S T. L O U I S The St. Louis Rehabbers Club, supported by Metropolis St.

Louis, has compiled this list to assist residents

in finding contractors to meet their particular needs. The list makes no claim to be comprehensive
nor do we guarantee the quality of the services provided. Each contractor listed appears because of
personal recommendations from participants of the Rehabbers Club listserve. We stongly suggest
this list be used only as a resource, and fully expect homeowners using it do their own research, contact
the Better Business Bureau, check references, and ask friends before selecting a contractor for their project.
www.stlrehabbersclub.com Oh, and never, ever, ever, ever pay a contractor in full for a project before work has started. To correct
Sponsored by Metropolis St. Louis at www.mstl.org inaccuracies or to make additions, please email the listserve at [email protected].

IN THE BEGINNING Roth Contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-0842

Ruggeri Construction [David] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 5869
ARCHITECTS & PROJECT DESIGNERS
SCX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768-2424
American Institute of Architects . . . . . . . . . . . 621-3484
Stevenson/Stevenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-1479
Paul Fendler, Fendler & Associates . . . . . . . . . . 664-7725
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pager 855-8260
Klitzing Welsch Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-8073
Therrien Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477-8966
The Lawrence Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-5700
Trinity Contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655-1200
John MacGoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968-3287
Ida Siegfried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367-4327
LEAD-TESTING CONTRACTORS
Pyramid Architects [Steve Wilke-Shapiro] . . . . . . . 621-8545
Charlie Norris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565-5120
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS/ SURVEYING TSI Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664-3134
James Engineering & Surveying [Larry Wurm] . . . 822-1006
William Forsyth Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621-7380 HANDYMAN/WOMAN
Kent McPeak [McGinnis Assoc.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .469-6460 A Fast Repair Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-2020
Leo Turek [Brucker Engineering] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961-4495 A Woman’s Touch Remodeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229-4600
[Ronda Pashia-Fohey]
Pitzman’s Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781-5665
B&B Handyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .865-1108,
TL Consultants [Ted Laneman] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-4346
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .559-2024
Al Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960-7425
GENERAL CONTRACTORS [see guide for hiring a GC, page 9]
Doug the Handyman* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .776-0597
Bob’s Home Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862-3414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 494-3300
Bonded Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427-5700 Have Tools, Will Travel [Jo] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490-2400
Braden Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618-236-9796 House Doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514-0055
City Lights [Randy Middeke] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-7681 Human Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423-8668
City Restoration, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421-0017 Marilyn Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865-0885
CREW Construction [Rich Wurm] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-7224 Robert Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-7091
DGH Services [Dan Hudspeth] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726-0653 Curt Saale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-899-0815
Eisen Contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-8785 Albert Stemmler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hush Harbor Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .772-4874 Dennis Waller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-0010
[Carey Hammett, foreman] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .724-7569
Kohnen Craftsmanship [Mark Kohnen] . . . . . . . . . 397-2299 DAY LABORER
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-1574
Herb Walters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-938-5277
Kuhn Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966-5846
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 650-0266
Midwest Corporate Services, Inc. [Mike] . . . . . . . 691-1152 OUTSIDE THE BOX
or [Lane Foreman] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691-1153 CONCRETE
Paul Pagano* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494-1512 Busher Brothers* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-1413
Patrick Moore Construction* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535-5000 Custom Concrete Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843-5902
Reliable Home Repair [Bob Austin] . . . . . . . . . . . 544-3202 Joseph Cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-0700
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544-4009 Bob King Concrete* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645-1608
River City Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-225-4707 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mobile 307-2949
*Multiple recommendations August 2003
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CONCRETE (continued) Rembrandt Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664-2436

Sam Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-586-2589 Schlueter Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544-5126
L&S Concrete [John Lyons] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718-0719 Albert Stemmler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ron Sansone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-271-4844 Andy Vogel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481-4298
St. Louis Resurfacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576-9220 HISTORICAL COLORS CONSULTANT

