Firebaugh Construction

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We needed to replace our old oven. We contacted Sam Firebaugh by calling the phone number he had listed in his Angie's List profile. Mr. Firebaugh's wife took our contact information and promised that he would call after 6:00pm. He called at 6:01, and he spent quite a bit of time with me discussing the oven that I currently had installed and the oven (which I had bought used) that I wanted him to replace it with. He asked about our oven circuit breaker (40 amps), and through our discussion, he determined that he would need to modify the circuit breaker to the required 20 amp circuit. He told us that he was working on another job and would have a better idea the next day of when he could fit us in.
Mr. Firebaugh called us with his availability, and we scheduled an appointment with him for later in the week. On the day of our appointment, he called us to let us know when he would arrive. When he arrived at our home, he came in and went downstairs to turn the circuit breaker off. He modified the circuit breaker to accomodate the needs of the new oven. Then he removed the current oven, and with my husband's help, loaded it into our van so that we could take it to the dump. He vacuumed up the dust and debris from the cutout, and then he began to install the new oven. Because we had bought a used oven, it was missing some of the mounting hardware. He also needed a different connector. Mr. Firebaugh had to make a run to Home Depot to buy the parts that he needed to finish the install. When he tried to put the oven in place, he discovered that it wasn't quite big enough to accomodate the screws located on the sides of the oven, so he had to cut out little notches on both sides of the cutout. It went in without any additional issues, and he cleaned up after himself.

Before he left, Mr. Firebaugh looked at a cabinet that we wanted removed and discussed with us the work that the job would entail. A couple of days after he installed our oven, he called us to tell us that we had paid him too much. What we had done was to add a little extra to his $165.00 fee (which included the extra parts that he had to buy) to show our appreciation for his ability to deal with the obstacles that he encountered during our oven install. We had already decided that we would schedule our cabinet removal with him, and his honesty only reinforced our decision to hire him again! We appreciate his hard work, flexibiltiy, and professionalism!

We had bookshelves delivered and needed them put together. We also had a few other side jobs that we had on the list. I called the company we usually use for side jobs and they couldn't fit us in. I went on Angie's list called 3 other companies - same problem. I decided to call the first person closest to our office with an A rating. I called Sam, he said he could be out there that night. He kept his word. He put the bookcases together and placed them in their location. We asked him to come back to do additional work. He came the next day on schedule completed each task without disruption to our office, cleaned up after himself and left. We couldn't be more pleased.

He was excellent and his work looks beautiful!