House Maintenance

Alarm Companies/Services (for house)



Another option: DIY: You do the installation and then pay the monitoring fee. Video can be tied to your cell phone. Hardwire with a WiFi backup is the least hackable. Put outdoor cams (can be solar powered) in unreachable places. 

Asbestos Remediation


Basement Waterproofing


Chimney Flashing Repair


Chimney Sweeps





Drain Clearing

 


Floor Refinishing, etc.




Garage Doors


Gutters



Scott Wodecki is no longer doing gutters, just metal roofs. 528-7969. (as of 9/18)

One unsatisfactory report for https://www.gutterprony.com/.


Handy Person





House Caretakers (winter, weekly, etc.)



Inspection (Mold, Asbestos, Air Quality)

Bald Eagle Inspection Services, https://baldeagle.biz/, 518-488-2538. Near Albany, but Jason Federico will come to the Berkshires. He's terrific, highly qualified. (11/21)


Lumber (sources of)

Eric at Falls Village Sawmill, 401-225-2263. Recommended for rough-cut lumber for woodworking projects. (11/22)

Konkapot Tree and Timber, Ashley Falls, 229-2182. Owned by Will Conklin (of Greenagers) and Cal Turner. (11/22)

Berkshire Products, Sheffield, https://berkshireproducts.com/. They have an amazing selection of boards and slabs, of different kinds of wood. Most of it aged. (11/22)

Ghent Wood Products, https://ghentwoodproducts.com/. For kiln dried lumber. (11/22)

Herrington's in Hillsdale, of course! https://herringtons.com/stores/hillsdale-ny/, 518-325-3131. Family-run, for all building needs. (4/23)

Dettinger Lumber, Pittsfield, https://dettingerlumber.com/, 413-442-6916. Raves for service! Family-run, and cheaper than Home Depot. (4/23)


Metal Work

Kody Goddard, KG Fabrication, Ashley Falls, www.kgfabrication.com, 413-230-0285. A good guy! (6/23)

413-230-02

Mold Remediation


Painting (House)

See "Painters."


Pool Maintenance




Porch Care

Sanding


Power Washing (see under Cleaning)


Property Management




Radon Testing


Roof Shoveling (winter) and Cleaning

Advice: Make sure roof workers have liability insurance.



Advice: Power-washing a shingled roof will remove the granules from the shingles. (Not good.) Spray a moss-killing solution on the roof and then just rinse it off. The moss washes off after a few rainstorms, and black streaks of algae disappear. Old roofs look almost new again.


Snowplowing





Trash Haulers




Scrap Metal Pickup