General Contractor in South Boston, Boston MA
Carpentry comes before coating on South Boston exteriors. A lot of Southie buildings are condo-converted, which means the exterior is a shared decision and the scope has to be documented for a board, not one owner. We repair or replace it first, because paint over soft wood buys a season.
General Contractor Services in South Boston
Carpentry Repair in South Boston
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 South Boston.
Wood Rot Repair in South Boston
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 South Boston.
Siding Repair in South Boston
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 South Boston.
Trim Installation in South Boston
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 South Boston.
Other services we run in South Boston: Start from the South Boston overview.
More on this trade generally: General Contracting across our service area.
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Estimates in South Boston
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(617) 777-7700 Call Now Request OnlineWhat General Contracting Work Here Actually Involves
Three-deckers, brick and wood rowhouses, and a large number of condo conversions with shared exterior responsibility. Fort Point is loft conversions in former industrial buildings.
Most of our general contracting work here is for condo owners and associations, plus landlords holding the three-deckers that haven't converted.
Coastal salt exposure
Southie sits on the water. Salt accelerates coating breakdown and corrodes fasteners, and exterior products need to be specified for it.
Condo association exteriors
A lot of Southie buildings are condo-converted, which means the exterior is a shared decision and the scope has to be documented for a board, not one owner.
Fort Point Channel Landmark District
The Fort Point area falls under Landmarks Commission review, which affects exterior work on the converted industrial buildings.
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 South Boston, Boston specifically, the work is mostly three-deckers and rowhouses, and salt air off the harbor 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 South Boston?
Can you match old trim profiles?
Is carpentry quoted separately?
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