TAC Construction [Joe Bongiorno] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704-8910 Dr. Robert Schweitzer . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

EXPOSED AGGREGATE
PAINT REMOVAL/ STRIPPING/ REFINISHING
Badgett Construction* [Arnold Badgett] . . . . . . . . 575-0895
Buscher Brothers Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-1413 Strip Clean* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-2167
Mark Cygan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-256-8092 Prott Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-7400
Romo Restoration [Bert Romo] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680-7528
GARAGES
ROOFING
Cornerstone Garages [Scott Murphy] . . . . . . . . . . 495-8248
B&C Slate and Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768-2960
GUTTERS Gary Beachler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-274-5108
Aluminum Gutter & Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849-7770 John Beal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638-1400
[Ron Wibbenmeyer] Al Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960-7425
Berkel Sheet Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781-2702 Conway Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544-8148
John Fletcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961-7622 Cotton's Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721-7361
Frederic Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-2000 Eckrich Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752-9200
The Gutter Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892-6732 Fritsch Roofing [John & Ann Fritsch] . . . . . . . . . . . 752-3350
Jeffco Gutters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-343-6723 Gateway Roofing [Ray Davison] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721-7282
K&M Exteriors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-931-6373 A&R Hill Roofing [Alan Hill] . . . . . . . . . . . . .636-296-5772
Steve’s Gutters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846-1927 Kirberg Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-4444
COPPER GUTTERS Mississippi Valley Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838-4451
Hopmann Cornice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-4129 Old World Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966-7916
Petko’s Roofing Co [Raymond Petko] . . . . . . . . . . 773-2893
LAWN CARE/TREE TRIMMING Reliable Home Repair [Bob Austin] . . . 544-3202, 544-4009
Arbor Tree Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-4935 St. Louis City Roofing [George Turner] . . . . . . . . . 865-1985
Declue & Sons Tree Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968-9944 Doug Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220-4973
Design Lawn Care [Mel Purnell] . . . . . . . . . . .636-916-1566 VRIE Services [Mike Brandes] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229-0878
KV Tree Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725-7677 M. Walter Roofing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664-3858
Sunshine Landscaping Service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837-7071
Whispering Meadows [Ben Osterberg] . . . . . . . . . .241-2759 TUCKPOINTING/MASONRY
Certified Waterproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-2080
PAINTING Ken Clark Tuckpointing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-1952
Alliance Contracting [Tony Thomas] . . . . . . . . . . . 768-2333 Steve Gress Tuckpointing* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-8991
Beckner Painting Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646-7000 Patrick Fitzgerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638-0097
Celtic Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436-7407 Heine Brothers Tuckpointing . . . . . . . . . . . 636-464-5742
Roger Douek (Mary Krummenacher) . . . . . . . . . . . . 862-6871 Ray Middleton* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-6323
J&S Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961-8288 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 486-2697
Koch Brothers Decorating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862-8383 Owen Tuckpointing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-7070
M&S Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638-9903 Richardson Brick Masonry [Bill Richardson] . . . 636-931-0400
Raven Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429-0848 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-931-0403

*Multiple recommendations August 2003

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TUCKPOINTING/MASONRY (continued) Stephenson Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-6363

Sturgis Tuckpointing & Brick* [Clint Horn] . . . . . 773-4801 Target Electric [Mike Mantia] . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-861-7177
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 393-3632 Volz Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832-3070
White National Tuckpointing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494-7200 Universal Electric* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-4142

WINDOWS - REPLACEMENT FLOOR REFINISHING

Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524-4411 Matt Peary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-2873
Berry Door & Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984-4999 Blake Floor Co.* [Emil Blake] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664-9007
Bryn Mawr II Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849-7782 Burke Floor Co. [Pat Burke] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631-5355
Empire Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-2633 Elliott Flooring [Ken, Darren or Chad] . . . . . . . 636-528-6334
Exteriors by Roesch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481-2212 H.P. Flooring [Matt Piry] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-2873
Top View [Jeanette Zheng ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890-2388 Lawson Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371-4400
Wilke Window & Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963-9000 Mattingly Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427-4582

