Jimtheframer

We were quoted for a framing job and paid Jim in full when the work was completed. Several weeks after completion of our project he showed up and tried to shake us down for another 23k. We were totally shocked by his demands. We offered to pay for 1 item in his laundry list of charges however he refused. He sent us threatening letters on pleading paper used by attorneys perhaps representing himself as one? He threatened to “line” our property. Yes, you read that correctly. We did some research and found he did not have an active contractor license. He filed a case against us in small claims court. Jim tried to convince the judge he was not acting as a contractor but as a consultant however the judge saw right through his word salads and ruled in our favor ie we did not owe him another dime. Jim did file a lien on our property for the 23k several months after his attempted shakedown. Even though he lost his case he has not retracted the lien. The guy was unhinged after our court case and threatened us that if he were to be awarded so much as a dollar he was going to foreclose on our property. I feel sorry for any of his clients he may have bullied in a similar matter and were not familiar with the law.

Hi……..This is Jim The Framer and we are not making a justification, but a fair view. We are totally in to and on board with and support Social Media in all platforms as long as it is based on facts along with the person posting has information that is available to all. Jim The Framer is a information technology Company for the Construction Industry. Our focus is in Rough Framing. We have framed 100’s even 1,000’s of Framing projects and have worked with multiple Contractors and Rough Framing Contractors with programs that Jim invented, wrote and produced in 1980’s. This has helped and made Contractors, Sub Contractors better at what they do and gives them the ability to make a equitably income and provide for the families. Jim The Framer is a major advocator for Rough Framers that are waring there bags and just trying to make a living for the guys that work with them and there families against those Owners, Contractors and all others that take advantage of them in the Construction Industry and frankly will make them “EAT IT” with threats of a Law Suites, Filing a complaint with the Contractors State License Board and or file against there Bond. Back to Social Media if you see something and have a question without making an assumption…………….Please contact us and we will be totally transparent and provide any and all documentation for your review. Thanks, Jim The Framer FYI……….We don’t know and or even done any work for Johnney Venice………I could stand next to him and “NOT” even know who he is.

He used workers from LaborReady to perform the first floor framing and installing of plywood subfloor. He refused to let them do a nice floor leveling job and refused to make corrections in the framing. For example his guys installed floor joists not per the plan resulting in longer spans and spongier floor framing. The first floor was over 1-1/4 inches out of level in places when we turned the job over to a competent framer and got Jim the Framer off the job. He refused to pay us the overpayment of about $30,000 . His State license is under "Probation" which we learned unfortunately after signing him on, that he is not allowed to bring anyone other than himself onto a jobsite. On top of that he demanded a bogus $10,000 price increase for negligible changes in the framing plan, which a competent framer judged to be equal to or less cost to frame than the original design, While Jim the Framer claimed the minor revisions should cost another $10,000 to do, the competent framer offered to do them and eventually did them for the same price. Jim the Framer also tried to claim other costs to justify running away with about $30,000 in overpaid funds. Public Warning! Do not use Jim the Framer, alias JWDIncorporated, Jim Dumas, of Carlsbad Ca.