{"id":242,"date":"2017-09-19T16:45:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T23:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/oceanpointe\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:55:42","slug":"pre-construction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/gentryrepairs\/pre-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Pre-Construction<\/h1>\n<p>Once you are initially contacted by SageWater, we will provide you with a\u00a0work authorization form, that is required to begin the pre-construction process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The designated SageWater Project Manager will call your home as we approach your section of the Gentry community. During the call, we will inform you of the walk-through process, and schedule this initial meeting at your convenience. Note: The work authorization form <strong>must<\/strong>\u00a0be completed before we can gain access to your home for the walk-through.<\/li>\n<li>The walk-through with the SageWater Project Manager will consist of a pre-inspection of your home. The walk-through serves to educate and inform homeowners of the repair process \u2013 including designated work traffic areas where SageWater will need access, as well as the timeline for starting and completing the repairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Preparing Your Home<\/h3>\n<p>The saying \u201ca little preparation goes a long way\u201d most certainly applies to home renovations.\u00a0 If you have ever had home improvements performed in the past, you know that being ready the day the contractor arrives makes the job run much more smoothly.\u00a0 As such, we have put together the following short list of items we need your help with before we arrive.\u00a0 We can guarantee if you prepare your home accordingly, your hurricane strap repairs will run more smoothly for you and your family.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Access To Your Property:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Our teams show up at 8 am and work until 5 pm.\u00a0 We ask that you provide our office with information about how to enter your backyard prior to the first day of the project so we can hit the ground running on the day we are to begin your home.\u00a0 Once on-site, our teams will communicate with you as to the remaining schedule for the project.\u00a0 Please note that the work on your home must be coordinated with work on other homes. Therefore, we may not be working on your home all day, every day, however, its imperative that we have unhindered access every work day so we can complete your repairs on schedule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clearing of Exterior Work Areas:<\/strong>\u00a0 Please give our team a 3\u2019-4\u2019 working area around the entire outside of your home.\u00a0 This includes removing hanging plants, toys, grills, and outside patio furniture to give our crews ample working space to complete your repairs.\u00a0 Also, please keep in mind we are not responsible for landscaping.\u00a0 If landscaping exists within the 3\u2019-4\u2019 perimeter where we are working, we will do our best to protect your landscaping, but we cannot make any guarantees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clearing of Interior Work Areas:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>If it is determined that repairing your hurricane straps requires access via the inside of your home, our team will instruct you on what items must be moved to enable access points through the drywall.\u00a0 Please note that moving these items is for the protection of your belongings, in an effort to keep your property safe from damages.\u00a0 If we are required to move anything, we are not responsible for accidental damage, so we highly encourage you to move valuables yourself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clearing of Work Areas Inside The Garage:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Depending on your home\u2019s configuration, we may need to access the hurricane straps in your garage from\u00a0the interior.\u00a0 In these instances, we ask that all belongings along the garage walls be moved and that we are given at least 6\u2019 of workspace from the walls.\u00a0 We will be cutting the drywall approximately 4\u2019 high all the way around.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Removal of Non-original Construction:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0If a home has upgrades that were not part of the original construction, and it is determined that these upgrades are obstructing our access to perform your hurricane strap repairs, it will be the homeowners responsibility to have these upgrades removed and reinstalled after our work is complete.\u00a0 Examples include green houses, storage sheds, storage racks, or other structures and\/or new construction that are permanently attached or adjacent to your home at the locations required to access your home\u2019s hurricane straps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attending to Minors:<\/strong>\u00a0 For your peace of mind, children under the age of 18 may not be left unattended in your home while our workers are present.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Securing Pets:<\/strong>\u00a0 Pets must be kenneled or secured in the home.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please also provide the SageWater Project Manager with your home\u2019s AOAO approved paint color, as that information is very important in ensuring the best paint match possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are planning to be away from your home during the project, please notify the SageWater Project Manager and make arrangements as to how SageWater will gain access to the property, and who the designated point of contact will be to sign authorization and completion forms.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you should have any questions, please call or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gthomas@sagewater.com\">email the SageWater Project Manager<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Pre-Construction Once you are initially contacted by SageWater, we will provide you with a\u00a0work authorization form, that is required to begin the pre-construction process: The designated SageWater Project Manager will call your home as we approach your section of the Gentry community. During the call, we will inform you of the walk-through process, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-242","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/gentryrepairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/gentryrepairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/gentryrepairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/gentryrepairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/gentryrepairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/gentryrepairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.sagewater.com\/gentryrepairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}