Whom to hire for what project

Everyday we talk to home owners and contractors about various things that go on within projects they have done on their house.  So, you could say we get both sides of the story.  Home owners are pretty good at choosing what contractor they need for each project.  For example, a home owner might have some leaky pipes that need to be fixed.  The obvious would be that they'd need a plumber, yes.  Now the next scenario would be that a home owner is getting new bathroom sink with granite counter-tops put in.  So, that would mean that a home owner would need a plumber, a carpenter, and a stone tiler, to do the job, right? Well, yes and no, the home owner could do all that work and running around, OR they could just hire a General Contractor to carry out the project.  The California State Licensing Board points out that a General Contractor, can carry out a project "requiring in its construction the use of at least two unrelated building trades or crafts; however, framing or carpentry projects may be performed without limitation."  Which means General Contractors can do basically do any wood work alone but do need to sub contract/hire other areas of expertise in which they are not licensed for.  There is one small stipulation to this.  The General Contractor can hold another license that is for the a specialty area, in other words they can have multiple licenses to show that they can do work in other specialty areas.  So, the moral of the story is to hire a General Contractor any time you are doing more than two types of work.  If you have any questions in regards to this post leave it below in the comments section.

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*note* this only pertains to California Contracting law.  May be applicable in other states too.