FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Finish carpentry and full room remodels: kitchens, baths, bedrooms, cabinets, and demo. Rough framing lives under Framing.

Yes. Built-ins, cabinets, and trim sized to the room. We design to the space and the budget.

Most residential decks are 1 to 2 weeks, depending on size, height, and material. You get a timeline with the quote.

Pressure-treated wood, cedar, composite such as Trex, and PVC. We help you pick for maintenance, durability, and cost.

Yes. Boards, rails, stairs, and structure. If the ledger or posts are done, we say so — we do not skin a failing frame.

Warped or cracked panels, mold, peeling interior paint, and rising energy bills. We inspect and tell you repair vs replace.

Fiber cement lasts. Premium vinyl and engineered wood are options by budget and look. We walk the tradeoffs on site.

Yes. Unilock, bluestone, cultured stone, and veneer. We match the material to the yard and the traffic.

Yes. Rebuild, recap, and new runs. We look at drainage first so the wall does not walk next winter.

That is the job. Base, pitch, and joints matter more than the pretty face. We build for Westchester winters.

Yes. We frame to code and coordinate inspections. Additions and garages need that paperwork; we do not skip it.

Wood for most houses here. We tell you if the span or the load needs something else.

A bedroom is often a day. Exteriors depend on size and weather. You get a timeline with the estimate.

Premium paint, low-VOC available. Exteriors get weather-resistant formulas. We pick sheen per surface.

Only when temperature and humidity allow the product to cure. We do not force a coat that will peel in spring.

Carpentry, framing, siding, decks, and paint. Landscaping is stone and hardscape — a separate line.

Yes when the job needs them. Additions, many decks, and structural work go through inspections. We do not skip that.

We plan the layout to the room and the budget. Full interior-design packages are not what we sell — we build the kitchen.

Usually. You will lose the kitchen for the duration. We keep a path and a schedule so you can plan meals.

Often. Moving drains costs more. We tell you which layout saves money.

A full gut is usually measured in weeks, not days. A vanity-and-tile refresh is shorter. The quote has a range.

Yes. That is the usual way. We contain dust and keep a path.

Paint is its own trade on this site. We can schedule it after the carpentry if you want one phone for both.

Both. Custom when the opening needs it. Stock when the budget says so — we still scribe it like custom.

We get close in style and color. A perfect factory match to 15-year-old doors is not a promise we make.

Only with a plan for the beam. That is framing, not a sledgehammer afternoon.

Haul-off is in the quote. Sometimes a dumpster on site, sometimes our trucks. We say which.

We can. Many clients buy tile they like and we install. The quote says who owns material.

Depends on the thinset and grout. We tell you the day we grout — not a generic “24 hours” if the product says otherwise.

We build from a plan. Complex additions need an architect or engineer. We say when that is required.

Framing is this job. Siding, carpentry, and paint are the other trades — same company if you want them sequenced.

The quote says who owns concrete. Framing is this page. We coordinate if another trade pours.

That is an addition-style job: insulation, fire separation, permits. We talk through it on site — it is not a weekend of drywall.

Close. Old walls fade. We sample on the wall. A perfect match to a 20-year fade is not something we guarantee.

No. If you have foam-and-mesh, we say so. We do not treat it like three-coat cement.

No. It is a face. The wall behind it has to be sound. We do not veneer over rot and call it a stone house.

Bad prep pops. We build the backup and the joints for freeze-thaw. That is the point of hiring us.

Height and location decide that. We tell you when the town wants paper. We do not guess and hope.

Yes. Usually it comes down and goes back with drain and base. Stacking more stone on a lean is not a repair.

Usually on material. Labor is still the wall. We quote both when it matters.

Cheap installs do — repeating stones, bad corners. Blend and corners are the job.

It can if the base is wrong or water sits. We build pitch and base so it has a chance. No stone is unbreakable.

Close. Color lots vary. We try to blend. A perfect match to a 30-year patio is not guaranteed.

We replace the base and the pitch. Patching a heaved slab is a season of the same trip.

Yes. Treads you can trust wet. That is the Steps job if the run is all stairs — we sequence it.

We build stone and paver patios. If the job is a plain concrete slab, we say so and quote that as a different scope.

Yes. Walls and steps are their own jobs on this site. We sequence them so the patio meets the grade.

We do masonry and veneer. Sweeping and liners are a specialist. We say so instead of pretending.

We get close. Old brick lots are gone. We show you the blend on site.

If they are sound and the rise works. Cracked treads go. We do not glue a break and hope.

Cleft and texture help. Ice is ice — pitch and a broom still matter. We do not sell miracle coatings as a substitute for pitch.

Yes if we plan the conduit before we close the pillar. Retrofit is uglier and costs more.

Yes. Same mix, same height, shot to the same line across the drive.

Yes. Base and edge for cars, not a patio spec with a driveway photo on it.

Joint sand and a tight install slow that. A living yard still grows things. We do not sell a forever-sterile patio.

If the line still exists. Discontinued colors are a blend, not a clone.