Just a quick heads up. Hire ONLY LICENSED AND INSURED CONTRACTORS to do work that's $500 or more, including time and materials, on your house. I'm currently having some landscape/fence work done at my house, and yesterday a lady and a gentleman from the State Contractors License Board stopped by to check on their license. They had it because I know better. You can get into some serous trouble if you don't use a licensed and insured contractor, not to mention you can be putting yourself in serious financial risk. They said that they were just driving around, and will continue to drive around looking for violations.