he's got to know them all and a whole lot more.
Not only do you have to compare specifications of materials on their estimates and proposals.
Put the price aside and get out your scale of knowledge.
How does each contractor run their business?
Do they have employees or day laborers?
(Professional contractors who have employees pay high rates of workers’ compensation 15 to 20 % ). (Contractors that higher day labor can toss these guys off the truck at the end of the day and they could care less about the health and safety of these men)
Do they work out of their van or pickup truck or do they have a shop?
Is there office at home or at a separate location?
Do they have a Secretary?
Can you call them 24 hours a day to ask a question?
Do they offer health insurance to their employees?
What is the skill level of their employees, helpers, carpenters, master carpenter?
What professional organizations to they belong to?
What education do they have, what do they offer to their employees?
How many years in business?
What is their specialty?
Do they have an understanding of architectural design and wood science and structure?
Are they committed to their trade or are they just in business to make a quick buck?
What is their management policy for completing the job?
What is their safety training?
What is the background on their employees?
Are they willing to give you names and addresses of their employees and subcontractors and telephone numbers?
Do they carry BOTH Insurance and Licenses?
There is a big difference between professionalism and contractors that work out of their pickup truck.
Never trust a PO box number.
Google their telephone number See what shows up.
Always check with the local lumber yards
A Professional remodeling company will NOT give work away for free.
Be prepared to pay for professionals.
A Professional Master carpenter has more knowledge then a doctor and lawyer put together.
There are more than 30,000 items in a typical renovation project;
combined with over 50 different trades
Laws,safety,human resources. Just to name a few
he's got to know them all and a whole lot more.
