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Floor protection (Ram Board)
Heavy-duty taped seams across hardwood, tile, finished concrete, vinyl, marble. Cut to fit, taped at every seam, walkable for the whole project.
Pre-Construction Protection
Protect what isn't being touched.
When part of a home or building gets renovated, the rest of it pays the price unless someone protects it first. We install floor protection, masking, corner guards, and surface coverings before the trades arrive, then pull it all out clean when the work is done. Whether you're a homeowner protecting your hardwood from a kitchen reno, a builder safeguarding finished spec features mid-build, a GC running an occupied tenant improvement, or a property manager protecting common areas, we install it right and remove it right.
What is Pre-Construction Protection?
In plain English.
Renovation projects almost always damage things that weren't part of the project. Hardwood floors get scratched. Cabinet faces get scuffed. Light fixtures get dust packed into them. Window frames get caulked over. Door jambs get banged with tools. The renovation itself goes fine. Everything around it pays the price.
Pre-Construction Protection is the layer that prevents that. Before the trades show up, we cover the surfaces and features that aren't being touched: heavy-duty Ram Board across finished floors, plastic and tape over cabinets and fixtures, corner guards on outside corners and door jambs, sealed coverings over HVAC vents, and pre-mask on windows that are about to face stucco or paint work. When the project's done, we pull it all out clean.
Whether the project is a homeowner's kitchen remodel, a builder's spec home with finished features in place, a GC's occupied tenant improvement, or a property manager's common-area refresh while tenants are still in the building, the goal is the same: the parts of the space that aren't part of the project stay in the same condition they started in.
A roll of Ram Board costs fifty bucks. A scratched hardwood refinish costs thousands. Protection isn't an extra. It's the cheapest insurance policy on the project.
What's Included
Every surface. Every product. Clean removal at the end.
Pre-construction protection is only as good as the install and the removal. Here's the standard scope we run on a typical project.
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Stair & landing protection
Treads and risers wrapped, edges tucked, no sliding underfoot. Trades can move materials up and down without scuffing the wood.
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Cabinet masking
Plastic-and-tape coverage of cabinet faces and counters near the work zone. Doors, drawers, and pulls all covered before sanding or paint starts.
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Trim & door protection
Painter's plastic on doors, jambs, casing, baseboards adjacent to active work. So when overspray happens, it lands on the plastic, not the trim.
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Corner guards
On outside corners, door jambs, and high-traffic edges where tools and materials get banged into. Protects the wall and the corner from impact damage.
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Fixture coverage
Plastic over light fixtures, ceiling fans, exposed plumbing, and decorative hardware during dust phases. So they don't get coated and need replacement.
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Window & glass coverage
Pre-mask windows when stucco, paint, or texture work is upcoming. Stops overspray, splatter, and texture from frosting the glass.
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HVAC vent sealing
Cover registers and returns to keep dust out of the system during heavy demo and sanding phases. Air handler stays clean, ducts stay clean, you avoid a duct cleaning later.
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End-of-project removal
We come back and pull everything out clean. No tape residue, no torn paper left behind, no surprise damage from the protection itself.
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Coordination with your trade schedule
We install on your timeline, do mid-project re-coverage if dust gets through, and time removal to substantial completion. Builders, GCs, and PMs can give us the trade schedule and forget about it. COI same-day with your entity named as additional insured.
Why Pre-Construction Protection Matters
Replacement is the expensive option.
A scratched hardwood floor refinish runs thousands. A scuffed marble countertop replacement runs more. A roll of Ram Board is fifty bucks. The math is brutal in one direction.
The math always favors protection
Replacement costs for damaged finishes during a renovation almost always run into thousands. Protection costs run into hundreds. Even if protection only stops one major incident per project, it's already paid for itself five times over.
Occupied renovations need it most
Homeowners staying in place during a remodel, tenants in a TI, common areas during a phased project. All of them are at risk if protection isn't done right. Lived-in spaces don't tolerate construction the way an empty shell does.
Removal is half the job
Protection installed badly leaves tape residue, torn paper, and scuffs from the protection itself. Our crews install for clean removal from day one. So when we come back at end-of-project, the surface underneath is exactly the way you left it.
How It Works
Four steps, no surprises.
Whether you're a homeowner protecting your home during a remodel, a builder safeguarding finished features mid-build, or a GC running an occupied TI, this is exactly how we get protection installed right and removed right.
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Walkthrough & Quote
We walk the space and identify every surface, fixture, and feature that needs protection. Then we give you a flat price for install and removal as one scope.
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Install
Crew installs Ram Board, plastic, masking, corner guards, and vent coverage to spec. Done before your trades arrive, on your schedule.
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Mid-Project Check (Optional)
On longer projects, we can come back to re-cover sections that got damaged, taped over, or moved. So protection holds through the whole build.
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Clean Removal
When the project hits substantial completion, we come back and pull everything out clean. No residue, no surprise damage. Surface underneath ready for final clean.
Who This Is For
If you're investing in a renovation, the rest of the space deserves protection.
- Homeowners during remodelsKitchen reno, bathroom reno, addition, or whole-house remodel. The hardwood, tile, cabinets, and fixtures that aren't part of the project deserve protection. We install on your schedule.
- Custom home buildersWhen finished spec features (cabinets, floors, fixtures) are in place but trades are still working, protection keeps the buyer-ready quality intact through the rest of the build.
- General contractors and developersEspecially on tenant improvements and occupied renovations, where common areas, adjacent units, and existing finishes have to survive the project. Procore-ready, COI same-day with your entity named as additional insured.
- Property managersCommon areas, lobbies, hallways, and adjacent units during multi-phase work need protection. Scheduled programs available so every phase gets covered the same way.
Protect it now, thank yourself later.
Tell us about your project, whether you're a homeowner planning a remodel, a builder mid-build, a GC running a TI, or a PM safeguarding common areas, and we'll walk it, quote it, and get protection installed before your trades arrive.
Quick Answers
Anything that's finished and not part of the active work scope: hardwood, tile, marble, polished concrete, finished cabinets, light fixtures, hardware, trim, doors, windows next to exterior work, HVAC registers during dust-heavy phases. We walk the project with you and identify everything that should be covered.
Yes, but the earlier the better. Mid-project install protects what's still intact and stops further damage to surfaces that have already taken hits. We can also identify damage that's already happened and flag it before the trades go further.
Both. Install and removal are quoted as one scope. Removal is the part most protection installs get wrong, leaving tape residue or torn paper. Our crews install for clean removal from day one, so when we come back, the surface underneath is exactly the way you left it.
We use the right tape for each surface. Painter's tape on finished wood, low-tack tape on polished surfaces, gaffer's tape where strength matters. We don't use duct tape or anything aggressive on finished materials. And we pull it within the protection's working life, not weeks past.
Yes. We can install in phases, re-cover mid-project if needed, and time removal to substantial completion. Builders, GCs, and PMs can give us the trade schedule and we'll fit our work into it without slowing anything down.
Yes. We seal supply registers and returns during demo, sanding, and other dust-heavy phases. This keeps drywall dust out of your air handler and ductwork, which is what causes most post-renovation indoor air quality complaints (and most surprise duct cleaning bills).
All of Maricopa County, including Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe, Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, Buckeye, and Sun City.
