What John found, and what he fixed

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Every job below is a ticket John Blakemore wrote up and closed around Knoxville, Tennessee. Each one says what was wrong when he got there, what he did about it, and shows the work in the frame. A fascia run 20 feet up. A vinyl fence hit by lightning. A roof valley that had been leaking into a laundry room for a long time.

His contracts are paid in full only when the finished work is to your complete satisfaction, and labor carries a 1-year guarantee. Want the same treatment for your list? Start with the trades John works in or read what customers signed off on.

Fascia board replacement

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Found: Old fascia boards running under 38 feet of continuous gutter, 12 to 20 feet off the ground.
Done: Gutter taken down, old fascia demoed, new boards installed, drip edge and gutters put back. Paint was supplied by the homeowner.

Brick house eave with the old fascia and gutter still up and a ladder against the wall — The eave before: old fascia, gutter on, ladder set.

Gutter removed, brackets visible on the rafter tails — Gutter off, brackets bare on the rafter tails.

New fascia board in place with the gutter rehung — New fascia up, gutter rehung.

LED lighting upgrade

Found: Old fluorescent troffers in the ceiling.
Done: Troffers replaced with LED, and John advised on LED K ratings. The kitchen got two new fixtures, with an Edison-lamp pendant over the island the client chose. A panel stained to match the crown molding filled the old 2' by 4' opening.

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Three Edison-lamp pendants hanging over a kitchen island — Edison pendants over the kitchen island.

Stained LED panel set into a textured ceiling — Stained LED panel in the textured ceiling.

Flush-mount LED fixture over laundry cabinets — Flush LED over the laundry cabinets.

LED strip lighting under a cherry cabinet — LED under a cherry cabinet.

Lightning-struck fence repair

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Found

White vinyl fence post split open by a lightning strike — A vinyl post split by the strike.

New fence post standing in a freshly dug hole — Damaged post and foundation out, new post set in the hole.

Lightning hit a vinyl fence and left damaged posts, foundations and whole sections to come out.

Done

Run of vinyl fence across a yard with fence wrap lying on the grass — The new run going in across the yard.

Repaired white vinyl fence, straight and complete — The repaired fence, matching the existing layout.

Damaged posts, foundations and sections removed. New solid posts custom-cut on site to match the existing layout.

Finished porch with new columns, top and bottom rails and a brick base — The finished porch: new columns, top and bottom rails, brick base.

Porch columns and railings

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Found: Rotten porch columns.
Done: Rotten columns demolished and rebuilt with new columns and new top and bottom railings. The existing balusters were reused.

Porch mid-rebuild with new posts standing — Mid-rebuild, new posts up.

View along the new porch railing — Looking down the new railing.

Roof valley repair

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Found: A laundry-room leak that had gone on a long time. The gutter was pitched back toward the shingle roof, dumping water at the junction of the metal and shingle roofs, and the sheathing had deteriorated.
Done: Gutter re-pitched away from the roof with a new downspout, deteriorated sheathing replaced, and the valley rebuilt using leftover shingles.

Rotted roof decking cut open at the leak — Rotted decking cut open at the leak.

Roof valley stripped back to new framing — Valley stripped back to new framing.

Metal roof meeting shingles at the rebuilt valley, tools resting nearby — Metal roof meeting the rebuilt shingle valley.

Warped wall behind the mantel

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Found: Warped tongue-and-groove covering, 3/4 inch by 6 inch, had pushed the mantel 2 inches off the wall.
Done: The warped covering came out and the exterior wall section was rebuilt with 3/4 inch treated plywood, studs, insulation and a vapor barrier. Two layers of sheetrock, taped and finished, then the trim, the crown and the original mantel went back on.

Fireplace wall opened to framing and sheathing — Wall opened to the framing and sheathing.

Finished wall with the mantel back in place above a cast-iron insert — Finished wall, mantel back, cast-iron insert below.

Door and threshold repair

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Found: Rotted thresholds under the storm and entry doors.
Done: Storm and entry doors removed, rotted thresholds rebuilt, new pre-hung doors set with storm doors, then the doors, frames and molding painted.

Old back door and storm door before the swap, tools on the patio — The old back door and storm door, tools out on the patio.

New pre-hung half-lite back door set in the frame with a level on it — New pre-hung half-lite door set, level on the frame.

White storm door installed on a brick wall — Storm door hung.

Storm door set into its brick opening — Same door against the brick.

White entry door with an oval glass panel set in brick

Exterior door replacement

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Found: An exterior door due for replacement. This one came by referral from a neighbor's job.
Done: New pre-hung exterior door installed with the original interior trim. The storm door follows, as it is a special order.

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