John J. Castle General Contractor, Inc.

Name: John J. Castle General Contractor, Inc.
Address: 3600 5th Avenue Suite B, Altoona, PA, 16602, US
Telephone: +18149499356
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John J. Castle General Contractor, Inc.

John J. Castle, General Contractor, is a full service Custom Home Builder serving customers in Blair,

- Home Planning & Design
- Custom Home Building
- Additions
- Interior Design

03/26/2026

The exterior stone veneer continues to make good progress on the latest John J Castle Custom Home with the favorable weather conditions continuing here in March!

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03/19/2026

With the long awaited break in what seemed like a never ending winter the natural stone veneer has started on the most recent John J Castle custom home while mechanical rough in’s continue on the interior.

09/17/2025

With the favorable weather conditions continuing this latest John J Castle Custom Home continues to take shape with the roof trusses set this week. This one story custom build offers some unique features such as vaulted ceilings with beams in both the kitchen/family room and the 4 season sunroom. More details as this latest John J Castle custom home continues to progress.

08/24/2025

There’s was never any doubt since the young age of 6 what my career choice would be. Ever since my cabin building days started in second grade I knew I would be in the building business as a hands on carpenter. Every week I would take my 2 dollar weekly allowance and walk 6 blocks to the local hardware store (Sutters Hardware)to buy whatever 2 dollars would buy me in nails!

I recently had an interesting as well as disturbing conversation with a 20 year old young man. He told me as a freshman at a local high school he was considering career options and wanted to tour the Altoona Career And Technology Center to explore career opportunities. He went to speak to the high school guidance counselor who told him the school could not give him approval to attend which was a requirement by the GACTC!! He was told his GPA was too high and would need to pursue a career in college education!!! He didn’t have a set career path but only wanted again to explore opportunities something very few young kids even think about at that point of there life and wasn’t even given the chance!!! Fortunately he is a very motivated young man with a superior work ethic and will do well in wherever his college education takes him. If I had been told the same thing at that same point of my life I would have had a few choice words for the high school guidance counselor!!
I followed up my high school training with 2 years of trade school training at the Williamsport Area Community College Now Pensylvania College of Technology. Upon Graduation I started my career in the custom home building industry with one of the top custom home builders in the area Harkless and DeBiase and eventually was self employed by 1990! After more than 35 years of self employment and nearly 40 years total in the business I still strap on a tool belt daily scale roofs trusses 30-40’ off the ground and do what I’ve love to do all my life!!

Society has everyone focused on a college degree in order to make anything of yourself!! Fortunately I was not told what I had to do and choose my own career path at such a young age!! The building trades alone across the board are a dying profession and have been for some time. Without us low intelligent workers in the building trades who is going to build all these fancy College Campuses, Doctors and Engineers offices as well as these fancy homes/vacation homes for business executives in the future?? We are the last generation of a dying breed with so few that have followed in our footsteps behind us!! College education isn’t for everyone!!!

08/05/2025

The most recent John J Castle Custom Home is beginning to take shape. The single story 2480 square feet open floor plan with additional features including a vaulted kitchen/family room as well as a vaulted 4 season room both with wood beams just to name a few. Special credits go out to Hannah Edwards for working with the homeowners on the interior finishes and her amazing work creating all the interior elevations! More to follow as this latest custom home continues to progress! For more info on John J Castle visit www.johnjcastle.com

05/21/2025

The latest John J Castle Custom Home has been completed and ready for its owners to enjoy for years to come! Like every John J Castle custom home this latest was designed completely from scratch inside and out to meet all the owners specific needs and wants! With every John J Castle custom home I take pride in everything I do as if it were my own personal home! Visit www.johnjcastle.com for information on the custom home building process as well as a gallery of completed projects.

05/02/2025

With the custom staircase and balcony railings completed we are down to the final cleanup on the latest John J Castle Custom Home! Full post to follow shortly with completed photos!

03/15/2025

Interior finish work on the latest John J Castle Custom Home continues to progress with the installation of the nearly 2400 square feet of rustic hickory hardwood floors as well as the 2 piece crown molding in several rooms. Next I will be starting my favorite part of the trim process the finished hardwood staircase and balcony railings. More updates will follow upon completion and just prior to owners taking occupancy.

02/21/2025

Exterior finishes are complete with interior finishes well underway on the latest John J Castle Custom Home. More updates with photos to follow as the finishing touches continue to progress including the more than 2400 square feet of hickory hardwood floors!

02/03/2025

Congratulations to high school senior employee and co-op student Hayden Weitzel on your induction into the National Technical Honor Society. Hayden along with former GACTC standout student and current full time employee Aiden Troutman certainly have bright futures ahead of them in the construction field.

11/24/2024

The building permit process continues on the next John J Castle Custom Home with groundbreaking expected as the weather becomes favorable.

Address

3600 5th Avenue Suite B
Altoona, PA
16602

Telephone

+18149499356

Website

http://www.johnjcastle.com/

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