I am doing an extensive remodel of a home in Naperville, which had to be partially demolished after a fire. When I removed the ceiling in the kitchen I discovered that the I-Joists had many drilled holes in them from a previous remodel from another contractor. Each...
I am doing an extensive rebuild of a fire damaged home in Naperville. One of the biggest problems has been to eliminate the smell of smoke. The house was gutted and all charred parts were removed. I also used a professional odor elimination fog (Odor X/Thermo...
I am in the final stages of finishing a kitchen remodel in Glen Ellyn. This remodel involved adding new lights and electrical circuits to the room. The building code required that the new electrical circuits in the kitchen have arc fault breakers, and the existing...
There are many small tasks that have to be done when a room is remodeled. This is especially the case when remodeling a kitchen. The photos below show just one of the tasks, installing cabinet hardware. In this example, we had 44 cabinet handles, each individually...
Many homes built in the 1940s through the 1970s had small kitchens and small dining rooms. This was the fashion of the day. However, times and tastes change. Our lifestyles are more casual now, and it is more important to have useable spaces than formal rooms. I...
It is interesting to see how the various trades do their jobs. My plumber, John, had to join some cast iron fittings at one of my worksites. The following video shows how he did...
