W.S. Building & Remodeling W.S. Building
& Remodeling · Est. CT
(203) 507-6666
04 / Process — Sheet C

A house gets built twice — on paper, then in wood.

Every project moves through five phases. We name them, we date them, and you see where we are on the calendar at all times. No mystery weeks. No invisible work.

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The five phases. Hover or tap to scrub.

A typical kitchen or bath runs four to ten weeks; an addition runs ten to twenty. Phase length adjusts to scope — the order does not.

01 · Week 0–1

Drafting

Site visit, measurements, conversation. We draft a scope sheet and a fixed-price bid before any contract.

02 · Week 1–3

Permits

Stamped drawings, town review, contractor binder. We pull the permit; you don’t talk to the inspector.

03 · Week 3–5

Demo & Frame

Protect, demo, haul, frame. Rough plumbing, electrical, and HVAC inspected before close-up.

04 · Week 5–9

Finish

Insulation, drywall, tile, paint, cabinets, trim. The room becomes itself, slowly — on a daily punch list.

05 · Week 9–10

Walk & Warranty

Final inspection, walk-through, punch list cleared. One-year workmanship warranty on everything we touched.

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What each phase actually looks like.

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Drafting — the sheet before the saw.

We sit at your table for an hour. We measure the room with a laser, sketch the layout in a notebook, and ask the questions that haven’t been answered yet — where the dishwasher cord lands, where the shower bench falls, whether the wall comes out. Within seven business days you receive a typed scope sheet, a fixed-price bid, and a draft schedule.

  • Site measurement & sketches
  • Scope sheet (typed, line-itemed)
  • Fixed-price bid
  • Draft schedule
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Permits — the part most clients never see.

For anything structural, plumbing, or electrical we pull the permit through the town of West Haven (or your town). That includes stamped drawings where required, our contractor’s binder, license number HIC.0642697, and a copy of liability and workers’ comp on file with the building department. You don’t need to file anything; you don’t need to talk to the inspector.

  • Town application & fee
  • Stamped engineering (when needed)
  • Inspector scheduling
  • Final permit closeout
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Demo & Frame — the loud weeks.

We dust-protect the rest of the house with zip walls and floor cover. Demo goes into a contained dumpster, not your driveway pile. Framing follows the drawings to the eighth-inch. Plumbing rough, electrical rough, HVAC rough, and inspection — in that order — before any wall closes up.

  • Dust containment & floor protection
  • Demo & clean haul-out
  • Framing to drawings
  • Rough trades + inspection
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Finish — the patient weeks.

Insulation, drywall, primer, tile, paint, cabinets, counters, trim, hardware. This is where projects either look store-bought or look hand-finished. We err on the slow side: dry-laid tile, sanded miters, scribed cabinets, painted-on-site doors with a four-day cure. The daily punch list is shared with you in writing.

  • Drywall & finish carpentry
  • Tile, stone, paint
  • Cabinets, counters, fixtures
  • Daily written punch list
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Walk & Warranty — the handoff.

Final inspection with the town. A walk-through with you, room by room, with a notebook. Anything you flag goes onto a punch list and is closed within five business days. After acceptance, we hand over a binder: warranty, paint codes, finish names, contractor list, and the operating manuals for the appliances we installed. One-year workmanship warranty on everything we touched.

  • Town final inspection
  • Client walk & punch
  • Project binder & codes
  • One-year warranty
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What you won’t hear from us.

A short list of practices the trade is known for — and that we don’t do.

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The first phone call is free. So is the site visit. The drafting starts when you tell us to start.

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