Exterior contractor in Fraser, MI
Our shop is at 31097 Fraser Dr. Fraser is not a service area for us in the way the other cities on this site are; it is where the trucks are loaded in the morning and where the trim gets bent. If you live here, we are probably closer to your house than your last contractor was.
3G Home Exteriors has been family-owned and run from this address since 2011, and we work across Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair counties from it.
What being based here actually changes
Two practical things. The first is response time: a small repair in Fraser is a short trip rather than a scheduling problem, which is why we will take on work here that would be uneconomic forty minutes away.
The second is that we see the same housing stock every day. Fraser went up mostly between the mid-1950s and the mid-1970s, and after years of working on it we know what tends to be behind the aluminium siding, what the roof decking is likely to be, and where the fascia will have gone soft before we put a ladder up.
What we do in Fraser
- Roofing — roofing in Fraser · residential roofing · repairs · storm damage
- Siding, soffit and fascia — siding in Fraser · vinyl · fiber cement
- Seamless gutters — gutters in Fraser · seamless gutters · leaf protection · copper
- Everything else on the outside — drainage, windows, painting, masonry, decks, additions and commercial roofing
Why one contractor for the whole exterior
On a Fraser house the elevations are small and there is nowhere for a bad detail to hide. The gutter hangs off the fascia, the fascia meets the roof edge, the roof edge sheds onto the siding. Those three things are usually quoted by three different companies, and none of them owns the joint between them.
The joint is where the water gets in. We quote the whole path. If only one part of it actually needs doing, we say that as well, which costs us a sale now and tends not to in the long run.
How a job runs here
Every job starts with an inspection on site, including in the attic where a roof is involved, at no charge. What comes back is an itemized scope: what gets replaced, what gets repaired, what we are deliberately leaving alone, and a unit price for anything we might find once we open the work up.
The same person handles it from the estimate through to the final walkthrough. The site is cleared daily and a magnet goes over the drive and the lawn before we call it finished.
What we see most often on Fraser houses
After working out of this city since 2011, the calls fall into a short list. If you recognise one of these, it is not unusual and it is not a disaster.
- Original aluminium siding, chalked and dented. Structurally it is doing nothing any more, and there is usually no weather barrier behind it.
- Fascia gone soft behind the gutter. Years of a gutter overflowing at the same corner. The gutter is the symptom; the wood is the problem.
- Splash damage at the bottom of the wall. Shallow overhangs and a driveway close to the house. The lowest three feet take it from both directions.
- Board decking under the shingles. Normal for this housing stock and usually fine, but it changes how a tear-off is planned and it is worth knowing before the first quote.
- Ice at the eave in February. Almost always a ventilation and insulation question in the attic rather than a shingle question on the roof.
Questions from Fraser homeowners
Do you charge extra for small jobs in Fraser?
No, and here the opposite is nearer the truth. A small job in the city we are based in does not carry the travel and staging cost it would somewhere further out, so we can take on repairs that a contractor coming from Oakland County would not bother with.
Can I come to the shop?
We would rather come to you, because nothing useful about your roof or your siding can be established in an office. But we are a real business at a real address on Fraser Drive, and that is worth knowing when you are choosing between quotes.
Can you handle more than one trade at the same time?
Yes, and it is usually cheaper. Gutters have to come off to side the fascia anyway, and fascia is easiest to replace while the roof edge is open. Doing those in one visit costs considerably less than in two.
What is the oldest housing you work on in Fraser?
The bulk of Fraser is 1950s to 1970s and that is most of what we see. Those houses share a set of characteristics, including board decking, narrow soffits and shallow overhangs, and we plan for them rather than discovering them.
Nearby
- Exterior contractor in Clinton Township, MI
- Exterior contractor in Sterling Heights, MI
- Exterior contractor in Harrison Township, MI
The full coverage list is on our service area page.
Free estimate in Fraser
Tell us what the house needs, or tell us what you are seeing and we will work out what it needs. The inspection and the written estimate cost nothing either way.
Request a free estimate or call (586) 533-8343.
