D&R Construction

I originally hired Rob to put in woodwork throughout the house. He began
working for me at the beginning of January and all the work will wrap
up this week. He had his son with him most days. He was recommended to
me by my electrician. I had a disastrous experience with another
contractor that was supposed to remodel the bathroom and do some other
work on the house. Rob is a general contractor, so he took over the
bathroom as well as fixing the wall in the dining room when I stopped
working with the other contractor. The woodwork was putting in
baseboards in a majority of the house, adding door frames to match the
originals, paneling on one dining room wall to match the original, and
paneling in the hallway to match the original.
The house is from 1910 and had additions added to it, so it was tricky
to install the baseboards as the walls were not flat. They did a
beautiful job and had to do a bunch of extra work to get the baseboards
to lay flat against the wall. The put new baseboards in two of the
bedrooms, a small piece in the third bedroom, most of the hallway (only
two sections of original wood remained), the living room and the back
wall in the dining room. The wall in the dining room was very difficult.
It was incredibly uneven and it took them awhile to get the wall flat.
The wall had been changed at least two times over the years and whoever
had done the changes did a bad job. They salvaged some original paneling
from that wall as well, so it saved me a few bucks. The original wood
was fir, so that runs $20-$25 per foot and there were 4 panels that were
6' tall. The paneling looks stunning now. Once it is stained (I'm doing
that myself with the help of friends and family), it will be hard to
tell the difference between the new and the old. Rob recommended a local
company (Pederson and Arnold) to do the milling as we had to bring in
samples of the original wood to get the pieces custom milled to match.
It was a good recommendation and I am very happy with the results. The
hallway also has paneling, but it was not as tall as the dining room.
They used some of the wood we found hidden behind drywall to fill in the
pieces.They also replaced several door frames to match the original
frames. This included a custom milled piece that was on the top of the
door.
After I fired the other contractor, Rob was able to step in and do my
bathroom. I am floored with how amazing it looks. It is exactly what I
wanted. The old bathroom was awful and the floor was rotting, so the
bathroom was stripped down to the floor joists and the wall studs. Rob
put in insulation, two new windows and frames, subfloor, reinforced the
floor, wainscoting, shelving and a medicine cabinet. He works with some
good sheetrockers, so they did a great job. His tile sub is was really
great. The tile work is lovely and just as I wanted it. The plumber he
had took his time with getting things done, but Rob was able to make it
clear when I spoke up that the pl;umber needed to hurry along. Overall
the bathroom looks sensational. I'm so pleased.
Rob was great to work with and excellent at communication. He will call
you if there's a decision to be made. He asked my opinion and would
offer suggestions too. He's easy to reach on his cell phone. He offered
advice when I asked for pointers on other projects I was working on. His
son is very nice too. Rob and his son are perfectionists. If you have
them doing woodwork at your house, it will look beautiful. He will make
sure the subcontractors are doing their work to your liking. I'm very
pleased with my experience and will continue to use him on future
projects.