THE INSIDE STORY HVAC

CARPENTRY (most General Contractors have their own carpenters) AA Air Conditioning [John] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-818-5853
A Fast Repair Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-2020 Dave Bennet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-343-9999
Tim Burnside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-1383 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 805-7799
Glenn’s Home Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-0477 C&G Heating & Cooling [Carol Gottleib] . . . . . . . . 645-0535
David Grassi Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-5699 Climate Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968-8383
John Hancock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-227-6152 Crystal Heating & Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-931-3546
Moss Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-0991 Donahue Heating & Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . 991-1137
Brian Plummer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-2446 Droste Heating & Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383-6902
Dan Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-394-6525 Fahy’s Heating & Cooling [Dennis Fahy] . . . . . . . . 645-2222
River City Carpentry & Woodworking, Inc.* . . . . . 772-7751 Gaines HVAC, Inc.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-5550
St. Louis Carpentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968-0635 Gateway Comfort Systems [Ed Meyer] . . . . . 636-942-4081
Andre & Greg Gura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496-8416
DRYWALL (may also call any General Contractor) Hayes Heating & Cooling [John Hayes] . . . . 636-464-5302
A&A Plaster and Drywall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727-5200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 276-0902
Anderson Drywall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 1987 Hi Pointe Heating & Cooling [Robin] . . . . . . . . . 772-5277
Bender Drywall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426-3736 Hoffmann Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664-3011
K&M Painting and Drywall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845-6784 Mertens Heating & Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-6665
McCoy Drywall [large jobs only] . . . . . . . . . . 636-296-4644 Morgner Air Conditioning & Heating . . . . . . . . 961-0875
REI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-6732 Peak Heating & Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-7661
Sextro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369-3864 Ryan Heating & Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-1111
Seliga Heating & Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481-7333
ELECTRIC Sunset Air Company [Nick] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849-0145
Vogel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-2533
Bates Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464-3939, 432-7883
CSE [Greg Zigrang-Estimator] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 486-0748
Fielder Electric* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966-3388 KITCHENS & BATHS
Gardner Electric* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892-5939 Capitol Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-8400
Joe Manion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349-5125 Lifestyle Kitchens & Baths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963-1700
Rosco Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862-1115 Modern Kitchens & Baths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-1611
Southwestern Electric* [Tom Frisella] . . . . . . . . . . 776-5252 William A. Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962-8291
*Multiple recommendations August 2003
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KITCHENS & BATHS (continued) Simon’s Total Carpentry Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 968-2566

RSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644-5500 Wood Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-0874
George Votruba Contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838-9710
SECURITY SERVICES
PLASTER LOCKSMITHS
A&A Plaster and Drywall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727-5200 A-All Lock & Key Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-3131
Barr Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846-6349 Able Key & Service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367-3500
Champs Plastering [Raynard Haynes] . . . . . . . . . . 533-4388 ABC Key & Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869-4950
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 517-7373 Abbot Lock & Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367-7292
Gianino Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752-0136 Bates Street Lock Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-7252
Plastering Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846-6995 Krause Key & Lock Service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752-3311
Professional Plastering [Bob Meinz] . . . . . . . . . . . 638-2245 Heuer Locksmiths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361-6116
Jerry Sextro* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369-3864 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . downtown 436-1116
John Steurer Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822-9030

SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEMS

PLUMBING
ADT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-238-3009
Always Reasonable Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941-1590
Brink’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-669-3261
Aries Plumbing* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-2302
Eagle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427-3926
B&M Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894-2783
Missouri Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524-1154
Banner Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-3500
Nighthawk Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846-4600
Bourgeois Plumbing Co. [Matt] . . . . . . . . . 636-464-7579
Security Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-201-8647
First Call Plumbing [Dave & Corey Reddick] . . . . . . 776-0143
Full Service Plumbing [Mike Rabbit] . . . . . . . . . . 664-7684
Dependable Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781-9188 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Dierkes Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664-1916 APPRAISERS/PROPERTY INSPECTORS
Dizdar Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832-8202 Brewer Inspection Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-391-0091
Hoffmann Plumbing [Mark] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-3559 Cardinal Appraisal [Scott] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872-8000
Mayo Plumbing [Jerry Mayo] . . . . . . . . . . . .636-677-0608 Emmenegger Sauter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-230-5559
Midwest Drain Cleaning [Bill Rowland] . . . . . . . . 638-6700 [Steve Sauter or Robert Emmenegger]

Van Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892-5099 Iota Appraisals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-8163

Zanka Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-3730 McDavid Real Estate Advisors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726-0200
[Joe McDavid]
Metro Home Inspectors [Mike Boyd] . . . . . . . . . . 918-8600
WOOD FINISHING St. Louis Appraisal [Jean Friscella] . . . . . . . . . . . 849-9913
Burkart’s Woodworks* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-7727 Richard Tegethoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968-1201
John Hinrichs & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382-2500 Catherine Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-300-1029
Sue Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367-6054
ATTORNEYS–REAL ESTATE/TAX LAW
WOOD MILLING / PLANING / TURNING
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Burkart’s Woodworks* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-7727 [Lawyer Referral Service] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421-4134
Fehlig Bros. Box & Lumber Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-6900 Elia Ellis [Nodiff & Ellis] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727-8989
Gravois Planing Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-2800 Tim Jones [Doster Mickes James & Ullom] . . . . . 636-532-0042
Messing Planing Mills* 5020 Arsenal . . . . . . . . . . 664-3544 Launhardt & Associates [Greg Launhardt] . . . . . . . 842-1313
St. Louis Stair & Wood Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644-6625 Joanna Owens [contract law] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721-7717
St. Louis Woodworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-4800 James Whal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421-3100
*Multiple recommendations August 2003
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (continued) Marti Frumhoff [Coldwell Banker Premier] . . . cell 468-6373
CPAs Laura Henneke [Coldwell Banker Premier] . . . . . . . . 336-1920
Launhardt & Associates [Terri Launhardt] . . . . . . . 842-1313 Erin Jameson [St Louis Premier Realtors] . . . office 241-0008
Lloyd Naes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621-7773 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 280-2233
Mary Krummenacher [Re/Max] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249-4534
FINANCING /MORTGAGE LOANS Kellie Landacker [Keller Williams Realty] . . . . . . . . 443-3220
Brian Magill [Re/Max] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922-7403
Conventional Loans/Refinancing
Connie Petty [Re/Max] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . office 351-7897
Compass Mortgage [Jason Palliser, x118] . . . . . . 439-9999
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 609-4152
Confidence Mortgage [Jeff, ext.208] . . . . . . . . 842-1444
Kris Scott [St. Louis Premier Realtors] . . . . . . . . . . . 241-0008
Cornerstone Mortgage [Kathy Duckworth] . . cell 540-3231
Tiffany Torrento [Re/Max] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276-3278
Loanscapes [Amy Doll] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-6100
Mainline Mortgage [Dennis Cregan] . . . . . . . . . 645-6246
Justine Petersen Housing [Judy Notestine] . . . . 664-5051
THE ICING
Pride Mortgage [Mike Fortman] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983-9100 ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE
Pulaski Bank [Fred Elkins, x3577] . . . . . . . . . . . . 878-3523 Architectural Artifacts* (formerly After the Paint) . . . 771-4442
Also recommended: Mark Baron, Rich Blum, Jennifer Hoeber Architectural Accents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644-3515
Rehab Loans Rick Dulaney & Scott Rigg . . . . . . . . . . . 217-223-0481
Loanscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-6100 located in Quincy, Illinois
Allegiant Bank [Craig Schreiwer] . . . . . . . . . . . . 587-7708 Fellenz Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367-0214
Lindell Bank & Trust [Jim Seitz, x3840] . . . . . . . 645-7700 Perhats Lumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481-9302
Rental Property The Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-5041
Tim Hunter [First National Bank] . . . . . . . . . . . . 746-4626 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962-1173
Colette Letendre [Royal Bank] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212-1645 The ReStore (benefits Habitat For Humanity) . . . . . . 531-4155
Small Business Riverside Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-9177
Loanscapes [Jan McAllister] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-1211 St. Louis Architectural Art [Larry Giles] . . . . . . . . 773-2264
203K Loans
Toni Collins [Wells Fargo] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506-2746 CERAMIC TILE
Ceramic Tile Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-5132
INSURANCE CARRIERS
Affiliated Insurance Agencies [Shawn McBride] . . . 731-1400 GRANITE, MARBLE & STONE
Agent’s Insurance* [Mark Riordan] . . . . . . . . . . . . 966-5588 Global Granite & Marble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426-1466
Allstate [Bill Kennedy] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821-5833 Sachs Steel & Supply [stone lintels] . . . . . . . . . . . 725-8364
American Family [Debbie Miller] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-3221
Best Choice Insurance* [Mike Boone] . . . . . . . . . . 731-1400 PAINTING–FAUX/TROMPE L‘OEIL/SCENIC
Beyond Housing/Neighborhood . . . . . . . . . . . . 533-0600
Laurie Dyche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781-5525
Housing Services [Eric Madkins, x10]
Cliff Gokenbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314-776-2929
Charles Crane Agency [Donna Thomure] . . . . . . . . 444-4991
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 494-8494
Clayton-Hanley Insurance [Tony Palazzolo] . . . . . 487-2921
Farmer’s Insurance [Mrs. Brooks] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758-4848
Fireman's Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569-7300 STAINED GLASS
Dave Wenzel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-394-1747 Art Glass Creations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832-6410
Art Glass Unlimited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361-0474
REAL ESTATE AGENTS [specializing in promoting city living] Artistic Glassworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867-6202
Margaret Bruno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227-8533 Cosby Art Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962-4817
Laura Costello [King Realty] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-6279 Mithra Glassworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865-3877
*Multiple recommendations August 2003
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STAINED GLASS (continued) Drains:

