On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:56:24 -0700 (PDT), Senin
wrote:

I am having my house exterior painted. Full paint job, I even paid
extra for his handyman/carpenter to replace dryrotted planks on my
wood siding.

My question is...

Should part of his job be to countersink the nails that are exposed on
the siding?

Sure. . . if that's what you wrote on his contract. If you just
said 'make it pretty'-- then everything is left up in the air.

He wins.

Jim