Pittsburgh Plastering Contractors

"I was about to try fixing it myself when I saw the Angie's List Big Deal for 's 4 hrs of plaster work for $99. I called and he came out and took a look and told me he could fix it. He was quite busy because of the Big Deal so it was a couple weeks before he could come out but that was OK because the hole ...more had already been there for over a month. He arrived as scheduled and did a beautiful job. He even fixed some other cracks in the ceiling while he was at it and smoothed out another spot that had been badly repaired in the past.

was friendly and I especially appreciated his deadpan dry humor. I had him give me estimates for additional work and am planning on having him come back and paint the ceiling and maybe work on the living room ceiling as well. I will definitely hire

for any plaster/paint work that is beyond the skills of this do-it-yourselfer."

"We had three separate problems, all related to water damage.  There was an area between our solarium and kitchen that had been repaired once before, but the problem reappeared recently.  In  addition, there was a discolored area on the ceiling of our front porch, and a utility room door that would no longer close.  This contractor ...more had done outside painting for us about 2 years ago and we were pleased with his work, so I called him for an estimate.  He warned me that water problems were difficult to solve.  After we gave him the go-ahead, he looked at the solarium-to-house connection from a second story window and from the window on our stair landing.  After opening up the wall in the damaged area, he poured water from the second story onto the suspicious area until he'd identified the area(s) where water was getting in.  In the process, he discovered that we had still another wet area around the stair-landing window where caulking had failed.  (By now, I felt I was living in a

!)  Similarly, he looked down from the second floor over the flashing above the front porch, found an area of failed caulk and repaired that before proceeding to clean, repair and repaint the porch ceiling.  The kitchen had wallpaper that extended into the dining room and that had to be removed in order to repair damage underneath (including black mold, it turned out).  

pointed out that the this was an insurance claim and helped us in with working with our insurance carrier.  He also was helpful in selecting paint colors to use in the previously-wallpapered areas.      The utility room door, which we thought was simply swollen from humidity, turned out to be thoroughly water-soaked.  Finding this out

to discovering that the back porch concrete was crumbling in a couple areas and was not waterproof.  The door and (rotted) door frame both had to be replaced after the concrete was patched and caulked.  Then the back porch was power-washed and waterproofing paint was applied.  One thing leads to another...        A crew of 3 to 4 people were working here most of the time.  They protected the rest of the house from dust, cleaned up as much as possible at the conclusion of each day's work, and were personable and easy to work with.  "