Darien Contractor Provides Power to the People, Even in Stormy Weather
Jim Broton’s cousin, Bobby, was tired of sharing a room with his four brothers. So the two of them decided to build Bobby a bedroom in the corner of the basement.
“We just started,” said Broton. “My uncle came home from work that night and we had a wall up already.”
At the time, Broton was 13 years old, and his uncle had had no knowledge of their plans.
He didn’t know it at the time, but Broton had just launched his career in construction.
The bedroom project was a huge success, and other large projects followed.
“All my relatives started asking me to do something for them,” he said. “A year or two later, (another) aunt and uncle in the city had a two-flat and the interior burned. They asked me to do all the electrical work. So from the electrical panel on down, I rewired their entire house in conduit. That apartment is still standing with the piping I did.”
Broton had found his niche.
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