Phillip J. Norman
1234 NE 118th Ave.
Portland, OR 97220
Phone: (503) 255-4350
email: pjnorman@gmail.com
Bonded & insured, CCB# 165715
I am an inventive contractor, working under the business name "Attic Access." My services include provision of affordable high-quality attic ladders, with custom safety features, decking and surrounding insulation. I am happy to be involved with any attic where usability is to be established or maintained, with upgrade to R38+ requirements. I will be involved mainly with the upgrading of existing homes and small business structures. I will work in concert with other contractors, correcting access deficiencies that impair their work.
As a fully-involved Trade Ally of Energy Trust, I have an interest in all measures for energy conservation. I will bid work outside the "Attic Access" focus, only where I have something important to learn or to contribute. In particular, I will get proficient at "Air Sealing," where blower door testing is an investigative tool.
I will have a growing list of specialties, including patching services in drywall, with complex texture blends; and minor patching, with superior crack-repair, in lath and plaster. The patching services grow in part from being called to repair stepped-through ceilings, and dressing of ladder cutouts.
I will manage my business efficiently with creative use of FileMaker database, and offer to share database skills, and grow those skills in cooperation with others. I routinely publish my documents and project photo albums as pdf's, as a loyal user and advocate of Adobe FrameMaker. I have engineering skills including drafting ability in AutoCAD and SolidWorks, and accept contract assignments in research, analysis and computer graphics.
Methods Illustration and Exchange: We all want things done professionally (thorough, meeting all known requirements, using best-value materials and most-efficient methods). There will be differences of opinion of what this means. I have my ways, and will offer them as they evolve, wanting feedback and contribution from others. I offer the beginning of a Blog for this, focused on energy-conservation issues: http://energyconservationhowto.blogspot.com/
I have another blog for this, focused on plaster patching methods and materials: http://plasterrepairhowto.blogspot.com/