Preston Art Glass Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-2611 Midwest Drain Cleaning Equipment . . . . . . . 638-6700
Stained Glass Creations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968-4112
Drywall: 1/4-inch
TIN CEILINGS RM Supply Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298-7272
W.F. Norman Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-641-4038 River City Drywall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-441-9657
214 N. Cedar, P.O. Box 323, Nevada, MO 64772

Dumpsters:
TUB REGLAZING Crown Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644-4200
AAA Missouri Tub & Tile [Fletcher] . . . . . . . 636-230-0011 Matchbox Hauling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-7400
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 568-4836 Midwest Waste* [Angela] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621-1853
Gateway Porcelain Refinishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631-7788 Specialized Container Services [Robert] . . . 636-529-0029
[Ted & Margo Soucy] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .630-2024
Electrical (supplier–floor outlets and other items)
WROUGHT IRON Holt Electric [John Magee] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-4658
Classic Metal Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535-2022
Missouri Ornamental Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725-4870 Exterminators/Termite Inspectors:
Rose Exterminators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845-6101
Sure Shot Pest Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-5455
WHERE TO FIND IT
Appliances: Buy New, Used or Repair
Fabricators: Staircase railings
B&J Appliances [Cathy] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868-8186
Foreman Fabricators, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-1717
Convenient Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831-5377
Jones Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-9409
Flooring: Bamboo
Stockton Heartwoods* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-2537
Asphalt Paving & Sealing:
Elliott Flooring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-528-6334
Topps Asphalt Sealing & Paving . . . . . . . . . . 739-3993 [Ken, Darren or Chad]

