Burcom General Contractor | Painting, Drywall, Carpentry & Repairs
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Francois Burger · General Contractor

The list of things
you keep meaning
to get done. Done.

Painting, drywall, carpentry, cabinetry and the repairs in between. One contractor who shows up, finishes the list, and leaves a clean job site.

Build your list Call (410) 845-8394

Free written estimates. Interior and exterior.

A stamped concrete patio part way through pressure washing, clean and dirty side by side
Adding value every step of the way The line on his business card, and the way the work actually gets done.

Tick what you need

Most jobs start as a list on the fridge.

Choose everything on yours. It becomes a text message to Francois, so you do not have to explain it twice.

Nothing picked yet. Tick anything above, or just call.

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What Burcom does

Finish work, done properly.

Not demolition and not new builds. The trades that decide whether a house feels looked after: the paint line, the caulk bead, the door that shuts the way it should.

Interior repaint in progress with dust sheets down
01

Painting

Interior and exterior. Proper preparation, straight cut lines, and the surface underneath sorted out before a brush touches it.

A timber dock pressure washed back to bare wood
02

Power washing

Siding, decks, walkways and fencing. The right pressure for the surface, so nothing gets stripped or scarred in the process.

A ceiling installed and finished, walls ready for paint
03

Drywall

From a doorknob hole to a full room. Taped, floated and sanded so the repair disappears once it is painted.

A pull-down attic ladder fitted into a hallway ceiling
04

Carpentry

Trim, doors, shelving, stairs and framing repairs. Scribed to the house you actually have, not the one the tape measure says you have.

Caulking work in progress
05

Caulking

Interior and exterior. The cheapest work you will ever have done, and the one that quietly stops water, draughts and cracked paint.

Cabinetry work in progress
06

Cabinetry

Installation, refitting and refinishing. Doors aligned, gaps even, hardware straight, drawers that close without a shove.

Minor plumbing work in progress
07

Minor plumbing

Fixtures, taps, traps and small leaks. The jobs too small to interest a plumbing company and too annoying to leave.

A completed shingle roof repair
08

Minor roof repairs

Patches, flashing and small leaks caught early, before they become a ceiling problem and a much larger bill.

How a job runs

No surprises, either direction.

Most bad experiences with a contractor come down to not knowing what happens next. Here is exactly what happens next.

1

You send the list

Call, text or tick the boxes above. Tell him roughly what needs to get done. No forms to fill in for twenty minutes.

2

He comes and looks

Free, and there is no obligation attached to it. He will tell you if something is a bigger job than you think, or a smaller one.

3

You get it in writing

A written estimate with the work broken down, so you can see what each part costs and drop anything you would rather leave.

4

The work gets done

Dust sheets down, surfaces protected, site left tidy at the end of every day. You get told if anything changes before it changes.

Finishing a wall surface by hand

Recent work

Photographs of his own jobs.

Not stock photography. These are jobs Francois did, shot on the day, including the parts most homeowners never get to see.

A roof repair, start to finish

Rot found under the shingles, decking rebuilt, sealed and closed back up.

Shingles lifted to reveal rotted roof decking with a hole through it
01Shingles up. The decking underneath had rotted through.
New plywood decking cut in to replace the rotted roof section
02Bad timber out, new decking cut in to fit.
Underlayment laid over the new roof decking before shingling
03Underlayment down and sealed before anything goes over it.
Finished shingled roof with the repair no longer visible
04Shingled back in. You cannot tell where the repair was.

A hallway ceiling, opened and closed back up

Drywall cut out, new board in, taped, finished and painted to match the rest of the ceiling.

Hallway ceiling opened along a strip with the joists exposed, stairs sheeted off and debris bagged
01Opened along the run, stairs sheeted off, debris bagged as it came down.
New drywall cut to fit and screwed back into the ceiling joists
02New board cut to fit and screwed back into the joists.
Francois on a ladder taping the joints of the new ceiling drywall by hand
03Every joint taped by hand before any compound goes on.
The finished hallway ceiling, filled, sanded and painted with no sign of the repair
04Filled, sanded and painted back to match the rest of the ceiling.
The same hallway two days later, back in use with furniture returned
05Two days later. Nothing left to show where the opening was.

