Craig Favors & Associates
DESIGN • RENOVATE • BUILD
It takes a team to make your dreams come true! You need to know the correct order and process to layout and schedule your project to maximize your time and money. You need to stay 10 steps ahead of everything at all times from start to finish and be able to come up with outside of the box solutions to hidden issues that inevitably always rear their head at the worst time. You need to know where to start, what to do in the beginning to make sure what's going on at the end will work right, and how to triple check everything through out to make sure what you want is actually happening.
Through our Design and Project Development process we will help to insure you project gets taken care of from start to finish. Why do you need an experienced contractor on your side? Below is just a general idea of what has to be managed on a remodel or addition.
Renovations & Builds
GATHER INFORMATION, ESTIMATE, PLAN JOB AND CREATE PRELIMINARY TIMELINE
STAKE LOT
TEMPORARY UTILITIES
You will need to have water, gas, electric, and toilet facilities available during the construction process.
DEMO EXISTING (Additions)
CLEAR AND ROUGH GRADE
WELL
EXCAVATE
FOOTINGS
FOUNDATION
The foundation is the wall on which the first floor rests. It may be short - if you will have a crawl space, or tall - if you will have a basement.
WATERPROOFING AND FOUNDATION DRAIN
(below grade/basement areas only - not Typical in Texas)
SEWER AND WATER TAPS
BACKFILL
SLAB PLUMBING
Any plumbing that needs to go into the ground or tie into existing plumbing in the case of additions.
SLAB POUR
FRAMING, WINDOWS, AND EXTERIOR DOORS
EXTERIOR SIDING AND TRIM
GARAGE DOOR AND EXTERIOR LOCKS
BACK-OUT FRAMING
FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY
STAIRS
ROUGH HVAC
The HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) sub is the first of the three “mechanical” subs (plumbing, electrical, HVAC) to come to the job. He will install the duct work for your HVAC system and possibly the furnace. He comes first because the stuff he puts into the walls is the biggest and most inflexible.
ROUGH PLUMBING
Next comes the plumber to install his pipes.
ROOFING
With plumbing and HVAC vent pipes through the roof, the roofer can install the roofing.
ROUGH ELECTRICAL
Codes call for the house to be “dried in” before the wiring is installed. With the exterior windows and doors in place and the roof on, it’s time. For roughs, the electrician will put in the boxes (switch, outlet, and lighting) and will pull the wires into them. Cable, telephone, speaker wires, etc. are also installed at this point.
ELECTRIC & GAS METER SET
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GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS
EXTERIOR PAINT
INSULATION
TEMPORARY HEAT
DRYWALL
CABINETS
INTERIOR DOORS AND TRIM
PAINT AND WALLPAPER
HARDWOOD FLOORS
COUNTER TOPS
VINYL AND CERAMIC TILE
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SAND AND FINISH WOOD FLOORS
APPLIANCES AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
FINISH ELECTRICAL
Here is where the electrician comes back to install the switches, outlets, light fixtures, ceiling fans, door bells, etc. He will also hook up the appliances, furnace, air conditioner, doorbell, and so forth.
FINISH PLUMBING
The plumber will install the sinks, lavatories, toilets, and all the faucets.
FINISH HVAC & FINAL HEAT
Your heating sub will install the registers and get the furnace and air conditioning running properly.
SHOWER DOORS AND MIRRORS
Install shower doors. Hang mirrors.
CARPET
Now it’s starting to feel like home!
HARDWARE AND SCREENS
Typically, this is door, window, and closet hardware. Window screens.
DRYWALL REPAIRS
You may need to get the drywall subcontractor back out to patch some dings caused by the other subs’ work. This is normal.
CLEAN UP
This is the final interior clean up.
FINAL PAINT
Touching up drywall repairs and so forth.
FINAL WOOD FLOOR FINISH
RETAINING WALLS
WALKS, DRIVES, AND PATIOS
SEPTIC TANK AND DRAIN FIELD
FINISH GRADING AND LANDSCAPING