Bird Roosting Deterrent: Nixalite metal spikes Flooring: Tile Dealers

Sure-Shot Pest Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-5455 Ceramic Tile Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-5132
European Tile & Marble Co.* . . . . . . . . . . . . 533-3366
Brick/Pavers: (used) Hoods on Manchester near Sam’s
Century Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843-1213 St. Louis Tile & Carpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909-0130
Tile Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-5255
Cabinetry:
Apple City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-779-6630
1 Apple City Center Road, Murphysboro, IL 62966
Flooring: Carpet Dealers
Capitol Kitchen and Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-4900 Becky’s Carpet & Tile [multiple locations]
Timberlake Cabinet Company . . . . . . . . 636-947-9566 Carpet N More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-0870
[Randy Dawson] Carpet Remnant Warehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544-1210
JJS Flooring & Decorating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-3996
Clay Roofing Tiles: (used) Lawson Brothers* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371-4400
Kirberg Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-4444 Legacy Flooring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283-0465
Perhat Lumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481-9302 Loomworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361-7979
St. Louis Architectural Art [Larry Giles] . . . . . . 773-2264 Midwest Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-6060

*Multiple recommendations August 2003

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WHERE TO FIND IT (continued) Revs-Recon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533-4303

2730 North Grand
Flooring: Carpet Installers
St. Louis Shade & Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371-5430
John Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-2525 408 North Sarah
Carpet Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636-227-8545 Southside True Value Hardware . . . . . . . . . . .351-0204
Colonial Carpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726-3281 6401 Hampton Avenue
JJS Flooring & Decorating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-3996 Southwest Building Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .752-9700
Pete Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837-3130 3761 Bates
John Nickless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740-0915 Tower Grove Ace Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .773-7149
1626 Tower Grove Avenue
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pager 636-818-0280
Virginia Hardware Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-0656
4539 Virginia
Furniture Refinisher/Repair:
Dale Dufer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664-6009
Zollinger Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832-1555 Light Fixtures: (vintage, rewired, restored)
Don Rutlege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351-2422
Glass: Beveled, Hammered, Tempered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302-1162
Chippewa Glass and Mirrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752-3456 St. Louis Antique Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863-1414
Hegger & Sons Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-2313
Lighting Design:
Glass: Replacement Randy Burkett Lighting & Design . . . . . . . . . 961-6650
Gravois Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-2200

Hardware Stores located in the City: Lumber:

Joseph Becker Wallpaper & Paint . . . . . . . . . 533-0486 Burkart’s Woodworks* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-7727
2515 North Grand Fehlig Brothers Box and Lumber Co. . . . . . . 241-6900
Downtown Hardware & Locksmiths . . . . . . . . 436-1116 Norrenbern's Lumber & Hardware . . . . . . . . . 781-3450
1100 Locust [cedar clapboard siding]
Edele & Mertz Ace Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421-2131 Wood Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .771-0874
1882 South Broadway
Empire Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-2633
7286 Manchester
Mirrors: Custom Cutting
Hanneke Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-5120 Hegger & Sons Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-2313
5390 Southwest
Kingsbury Square Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361-7111 Tuckpointing Supplies:
515 DeBaliviere
F.W.Clemens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-0195
Liberty Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-3520
3827 South Broadway
Marcus Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383-7574 Moving & Storage:
2815 Marcus Street
Russell Moving & Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-3072
Mardel True Value Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-4747 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-3111
3425 Watson Road
Two Men and a Truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963-7766
Marx Hardware & Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231-8435
2501 North 14th
New Market Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371-1720 Plaster: Bulk
4064 Laclede
Raineri Building Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .781-1573
Norrenberns Lumber & Hardware . . . . . . . . . 781-3450
7201 Lansdowne
Oak Hill Hardware & Paint Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-0741 Pocket Door Tracks & Sheaves:
4100 Connecticut Laciny Bros., Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862-8330

