Welcome to Porch Pro Talk, a weekly hypothetical question sourced from our own pros’ experiences that explores the day to day issues of being a contractor. With this forum, we hope to create a place where pros can communicate with one another and in the end, utilize the opinions they find here to better their own business.

SITUATION

The situation this week is something that happens everyday in the home improvement world. You walk onto a work site, start taking in the space that you’re going to be working with that day, and whoever built / worked on the location previous has done a spotty job or used the wrong materials. Their work has a worse chance of passing code than Pete Rose getting into the hall of fame. So…

QUESTION

What’s the worst coverup you’ve ever seen? A white sheet spray painted to cover a hole in dry wall? Newspaper for insulation? Termite infestation in the base boards? We want to hear all the stories!