General Contractor in Medford, MA
Carpentry comes before coating on Medford exteriors. The multi-family stock carries the same front and rear porch systems as Somerville, and they rot at the rails and post bases first. We repair or replace it first, because paint over soft wood buys a season.
General Contractor Services in Medford
Carpentry Repair in Medford
Trim, doors, porches and structural wood — We repair the wood before we paint it. Painting over a rotted board is a one-season fix.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle carpentry repair in Medford.
Wood Rot Repair in Medford
Fascia, sills, casings and corner boards — Cut out the rot, treat with epoxy consolidant where the piece is salvageable, replace it where it isn't.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle wood rot repair in Medford.
Siding Repair in Medford
Clapboard, shingle and fiber cement — Damaged courses replaced and profile-matched, then primed on all sides before they go up.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle siding repair in Medford.
Trim Installation in Medford
Baseboard, casing, crown and millwork — Installed, caulked and painted as one job so the finish lines up with the walls.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle trim installation in Medford.
Rest of what we do in Medford: Start from the Medford overview.
More on this trade generally: General Contracting across our service area.
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You deal with the people doing the work. We are Allston-based, we hold Massachusetts HIC licence #193121, and we carry full liability and workers' compensation cover.
Estimates in Medford
We measure on site and put the number in writing.
(617) 777-7700 Call Now Request OnlineWhat General Contracting Work Here Actually Involves
Three-deckers and two-families through South Medford, Colonial Revivals and Victorians in West Medford, and postwar single-families toward the Fells.
Most of our general contracting work here is for owner-occupied multi-families in the south of the city and single-family homeowners toward the Fells.
Two different cities on one map
South Medford is packed three-deckers; West Medford and the Fells edge are detached houses with driveways. The staging, the access and the pricing are not comparable.
Stacked porches
The multi-family stock carries the same front and rear porch systems as Somerville, and they rot at the rails and post bases first.
Pre-1978 throughout
Nearly all original Medford stock predates 1978, putting exterior scraping under federal RRP rules.
What a Contracting Quote Has to Account For
What drives the price
Carpentry pricing is mostly about what is behind the surface, which nobody knows until it is open. We price the known scope firmly and carry the unknowns as a written allowance rather than a vague contingency, so a rot repair that turns out to run further than the visible damage does not become an argument halfway through. In Medford specifically, the work is mostly three-deckers and two-families, and a hard split between dense and suburban shapes how we schedule and stage it.
How the work is sequenced
Repairs come before finishes, always. There is no point painting trim that is going to be replaced, and no point replacing trim while the flashing above it is still letting water in. We work from the water source down: flashing and drainage first, then the substrate, then the carpentry, then the coating.
Where it usually goes wrong
The common failure is cosmetic work done over an unresolved cause. Filler over rot that still has a moisture path behind it will fail again in a season, and the second repair costs more than the first because the damage has spread. If we find a source we cannot fix, we tell you before we coat over it rather than after.
How long it takes
Carpentry runs on material availability as much as labour. Stock trim and standard dimensional lumber are immediate. Matched profiles for older houses can take weeks to source or mill, and we flag that at the estimate rather than discovering it mid-job.
Recent Work
Before & After
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Raised ranch, colour changeCrew working the transition from the original yellow. Full prep before any finish went on, garage doors and trim picked out separately.
Questions We Get Asked
Do you fix the wood before painting it in Medford?
Can you match old trim profiles?
Is carpentry quoted separately?
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