Very Important Siding & Construction Tips by Dave Mason

Tip #1: Finding a Contractor that is Legal!

1. It is very important to find a contractor to work on your project that is currently and legally licensed, insured and bonded.
   

2. When checking out a prospective contractor, for your protection, check with the "Better Business Bureau" and/or the local "Home Builders Associations" to find out about the specific contractor. If the contractor you have in mind is not a member of either of these organizations, or has a bad rating with them, you may not want to waste your time getting a proposal from the contractor.
   

3. In order to save you time and aggravation ask each and every prospective contractor, that you may later have look at your project, to mail or fax you current copies of the items listed below, before they even come out to look at your project. If a prospective contractor can not or will not take the time to provide you with all of their current information the contractor is probably not legal.

   • City, State Business, State "Specialty or General Contractor" and/or Borough Licenses
   • Liability and Workman's Compensation Insurance Certificate
   • Bond

   Many contractors will tell you that they are licensed, insured and bonded but in reality they legally are not. Make sure to look at the dates on all of the forms that each contractor gives you to make sure that the dates are current, if the dates on any of the forms are not current you should not bother even getting a proposal from the contractor.

   Many consumers over the years have found out the hard way, when things went wrong on their project, that the contractor they hired was not legally licensed, or insured, or bonded and in far to many cases the consumer lost thousands upon thousands of dollars.

4. Did you know that the only contractors that can legally install siding on your home or building, according to the laws of Alaska, are a "Specialty Contractor" or a "General Contractor". Contractors with a "Handyman" license can not legally install siding on you home. Fines of up to $10,000.00 can be imposed by the state of Alaska if an illegal contractor or person works on your home or building.

New Wasilla Store Location

We invite you to visit our new “Siding Super Store” at 1655 West Parks Highway in downtown Wasilla right across the street from SBS.

We are a company that truly cares for our customers

Mason's Siding & Supply
1655 West Parks Highway
Wasilla Alaska 99654

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