General Contracting
One plan for a project with many parts.
When a project crosses more than one trade, someone has to hold the plan. We write the scope, line up the trades in the right order, and stay your one point of contact until the work is done.
When it helps
Signs a project needs a general contractor.
A single repair usually does not. A project with moving parts usually does.
- More than one trade
- Framing, roofing, siding, and finish work, each with its own schedule and its own idea of what comes first.
- Work that has an order
- When one part has to be finished before the next can start, the sequence sets the schedule.
- Permits and inspections
- Work that needs a permit has to be planned around the inspections the municipality requires.
- What is behind the wall
- Opening up an older house can turn up rot or old repairs. Someone has to decide how to handle them and what that changes.
- Living at home during the work
- Access, noise, dust, and working hours need a plan when you are in the house while the work goes on.
- One choice changes another
- Decisions about one part of the house often affect the next. One plan keeps them from being made in isolation.
How we run a project
What stays the same, whatever the project.
The trades and the scope change from house to house. How the work is run does not.
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One scope.
Before work starts, the scope is written down: what is included, what is not, and what the estimate covers. If something changes, we talk it through and put the change in writing first.
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One schedule.
We sequence the trades so each part of the work is ready for the next, and tell you when the plan moves.
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One person to call.
You have one contact at RYDGE for questions, decisions, and changes, from the first walk-through to the last.
A proposed project flow
From the first walk-through to the last.
Every project is different, but most follow these steps. The details and timing are set in your written scope.
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Conversation
We start by understanding the goal for the space and the home.
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Scope and planning
A clear, written scope before any work begins.
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Coordinated build
Trades and timeline managed by one team, start to finish.
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Walkthrough
A final review together before we consider the job finished.
Where projects start
Most projects begin with one part of the house.
Often the roof or the outside. Start with the page closest to yours.
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Starting with the roof?
Roofing is the foundation of what we do. A replacement is often the first step of a larger plan for the house.
Roofing -
Working on the outside?
Roof edge, fascia, soffit, trim, and siding, planned together and built from the top down.
Exterior Remodeling -
Repairing after a storm?
When a storm damaged more than the roof, the repairs still need one plan. Start with an inspection.
Storm Restoration
General contracting questions
What homeowners ask before a larger project.
What does a general contractor do?
Holds the plan. A general contractor scopes the project, schedules the trades and materials in order, lines the work up with any permits and inspections it needs, and is your point of contact until the work is done.
How is a project priced?
After the walk-through. We write a scope and an estimate for your project. We do not quote a price for work we have not seen.
What happens if something changes during the project?
We show you what we found or what changed, explain what it means for the cost and the schedule, and agree on it with you in writing before doing the work.
Can I stay in the house during the work?
It depends on the project. Before work starts, we talk through access, noise, and working hours so you can plan around them.
Can a larger project be done in phases?
Often, as long as the order of work holds. We plan the whole project first, then build it in stages that suit your budget and schedule.
Start with a conversation
Bring us the project you have in mind.
A repair that keeps growing, or work that needs more than one trade. Tell us what you are planning and we will follow up to talk it through.
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