Interior

• Kitchen Remodeling
  DAD’s understands that many renovation contractors knowingly provide you with a misleading low estimate. They do not include design, permits, association approvals, toilet, sinks, bathtub, faucets, towel bars, lighting, tile, countertops, etc. At DAD’s, we include these items and more. In fact, our estimates include all materials, parts, and labor for a high-quality job! That’s the only way you truly know if your project makes sense before you get started. If you don’t have all the facts and relevant information, you can’t make a well thought out intelligent decision. We give you that.
• Bathroom Remodeling
  At DAD’s, we know construction. In fact, our team has over 200 years of combined experience as full home interior and high-end kitchen and bath remodeling contractors in Orange County. DAD’s is dedicated to translating the skills and knowledge of our experience into making your job beautiful. We can answer virtually any question you have. If we can’t, we will find the answer that works best for you. We’re always ready to help.
• Flooring
  CAREFUL! We make sure everything is masked, covered, boxed, and wrap required furniture, flooring, pictures, art, lighting, etc. to ensure your valuables are kept safe and clean.
• Door Installation/Replacement
  Chink – To install fiberglass insulation around all exterior door and window frames, wall corners, and small gaps in the exterior wall.
• Drywalls
  Backing – Frame lumber installed between the wall studs to give additional support for drywall or an interior trim related item, such as handrail brackets, cabinets, and towel bars. In this way, items are screwed and mounted into solid wood rather than weak drywall that may allow the item to break loose from the wall. Carpet backing holds the pile fabric in place.
• Basement Remodeling
• Framing
  Bearing header – (a) A beam placed perpendicular to joists and to which joists are nailed in framing for a chimney, stairway, or other opening. (b) A wood lintel. (c) The horizontal structural member over an opening (for example over a door or window).
• Tile Installation
• Fireplaces
  Cantilever – An overhang. Where one floor extends beyond and over a foundation wall. For example at a fireplace location or bay window cantilever. Normally, not extending over 2 feet.
• Staircases
• Garage Remodeling
• Cabinet Installation

Construction

• Room Additions
• New Construction
  Bond or bonding – An amount of money (usually $5,000-$10,000) which must be on deposit with a governmental agency in order to secure a contractor’s license. The bond may be used to pay for the unpaid bills or disputed work of the contractor. Not to be confused with a ‘performance bond’. Such bonds are rarely used in residential construction; they are an insurance policy which guarantees proper completion of a project.
• Demolition
  DAD’s Construction has a strong commitment towards responsible bathroom, kitchen, and interior remodeling.  Substantially all of our demolition is recycled.  We use sustainable and energy star products.  DAD’s is an EPA registered and certified lead safe renovator.

Landscaping and Fencing

• Fencing
  Rail – Cross members of panel doors or of a sash. Also, a wall or open balustrade placed at the edge of a staircase, walkway bridge, or elevated surface to prevent people from falling off.  Any relatively lightweight horizontal element, especially those found in fences (split rail).
• Driveways
  Culvert – Round, corrugated drain pipe (normally 15″ or 18″ in diameter) that is installed beneath a driveway and parallel to and near the street.
• Excavation
  Open hole inspection – When an engineer (or municipal inspector) inspects the open excavation and examines the earth to determine the type of foundation (caisson, footer, wall on ground, etc.) that should be installed in the hole.
• Retaining Walls
  Railroad tie – Black, tar and preservative impregnated, 6″ X 8″ and 6′-8′ long wooden timber that was used to hold railroad track in place. Normally used as a member of a retaining wall.
• Irrigation Systems
  Zone – The section of a building that is served by one heating or cooling loop because it has noticeably distinct heating or cooling needs. Also, the section of property that will be watered from a lawn sprinkler system.

Exterior

• Window Installation/Replacement
  Weather strip – Narrow sections of thin metal or other material installed to prevent the infiltration of air and moisture around windows and doors.
• Decks
  Dura board, Dura rock – A panel made out of concrete and fiberglass usually used as a ceramic tile backing material. Commonly used on bathtub decks. Sometimes called Wonder board.
• Patios
  Concrete – The mixture of Portland cement, sand, gravel, and water. Used to make garage and basement floors, sidewalks, patios, foundation walls, etc. It is commonly reinforced with steel rods (rebar) or wire screening (mesh).
• Gutters
  Fascia – Horizontal boards attached to rafter/truss ends at the eaves and along gables. Roof drain gutters are attached to the fascia.
• Garage Door Repair/Replacement
  Block out – To install a box or barrier within a foundation wall to prevent the concrete from entering an area. For example, foundation walls are sometimes “blocked” in order for mechanical pipes to pass through the wall, to install a crawl space door, and to depress the concrete at a garage door location.
• Siding
  Corner boards – Used as trim for the external corners of a house or other frame structure against which the ends of the siding are finished.
• Residential Roof Repair
  Collar – Preformed flange placed over a vent pipe to seal the roofing above the vent pipe opening. Also called a vent sleeve.
• Residential Roof Replacement/Installation
  Built-up roof – roofing composed of three to five layers of asphalt felt laminated with coal tar, pitch, or asphalt. The top is finished with crushed slag or gravel. Generally used on flat or low-pitched roofs.

General

• Painting
• Carpentry
  Roughing-in – The initial stage of a plumbing, electrical, heating, carpentry, and/or other project, when all components that won’t be seen after the second finishing phase are assembled. See also Heat Rough, Plumbing Rough, and Electrical Rough.
• Insulation
  Equally important to many families and DAD’s is the use of products that are energy efficient and environmentally friendly. That’s why DAD’s uses many ENERGY STAR® products and is a Certified Green Building Professional (CGBP). DAD’s is also a member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Whenever possible, DAD’s uses energy efficient lighting and controls, tankless water heaters, high efficiency air conditioning and heating, double glass argon filled windows with low E, formaldehyde-free insulation, engineered lumber, low VOC paints, water filtration systems, building products with recycled materials, and products that are friendlier to our environment. Many of these items not only save money on your utilities but help reduce global warming.
• Masonry
  Flue lining – 2-foot lengths, fire clay or terra-cotta pipe (round or square) and usually made in all ordinary flue sizes. Used for the inner lining of chimneys with the brick or masonry work done around the outside. Flue linings in chimneys run from one foot below the flue connection to the top of the chimney.
• Caulking
  Caulking – (1) A flexible material used to seal a gap between two surfaces e.g. between pieces of siding or the corners in tub walls. (2) To fill a joint with mastic or asphalt plastic cement to prevent leaks.
• Electrical Work