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Structural, Water-Damage and Home Repairs

Island Hammer is a full-service general contractor specializing in remodeling, repairs and renovations, including structural repairs.

Red house wall below a sliding door with new siding and trim

PL.01Red house wall below a sliding door with new siding and trim.

Island Hammer makes repairs to any room of the home, including drywall, flooring and wood frame repairs, as well as exterior repairs where water has done its work.

Finding the extent of the damage

Water damage rarely stays where it starts. In the testimonial below, removing a deck revealed rot in the wall beneath a sliding door. Proper repair means removing damaged material in sections, supporting the structure while it is open, and replacing it with new timber.

Materials and labor pricing

The same testimonial describes a materials-plus-labor-hours bid for the repair. Ask about pricing structure when you request an estimate, especially when the full extent of damage cannot be known until walls are open.

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Jim and his team are just phenomenal! I would not hesitate to hire them again! We discovered last September, through an unfortunate damp-wood termite incident, that we had a water damage problem in the wall of our master bedroom directly *below* the sliding door. I demolished the deck, (that was in need of rebuilding anyway,) in order to gain access to the siding below to assess the extent of the damage and found that it was, in fact, quite bad. (See pictures! …it is estimated this was 8+ years of water-related rot.) I got it cleaned out, copper-greened, and covered in Tyvek for the winter so we could explore financing options.

Fast forward to spring – We contacted Jim and a few other contractors in the area to get a bid. Jim provided us a very reasonable “materials + manhours” bid to repair the wall. It’s spring, so they were about a month out on scheduling, but well within what I would expect for this kind of work from a contractor at this time of year.

So fast forward to gig day – these dudes were in and out in mayyyyybe 2.5 days total, were incredibly professional, and did a bang up job of fixing this dang wall. (And for what it’s worth – they had to build a retaining wall to hold up the floor, chip out the rot sections at a time, build support for sections they’d chipped out, and then replace with new timber. This was *not* a demo-and-go kind of gig.)

I can’t speak to other reviewer’s experiences with Island Hammer, but mine was really fantastic. These dudes are on the level, and I would absolutely hire them again for any job big or small.

Richard BarleyRot repair below a sliding door.

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Repairs: common questions

  • Island Hammer describes itself as specializing in remodeling, repairs and renovations. Describe the repair in your estimate request.

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