Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 2011
Free estimates
"Good. He checked to make sure we wouldn't have any additional issues.
"

Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 2011
Free estimates
"Good. He checked to make sure we wouldn't have any additional issues.
"

Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"Ray is an excellent plumber and goes far and away to help you. He installed my sink/dishwasher and refrigerator water line. He worked hard, all day and even came back and checked it afterward to make sure all was in order. His estimate/bid system is easy and fast to use. Excellent Plumber. Highly, Highly recommend."





+8

Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 1980
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"Hagee Plumbing technician Caleb arrived on time, super friendly, and went straight to work. He was able to repair my garbage disposal and save me a couple hundred dollars in the process. I highly recommend Caleb and will definitely ask for him directly if I ever need any plumbing work done."

Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 2002
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"I didn't feel they ever took the time to understanding exactly what we wanted to have done. They seemed to be looking for a big project not just a kitchen remodel. The estimate for our kitchen was 3x our budget.
"




Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 1997
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"I had a LOT of questions and Ryan, the owner, responded quickly to each email. The work crew were all polite, quiet, and all-around good people. The price was reasonable compared to comps, and the job was finished when they said it would be. We've had some torrential rains since and not a drop has gotten into my basement!"





+7

Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 2021
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"Excellent company to work with. On time and professional. Will definitely work with again."





+8
Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
Credit card accepted
"It was great. The timing was good. They were reliable with scheduling. They worked very fast and the cleaning thorough."



Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 2004
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"Harry Wheeler and his 2 employees did a very good job. They made sure that the roof dimensions were squared, and they did excellent work with the framing and installing the roofing material. The center part of the roof was an opaque corrugated fiber that let light into the area - and the replacement that Harry's team did is even better. It's a little larger than the one we had before and lets in more light. They also made sure that the vertical supports for the repaired roof were solid and that the barn itself was undamaged by the falling tree."





+60
Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 2006
Credit card accepted
"After I requested the estimate, I received courteous phone calls to set up an appointment. It was easy to setup an appointment that fit my requirement for a later afternoon meeting. Discussion of the project at the initial meeting answered all my questions as to experience level of the team, the window product, how the windows would be removed and installed, lead time required and that they could frame an exterior frame as I wanted. After comparing four estimates, I selected Pacific Home Improvement based on years of experience, detailed explanation of the process, licensed/insured/bonded, and competitive price. As far as price goes, I would NOT call Sears again for anything home related since they were about double other reasonable estimates. I placed a 50% deposit for the windows via credit card. Several weeks later the windows were in and we scheduled the work with the renters. The install looks fantastic. I can’t imagine having a better install over what I got. It’s very precise and clean inside and out. Overall the install is perfect and the renters are totally happy. I paid the balance on my credit card. Super easy to do business with this team. I anticipate using them again for other projects."

