Here's what I take on, and what the work actually involves. If you don't see your job listed, call and ask. After 50 years there's not much I haven't run into.
Walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and built-ins.
Before any paint goes on:
I use Sherwin-Williams Duration when you want a wall you can actually scrub, and Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel on the trim, doors and cabinets, because it dries harder than a wall paint and won’t yellow the way an oil enamel does.
You get straight lines at the ceiling and a finish that doesn’t show every repair I made.
Siding, soffits, fascia, porch ceilings, shutters, and doors.
Memphis heat and humidity break down a bad exterior job fast, so prep matters more here than anywhere.
I use Sherwin-Williams Duration exterior coatings.
Done this way, an exterior repaint is a once-a-decade job instead of a once-every-three-years job.
Offices, storefronts, warehouses, common areas, and rental turns.
Commercial work has a different problem than a house: you can’t shut down for a week.
Same prep and the same coatings I use on a home.
The standard doesn’t drop because it’s a lease space.
Hanging, finishing, and repair.
Most of what I get called for is repair: nail pops, cracked corner bead, water damage from a roof or a supply line, and holes from a doorknob or a plumber.
Matching an existing texture is the part most people get wrong. It’s worth taking the time on.
Soft trim around windows and doors, rotted fascia and soffit, porch columns, and door jambs gone spongy at the bottom.
For the replacement I use LP SmartSide and SmartTrim, which I pick up from 84 Lumber. It’s made to resist moisture and insects in a way standard pine trim can’t, which is why the repair holds instead of coming back, and the SmartTrim carries a 50-year limited warranty.
When the rot has gone into the window itself and not just the trim around it, I can set a NEVEROT window from Central Woodwork — everything on it that sees weather is cellular PVC, so that sill isn’t back on the list in ten years.
Doors that won’t latch, trim and baseboard, crown molding, closet build-outs, deck boards and railings, siding repair, and small remodels.
I’ve been a general contractor long enough to have done most of it at least once.
Flooring I can source through ProSource Wholesale Floorcoverings.
If a job needs a licensed electrician or plumber, I’ll tell you that up front instead of taking it on and hoping, and I can usually tell you who to call.
Tell me what's going on and I'll come look at it. The estimate is free, and there's no charge to walk away.
Call 901-370-7337
Home Repairs