Who fixes the cutouts?

[tlynn]

I have been looking through some of JP's photo series of cutouts (great photo sets by the way) and I an curious about something - the cutouts necessitate some structural modifications, like sawsalling through lathe and plaster walls or slicing through roof decking.  All in all a good bit of carpentry to clean up the whole mess.  Is the owner left to deal with the repairs?

[TwT]

when I do cut outs, I have been a framer for a few years and know what I am doing, I tell them I will do the lest amount of damage I can to get rid of the bee's,  when the bee's are gone so am I, I know a couple that do removals and also fix repairs but their bottom price is $600 , I do my removals priced like this on most jobs, $100 down and $50 a hour not to stop till im done except I will take a water break and the home owner is responsible for all repairs.

[Kathyp]

my agreement is that i'll do the cutting out, hive removal, clean up of hive mess, but the putting back together is the owners job.  of course, i do mine for free, so they don't mind.  i get gas money this year, but that's it.

[JP]

I do some of my own repairs but have two friends who are real fix it types, one is a contractor, one is skilled with his hands and can fix just about anything.

Most customers want everything put back, painted, etc...very few will put back themselves.

I prefer putting it back so I can bee proof the area. If they put back the bee proofing is usually lacking and they get bees again in the same spot.


...JP

[Kathyp]

and i should add that with very few exceptions, mine are outbuildings.  i live in farm country and that's where most of them seem to end up.

[iddee]

When the bees are gone, I am gone. No clean up, no repairs. If the repairman doesn't make it bee proof, it is his free return, not mine.

[TimLa]

I need to read up on cutouts... how/when do you decide 'all the bees are gone'?  The reason I ask is that I think I found a wild hive in an abandoned well pump house on my land...

-T

[dpence]

I don't do repairs, I may seal it up, but not finish quality.  Most of mine have been in old structures that are being torn down, or a contractor is waiting for the bees to be removed so they can do a job.  I haven't done a whole lot of them though.