Contractor Selection Part 3 Florida Solar One Educates Homeowners on

Florida Solar Contractor Company Educates Future Solar Consumers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Key West, FL, August 2019 – Contractor selection part 3 expands on the previously published “contractor selection part 1” and its second part and is not meant to bash any particular contractor. The purpose of this third part (out of five) is to expand on how to adequately choose a solar installation company that will ensure proper and code-compliant installation in a cost-effective and timely manner. Florida Solar One, a Florida Solar and unlimited electrical contractor known for its premier and high-end work, continues to expand on its explanation of how to properly select a Florida contractor to do whatever work they are hired to do.

There are five major red flags that a homeowner should look for when going through the contractor selection process. These five key points are proper licensure (part one), workman’s comp and liability insurance (last post’s emphasis), in-house team of workers (this week’s post), experience, and reputation. It has already been established that a homeowner should look for proper licensure when doing their contractor selection and will expand on why having proper insurance is the second most important factor.

The third installment of this series of contractor selection is all about making sure that the contractor has a team of workers in-house instead of subcontracting them. Many contractors in the state of Florida engage in contracting work with consumers for whatever job they got hired to do. Instead of having a team of individuals in-house to do the work, they simply “sub it out” to another contractor who will do part or some of the work. Although it is advantageous for the contractor, to you, the homeowner, it serves as a disadvantage.

Another huge drawback for hiring a contractor who subs out the work is that there is little to no control over the quality of work that the subcontractor will do. For example, let’s say you hire a company to pave your driveway. The contractor now goes to someone else and says, “I will give you

[say] $3k to do the work”. The subcontractor now has an incentive to do the work as expeditious as he can because he wants to get that paycheck quickly. At the end of the work, he/she goes to the original “contractor” and asks for payment. There is no way to ensure the quality of the work. “You hired me to do this work, and I did it; you didn’t say that I had to do it to your standards. Give me my money” is very common in the construction industry. Now you, the homeowner, paid thousands of dollars to have a poorly done job because the main contractor has little control over the type of work that the sub does. “With a team of in-house employees, you can pick them, train them, and reward them based on their performance. You cannot do that with subs”, said Ray Johnson, owner and qualifier of Florida Solar One.

There is also a loss of managerial control when it comes to outsourcing work. For example, you have little to no control over the sub’s schedule. They may choose to work two hours a day or may choose to get it done in one day by working 16 hours and be physically exhausted, delirious, and have poor judgement. There is always the chance that the cost will be raised to the main contractor because anything not covered in the subcontract will be on the basis to pay additional charges. As long as the contract conditions are met, everything else is open to interpretation and likely change orders for more money. Since subcontractors are mostly driven by the profit they can make, they will do everything they can to decrease costs, no matter what.

About Florida Solar One and US Solar Institute: US Solar Institute is a Florida Licensed Vocational college dedicated to the hands-on and online solar education. They have beginner and advanced solar training courses. They are located at 2341 NW 30th ST Oakland Park, FL 33311. They can be reached at info@ussolarinstitute.com