As a general contractor I do both big and small jobs. Currently, I’m doing a medium sized job in Naperville. I’m reconfiguring and remodeling an entire first floor, plus doing work on the families HVAC system. Sometimes new customers ask how many employees...
As you may recall I recently work on the exterior of a house that needed a new front porch. The old porch had shifted, which also disconnected the home’s decorative front columns. Those columns were in bad shape, and were rotting. We replaced the columns with 1...
I’m remodeling a house that was built about 30 years ago. Although this house is in a suburb that has good building codes, those codes have updated during the years. Currently, all new homes in that suburb require fire stopping. This involves sealing holes...
There are two things that you can say about concrete, no one will ever steal it, and it will crack. Significant cracks can be a sign that the concrete pad is unstable. Minor cracks can look unsightly, but they are normal. Many people simply pour liquid concrete into...
As you may recall I’m replacing the support posts on a 1980s home. The original posts were supported by a stoop, which sank badly over the years. I have since replace the stoop, which is now support by concrete piers and will last many years. Unfortunately, the...
