James,
In CA contractors are required to have a license for doing any work over
$500.00. This assures you that they are bonded and insured and it gives you
some recourse, but you still need to check them out carefully because a
license isn't an absolute guarantee that they are responsible. I don't know
if TX has a similar requirement.

Get references before you hire. Don't hire anyone who only gives you a PO
Box for an address. Don't pay more than 1/3 down.


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The room is an interior room. Sounds like I have to fire this guy. He
hasn't called me back in a week anyway. Can anyone recommend a competent
contractor in the Houston area to clean up this guy's work?

Thanks,


James


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Recently I added a room to my house requiring that the gas dryer vent be
rerouted. The contractor routed it up into the attic. He was going to
run
it through the attic then outside the house but never finished it. He
said
it would be fine just up into the attic without being vented outside.

Are there any problems just leaving it venting inside the attic?


Thanks