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Cold Hollow Contracting is a Burlington-based contractor that works in metal. On its Better Business Bureau profile, the company describes itself as a residential and commercial contractor doing copper, slate, cedar, zinc and steel exteriors, specializing in architectural sheet metal fabrication, historical restoration, standing seam panel forming and installation, and metal art. Its Houzz profile calls it a sheet metal manufacturer and roofing specialist. The Burlington Free Press has written about the company's work. In a 2019 Houzz review, a reviewer who described themselves as a carpenter and construction superintendent praised the quality of the crew's work and the crew's energy with the other trades on the job site. Cold Hollow Contracting holds an A+ grade from the Better Business Bureau. Vermont lists its home improvement contractor registration, 174.0001046, as active, held by Cold Hollow Contracting Inc.
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“Brian Raymond of Burlington-based Cold Hollow Contracting hauls a prefabricated copper roof piece into the entrance of a work site at Billings Library at University of Vermont on May 6, 2020.”
Cold Hollow harkens back to a time when the trades were true craftsmen, taking pride in the quality of their work and their time on the job. As a carpenter and construction superintendent from the East Coast, going back to the 1980's, this crew brings what I want to see to a job site. Quality, activity, and great energy from the crew, with the other trades as well as amongst their crew. A true team with amazing workmanship. Old school meets the present day. Well done!
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Typical your area range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from COLD HOLLOW CONTRACTING. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A square is 100 sq ft of roof surface — bigger than the floor plan because of pitch and overhangs.
Estimated range
$9,000 – $18,600
Typical roofing project around $13,800
Same-evening reply to a leak call, with a final leak test5.0
Watertight emergency patch after a tree hit4.3
New roof finished in a single day4.6