Serving Shelton, WA and surrounding areas
In business since 2005
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"TLDR; Driving progress is up to you. Painter is incompetent. Will miss every deadline. No green building acumen.
I hired Joe to add a bedroom to my house and pour a concrete pad for another room. It was a straightforward project he estimated would take 2.5 months (10/1-12/15). He volunteered the 12/15 completion date so I put fines in the contract if substantial work was not completed by 12/25. From the architectural drawings, the only thing that changed during the project was the size of one window and the additional removal of a 3 foot interior wall.
10/1, the work started and within the first two weeks, excavation was done, the foundations were poured, the framing was done and the windows and trusses were ordered. Within a month the trusses and roof were on and the windows were installed. So far, so good, but this was all done by one sub.
Then things started going in slow motion. I moved out for the month of November so they could get the dusty indoor work done without disturbing my family. There were only 3 things completed in November, the electrical was roughed in, two small (5 foot and 3 foot) non-load bearing walls were removed and there was a day or two of digging on a retaining wall. Disappointed in the progress I asked him twice for a schedule with the remaining tasks and dates. Although he said he could provide one, he never did.
He was supposed to have the drywall and insulation done by December 1st (a date again volunteered by him), so my HVAC contractor could install a ductless heat pump. I had to push out that date by 2 weeks. Also due to him missing the schedule, I was heating an uninsulated room for 3 days.
For the siding, outsulation and exterior window trim, he set up 3 meetings to go over it with my architect. The first one, the sider didn?t show. I wasn?t around for the 2nd one. The third time he sent a sider who had never worked with outsulation before. To his credit, he paid for the 3rd meeting. Although the architectural drawings went into explicit detail, the sider required handholding to understand them. My architect was visibly frustrated explaining the installation process to him over the language barrier. The sider charged $8000 for 4 days of work. It was $2900 over Joe?s original bid. This seemed high for 2 reasons. 1. A bid from a competitor who specialized in green building, had worked with my architect before and was familiar with outsulation bid $5600. 2. When I asked the sider why the caulk job was so bad, he revealed he had used a random day laborer to help. When I asked Joe about the price, he stated that the price was fair because there were several surprises, and he had asked the sider to come down in price. Not buying this explanation, I called the sider myself. I asked him if he had provided Joe with a bid before he started working and he said no. I asked him if Joe had asked him to come down in price and he said no. So Joe essentially wrote him a blank check with my money.
By the beginning of January, electrical still hadn?t been hooked up, there were no doors or gutters and the porta-potty and trash heap remained. I?d had enough of Joe?s work and I wanted him to tie up the loose ends, give me the final bill and get out. I handled all of the interior work, hanging the doors, doing the trim, painting, patching the drywall and installing the flooring to wrap this up as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, after the initial bit of electrical was done on 1/6/15, I stopped the fines. Joe went back into slow motion. I?ve attached a full timeline so you can get a taste of this.
Probably the biggest debacle of the project was the exterior painting. I had told Joe I wanted to have him do the exterior painting, but I wanted it done when the weather was nice. Ignoring my request, his guys came out to paint on 1/15/15. It was sprinkling when they arrived, but they shrugged it off with ?It wasn?t raining in Federal Way.? More and more rain kept coming, so they covered their sprayer to protect it while they continued painting. Then it started a downpour. All the paint washed off. They returned the next day to continue. It rained again that day. They didn?t prime any of the bare wood and painted it while it was soaking wet. Not surprisingly, very little of it adhered to the wood. I fired the sub in charge of the painters because he was supposed to do some work inside like hanging the doors and doing trim work and I didn't want him trashing my house any more. They came out again to paint, this time it wasn?t raining. But the paint job looks terrible. There remain bubbles, drips, uneven coloration and almost bare wood in places. (There is one picture from the first day and all the remaining are as it looks today) I told Joe to hold payment for this until they did it right. Joe has repeatedly told me he would make it right, but hasn?t delivered. I scheduled a meeting with the painters to come out and review their work, but they never showed. Also telling is Joe didn?t look at the paint job himself when he came to collect the final payment.
Twice during the project I was approached by his subs asking for money. Although I paid Joe the day he asked, it was clear there was a considerable delay with money flowing to his subs. First the concrete guy showed up at my door and I got a lien notice from the company, the second was the door guy. The door guy said, it takes a long time for Joe to pay. It took over Joe over 2 months after his last day to collect the invoices and present me with the final bill.
Something as simple as grading a 20 foot driveway and hauling out the trash, spanned 2 weeks to complete. The worker trashed the retaining wall and left a bunch of concrete debris which I had to get hauled out myself (see picture). Also of note, my circular saw mysteriously disappeared after the driveway guy used my table saw.
Here is the timeline:
Before work starts pay 1/3
10/1 Project and excavation starts
10/7 Concrete pads poured
10/10 Room, framed and sheathed
10/17 Trusses on
10/25 Roof on
10/31 Windows in
11/4 Pay second 1/3
11/5 Retaining wall digging starts
11/10 Remind Joe I need the insulation and drywall done by 11/30 for a scheduled HVAC install.
11/11 I provided my door choices to order.
11/12 Rough in of electrical
11/20 Small interior walls removed
11/23 Retaining wall ordered
11/25 Retaining wall arrives
11/28 Checked on doors, still hadn?t been ordered.
12/1 I return to my home and there is no drywall or insulation.
12/3 Insulation is done
12/9 Drywall starts
12/12 Drywall is done
12/13 Retaining wall digging ends
12/15 They come out to look at siding with architect
12/16 Retaining wall done
12/17 Doors actually ordered
12/19 Siding starts
12/22 Doors supposed to arrive
12/24 Siding done
1/6/15 Electrical finish starts
1/7/15 Asked to grade the driveway and finish up
1/10/15 Gutters on
1/15/15 Awful paint job done in the rain
1/16/15 Bare wet wood painted without priming, doors come in, wrong size
1/17/15 Driveway grading starts
1/20/15 Paint job touched up but not fixed, barely painted wood, bubbles, drips, uneven coloration remains
1/21/15 Electrical finish completed
1/26/15 Doors finally come in the correct size
1/27/15 Driveway graded
4/6/15 Get and pay final bill
4/18/15 Schedule painter 4/24 to review work
4/24/15 Painter doesn?t show up
"
From average costs to expert advice, get all the answers you need to get your job done.

Budget for bathtub replacement costs based on factors such as bathtub type, material, removal, hardware, labor, plumbing work, and more.

Use this guide to budget for bidet installation costs based on factors such as bidet type, attachments, features, parts, labor, and more.

Use this guide to estimate the cost to regrout a shower based on the type of grout, tile size, and more.

Budget for the cost to replace a hose bib based on factors such as faucet type, location, plumbing line installation, permits, labor, and more.

Budget for sewer ejector pump costs based on factors such as pump capacity, pump material, maintenance, professional labor, and more.

Budget for main sewer line clog repair costs based on factors such as cleaning method, sewer age, project complexity, permits, labor, and more.