Repairs After The Storm
Choose Your Contractor Wisely
By Stan Lehr
This week’s severe weather leaves property owners negotiating with insurance companies, disaster officials–and home repair contractors.
Choose Your Contractor Wisely
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Sometimes it’s a dishonest contractor.
Sometimes it’s a DIY project gone wrong.
Sometimes, as in this case, it’s a contractor in over his head.
Over the years I’ve been asked to rescue a number of projects that were going down the wrong path for one reason or another. When this client first called me, they’d just let their original contractor go after seeing things were not coming together the way they should.
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The terrace and pergola project was completed in the Springmill area for clients we had recently built a kitchen for. It replaced a small patio area, and features a cedar deck, pergola, and an exposed aggregate concrete terrace.
Design by Chip Kalleen
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You Can Get There From Here
by Rick Provost
In an old joke, the great classical pianist Arthur Rubinstein is asked, “Pardon me, sir, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?” He replies, “Practice, practice, practice.” This advice would be well-taken by anyone wondering how they can reach their goals, whether personal or business.
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This room addition was built during a whole house renovation WrightWorks completed in Meridian-Kessler. The space was added to create a new breakfast room, office area, pantry, half bath, laundry, and mudroom.
Design by MWHarris
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This half bath was part of a room addition project in Meridian-Kessler. It features a slate floor, marble mosaic accent tile, and a decorative wallcovering.
Design by MWHarris
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WrightWorks was recently awarded 2010 Regional Chrysalis Awards for 2 of our projects–a master bath remodel and a whole house remodel.
Since 1993, The Chrysalis Awards have honored the finest remodeling projects in the nation that reflect the professional excellence of the residential and commercial remodeling industry.
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Indianapolis Remodeling Contractor Christopher Wright was recently named to the 2010 REMODELING Big50. The Big50 awards are presented each year by Remodeling Magazine at their Annual Leadership Conference.
Since 1986, the Big50 awards have recognized excellence in the remodeling industry. The Big50 selection criteria include standards of financial performance, leadership, service to the industry, service to the local community, and how well companies treat their employees and trade partners.
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New EPA Lead Paint Rule Affects All Homes and
Child-Care Facilities Built Before 1978
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he Central Indiana Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) is working to make homeowners aware of a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation called the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (RRP Rule) which will take effect April 22, 2010. It requires all contractors working in residential homes or apartments built before 1978 to follow very specific practices intended to minimize lead hazards to occupants and workers.
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