*Multiple recommendations August 2003

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Rental: Tools and Equipment

WHERE TO FIND IT (continued) NuWay [60’ ladders] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544-1214
Property Management: We-Rent-It [wet saw to cut marble] . . . . . . . . . . 772-4227
Brenda [VIrginia Avenue Properties] . . . . . . . . . . . 771-3301 Safety Equipment
Ken Rengel [Rengel Realtors] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960-9997 Colt Safety Christine Bierman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961-4414
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832-9300
Salvage: General, Industrial
Jay’s Hydraulic & Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436-4111
Recycling:
Missouri Transformer & Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 231-3115
City of St. Louis Refuse Division . . . . . . . . . . 353-8877
4100 South First Street, 63118 Shapiro Supply Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382-7000
Aluminum cans, steel cans, newspapers, cardboard, office paper,
glass containers, milk jugs, soda bottles, motor oil, car batteries, Sewer Camera Service:
ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Midwest Drain Cleaning Equipment . . . . . . . . . 638-6700
[Bill Rowland]
American Iron & Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421-4860
3945 N. Broadway Sharpening Mower Blades:
Aluminum cans, auto batteries, scrap aluminum, lead,
stainless steel, copper, brass and appliances. Southside Mower Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-8238
S. Fenster & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382-3800 Southside True Value Hardware (Steve) . . . . . 351-0204
7550 N. Broadway Windows:
Aluminum cans, steel (tin) food cans, scrap aluminum, copper,
brass, stainless steel, lead, and auto batteries. Select Window & Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423-3420

The End
[for now]

Want to get on the list?

If you’d like to be listed on our very prestigious contractor’s list, you can, but as usual, there are rules:

1) We prefer city-based businesses (but do not exclude contractors and resources because of location).
2) A recommendation must come from a member or members of the Rehabbers Club who have purchased
services from the company they want to recommend or are willing to vouch for the work done by that
company. A company cannot recommend itself. That is called advertising.

All folks submitting new recommendations, please provide the following:

complete business name and general category
contact person [optional]
phone number

Because of space restraints, we are not listing addresses unless a business is located out of town.
*Multiple recommendations August 2003
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What is a General Contractor and Should I Hire One?

A general contractor is someone you hire to coordinate a home improvement project.

Although most will take on any sort of project, they are normally used for larger
projects or in cases where there are multiple projects to be completed.
Traditionally general contractors will have some workers on their payroll to handle demolition,
carpentry, electric, plumbing, and other basics; for everything else they will hire various
subcontractors, or “subs” (the balance of subs to staff varies). Often times, they will have
a relationship with certain subs whom they know and trust. Using a general contractor
instead of “subbing out” the work yourself will usually cost you more; 10-20% on average.
Though in some cases it may actually cost less than doing it yourself, particularly if you
don’t get multiple bids when hiring subs, but also because the staff can often do certain
jobs for less than subs.

There are, however, a number of advantages to hiring a general contractor. First, it makes
larger, more complex projects more manageable, since you can leave many of the details
to someone else (finding subs, making sure the work is done and done right, paying the
sub, etc.). Second, experience in coordinating some of the more general aspects of projects
can be very valuable (e.g. knowing which parts of a project need to happen in what order,
when and how to get permits, issues of licensing/bonding, etc.). Finally, since general
contractors have established relationships with certain subs, providing them with regular
business, it is not uncommon for a general contractor to be quietly bumped up on the
schedule of projects (they want to keep the general contractor happy). In short, a general
contractor can make a project move faster and with less heartache for you.

If you do decide to use a general contractor, be sure to check references, get multiple bids,
and get a very specific, itemized cost breakdown as part of the contract. It is customary to
add 5-15% to a bid to cover unforeseen costs. But any use of this “contingency fund”
should be formally approved by you—the best way is to use a “change order” form, so you
have it in writing. Note that if you plan on getting a loan to do a major project, the lender
will often require that you hire an experienced general contractor, unless you can demonstrate
substantial experience in the field.

Good luck!

The Rehabbers Club wishes to thank Rick Hunter

for writing this very useful article and sharing it with us.

*Multiple recommendations August 2003