Restoring a garden sculpture

A weathered concrete sea serpent, stripped back and repainted by hand.

Close view of the concrete sculpture before work, paint cracked and flaking
01Years of weather. Cracked, flaking and gone green.
Sculpture sections stripped back to bare concrete and laid out on tarps
02Taken apart and stripped back on tarps.
Repainting the sculpture section by section by hand
03Repainted by hand, section by section.
The finished repainted sea serpent sculpture set back in place on the lawn

A shed step, built from scratch

No safe way in or out of the shed. A pressure-treated landing cut to the doorway, levelled and sheeted underneath.

Pressure-treated frame for a shed step built on site, squared up on the grass
The frame set down into a dug-out pad at the shed door and levelled
01Dug out and set level with the threshold.
Black ground sheet laid underneath the shed step frame before the decking goes on
02Sheeted underneath, so damp and weeds stay out.
Finished pressure-treated shed step with decking boards laid flush to the door
03Boards down, flush with the door.
Grip strip fitted along the front edge of the finished shed step
04Grip strip on the front edge, for wet mornings.

Other recent jobs

Interior repaints and power washing. The jobs that make a place look looked after.

Interior repaint in progress with dust sheets down
·Interior repaint, dust sheets down and surfaces covered.
A white picket fence run after power washing, clean end to end
·Fence run power washed, clean end to end.

What a customer said

“I finally found a general contractor whom I will call again, confident that my next project will be executed with precision. Francois was thorough throughout the job, checking occasionally to confirm that his efforts met my expectations. Yes, I strongly recommend Burcom.”
Mike H. Ocean Pines, MD · 21 September 2026
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Before you call

The questions everybody asks.

Straight answers, so you know what you are getting into.

Is the estimate really free?
Yes, and it is written down. He will come and look at the work, then send you a price with the job broken into parts so you can see what each piece costs. There is no charge and no obligation to go ahead.
Will you take on a small job?
Yes. Small jobs are most of what Burcom does. A patched wall, a stuck door, a leaking tap, a room that needs painting. The jobs that are too small for a big outfit to bother returning your call about are exactly the ones worth doing well.
How long will it take?
It depends entirely on the job, and he will tell you honestly when he quotes it rather than after he has started. A single room of painting is usually a day or two. A punch list of several small items often gets done in one visit.
Do you do the work yourself?
Yes. Burcom is Francois Burger. The person who quotes the job is the person who does it. Nothing gets handed to a crew you have never met.
What if the job needs a licensed specialist?
He will tell you. Minor plumbing and minor roof repairs are exactly that, minor. If what you actually need is a full re-roof or a licensed plumber or an electrician, you will hear that rather than have someone take the job on anyway.
How do I pay?
Discuss it when he quotes the work. Terms are agreed in writing before anything starts, so there is no conversation about it at the end.
Do you clean up?
Yes, every day, not just at the end. Dust sheets down before work starts, surfaces protected, and the site left usable when he leaves.

Where he works

Local work, close to home.

Burcom is a one-man business, which means travel time comes out of the working day. Jobs close to home get scheduled faster and quoted keener.

Not sure if you are in range? Call and ask. If it is a bit far he will say so.

Smoothing and finishing a wall by hand
Francois Burger, owner of Burcom General Contractor

The name on the van

One contractor. The same one, every day.

Burcom is Francois Burger. When you call, you get him. When the work happens, he is the one doing it. Nobody gets subcontracted a job he has not looked at himself.

Written estimatesA price on paper before anything starts, so there is no conversation about it later.
Clean finishDust sheets down, surfaces protected, and the site left tidy at the end of every day.
Straight answersIf a job needs a licensed specialist instead, he will tell you that rather than take it on.

Get a price

Tell him what needs doing.

Call, text or send the list. Estimates are free and written down, and there is no pressure attached to asking.

Phone (410) 845-8394Call or text, seven days
Email [email protected]
Contact Francois BurgerOwner, and the person doing the work

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