Gregory fedora contracting

Within about two years of completion we found: 1. Water leaking into the basement from a corner of the garage/house which leaked into the basement stairwell. It has happened infrequently since then, and does not produce much water. We called Mr. Fedora when it first happened and he said he would stop by. He never did. 2. Steel door between the garage and the house. We noticed it was falling out of the rough opening on the latch side. Investigation determined that the door was not nailed into the framing. We ran a reciprocating saw down the latch side and did not encounter any nails. We did not contact Mr. Fedora about this since he had been unresponsive in the past. We repaired this ourselves. 3. Throughout our occupancy, we have found many electrical outlets loosely screwed in place. When we insert a plug in the outlet, the whole outlet moves back and forth. 4. When replacing a bathroom wall fixture mounted over a mirror above the sink, we found the electrical wire was not in an electrical box. Mr. Fedora states this is OK when the fixture acts as the box (fixtures screwed to the wall with the closed frame of the fixture acting as the electrical box). We asked a contractor we've come to know who disagrees with Mr. Fedora 5. The sheetrock joints in the garage started cracking almost immediately. Mr. Fedora came out and re-taped and compounded the seams. This helped only for awhile and he made some excuse about the cause. Recently a carpenter was in our attic and went all the way to the garage space. It was discovered that the sheetrock is nailed directly to the trusses. Strapping should have been applied to the trusses (as is the case throughout the rest of the house) to isolate the sheetrock from any vibration from the trusses. 6. On May 30, 2013, a household member was coming up the stairs to the deck and proceeded to crash through the treads on one stair. Fortunately there was just deep bruising, but a ragged cut could have happened. The deck and stairs were made of composite decking, manufacturer unknown. Typical framing is 16" on center, and sometimes 12" on center. The stair treads were installed on 24" centers (3 stringers over a 48" span). We had always noticed a "wave" to the boards on the deck itself which we thought indicated cheap product. We now believe it was poor installation. We decided to apply new decking and proceeded to strip the old decking. We discovered that only every other joist had a joist hangar. The others were nailed through the rim lumber into the joist - NOT TO CODE, even by Mr. Fedora's admission.. There are specific screws to be used with composite decking. Dismantling the deck we found a mixture of screws. The wrong screws cause a "mushroom" effect around the screws. We asked our building inspector about the joist spacing for composite decking and he told us it depends on the manufacturers specifications, each one being different. We called Mr. Fedora about these issues. Regarding the deck material, Mr. Fedora at first stated that there have been recalls on some of the composite decking. I asked if ours was among them. He stated he did not know and how would he know. I asked where he obtained this information and he said he did not know. He said he would come by to check things out. It has been five or six weeks since I contacted Mr. Fedora about the deck issues and he has never called or come by as he promised.. Many things about our house are well done, particularly the basement which has always been dry. We did notice some detail work that was not done well, in addition to the inadequacies with the deck construction. We recently noticed that the ridge vent on the roof was sticking up on one end. The carpenter replacing the deck went up on the roof to investigate. The ridge vent was in a position to be blown off in a strong wind because the nails used to hold it in place were too short and, as well, there was no roofing compound used to seal these nails. I think Mr. Fedora is a competent contractor who used incompetent help. We initially dealt only with Mr. Fedora, but early on in the building process we were more or less forced to deal with Mr. Fedora's father-in-law who acted in charge of the financial aspects and also did some work on the house. His attitude and his capabilities were sorely lacking.