John J Call

One kind of job fills this Haverhill contractor's permit history: sealing up older houses. Of 141 permitted projects on BuildZoom, almost all are weatherization — blown-in cellulose in attics and walls, air sealing, venting and weatherstripping — most of it in Methuen, with 19 jobs in the past three years and a typical permit around $9,735. BBB's profile dates the business to 1978 and lists six employees. It trades under more than one name: BuildZoom lists John J Call Construction, owned by Home Energy, Inc., while the BBB page is filed as Housecall, Home Energy Consultants, Inc., with Mr. John J. Call as proprietor. BBB describes the same energy-conservation work and names more of it — passive solar homes and additions, retrofitting, and replacement windows and doors. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor licence, CS-036866, and scores the business 104, above 91% of the 139,240 Massachusetts contractors it tracks. For a cold second floor, an uninsulated attic or drafty walls, this is squarely the work these permits describe. Confirm licence CS-036866 with the state, ask for addresses of recent insulation jobs near you, and get the scope in writing: what gets sealed, and how deep the cellulose goes.