Tools and manpower are needed to successfully complete a complicated project, but other factors are needed too. Common sense is another critical component. A hot day and hard work means sweat. The loss of water can make you overly fatigued and mentally cloudy. I...
A customer wanted to add a closet to a first-floor den. This would effectively give him another bedroom. Adding a closet is easy if you know what you are doing. The following pictures tell the story. If you have any remodeling or building needs, please feel free to...
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...
I am involved in the renovation and reconstruction of a Naperville home that caught on fire. I have already removed all of the interior walls, but there is still a strong smell of smoke through the entire house. Naturally, I want to go to any reasonable lengths to...
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...
