I am rebuilding a house that was fire damaged. When you work on a project that is this large the progress may seem slow, as so many different tasks need to be done in a specific order. This Wednesday I received a truckload of boxes. Those boxes contained my...
I am remodeling a client’s basement. It is a large space. He has decided to use bead-board as an accent. My finish carpenter put a lot of effort into the chair rail detail and baseboard. As you can see by the unfinished wood photos, the raw wood looks...
I am replacing the window wells at a customer’s home. He disliked the original ones, which had become old and rusted. He felt that they detracted from his property. Naturally, the first step in replacing a window well is removing the old one. This can be done...
In a perfect world concrete would be poured on days when it was 70 degrees. We do not live in a perfect world. I’m working on an extensive rehab, and the next phase of the project involves pouring the front walk. It isn’t feasible to live in a house...
When it is cold outside it can be impossible to paint exterior siding. You can have siding pre-painted, but it is very expensive. I have an excellent Graco air/airless paint sprayer and I am using it to paint the siding for a remodel that I’m working on....
