Adding An Doorway Arch

My customer wanted to add an arch between his home’s kitchen and hallway. This arch had to mimi the rest of the architecture of the house. This meant that the arch needed to be constructed out of a number of pieces of boards and wood trim. The problem was how to...

Repairing An Oak Floor

It is common to have to remove part of a floor when doing a remodel. In the case below a kitchen island was moved and new plumbing and electrical were added. See the photos to see how we repaired this floor. You can see the part of the floor that we had to remove....

Big Box Quality Issues

I am doing a home remodel, which includes some outside work. I needed to replace a water spigot, and bought one at a local big box store. After installing it I noticed that it was leaking. Rats! Back to the store to buy a new one. I installed it and that one also...

Using A Bending Brake To Fabricate A Piece of Flashing

I’m remodeling a kitchen and laundry room, which involves removing some of the home’s exterior siding that I need to replace. I had to fabricate a custom piece of flashing as part of that repair. I purchased a coil of aluminum trim and then used a bending...

Finishing Touches

I was working on a customer’s kitchen but had to delay the job due to a large range hood that was on back order. When it finally arrived I installed it and its crown molding and was amazed at what a difference it made in the final look of the kitchen. See photos...