Why do you need a professional builder?
Although popular TV shows and magazines make remodeling seam like a walk in the park, its not. Without the proper experience, the application of materials to buildings leads to costly disasters. To the right is a rotten porch beam (built within the last 20 years) that had to be replaced because a $10 piece of flashing was put on the wrong way.
Deck Safety Inspections
Over 50% of all decks in the USA are not built to code. The majority of these decks are unsafe to congregate on. Is your deck safe? GM Giguere Contracting offers deck safety inspections, with follow up remediation services. To the left is the remains of a 20ft x40ft deck which fell off of the house in a wind storm (the deck was less than 20 years old). The deck ledger had no flashing so by the time the deck fell off, the exterior walls were water damaged and had to be replaced.
What does a termite look like?
Termites are small and white, although the size of ant they have a definitive difference in body structure than an ant.
What does a termite do?
Unlike carpenter ants termites eat wood even paper whether or not its wet. If you find termites in your home call an exterminator. If you find carpenter ants in your home you have rot (carpenter ants are large and black). Before you call an exterminator call GM Giguere Contractingacting. Let us rehabilitate the situation, before you get into endless cycle of spraying lethal poison on your home.
Water Damage
When water gets through the roofing/siding on your home it is absorbed into your building materials. When wood has a moisture content greater than 20%, fungus begins to grow. When fungus begins to rot wood, the ants come marching in.