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Bathroom Remodeling Strategies – My Top 3

3 Bathroom Remodeling Strategies When you look at your bathroom to spruce it up or remodel it you need to ask yourself whether you have the time, energy and budget to take a project like this on.   At the end of the day there are three bathroom remodeling strategies to consider and all three are [...]

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Federal Tax Benefits for Energy Efficiency Renovations abailable for 2009

Image: mediabistro.com New Tax Credits NOW AN OPTION for 2009 Renovations Several people have been asking me about the renovation tax credit so I decided to re-post this again. On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed into law the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.” This bill extended tax credits for energy efficient home improvements [...]

Build A Privacy Screen

Constructing a Cedar Privacy Screen The picture below is the rooftop patio at the Winchester Condo project we have been working on. Our client wanted us to build a privacy screen to block the view but still allow in light. I decided to construct the new screen out of high quality 1″ thick cedar and cedar [...]

Quick Fix For That Loose Handrail

Image: allposters।com I get many calls for loose handrails. Often times the least invasive and most cost effective solution is to add an additional support bracket. If done correctly it should not negatively affect the aesthetics of the railing system. The problem: Many railing systems do not have a wall to mount a bracket to [...]

Think Before You Press ~ SEND

Source: www.ruf.rice.edu This post follows a previous post on a survey from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Its great information and I felt it was worth posting. Nothing sent or posted is ever private. Your messages and images will get passed around, even if you think they won’t: 40% of teens [...]

REDUCING REMODELING DUST!

Image: myco-tek.net No matter which phase of remodeling you’re in – there’s DUST! Construction dust can wreak havoc on a home and one’s lungs. It seems that no matter how careful we are that fine remodeling dust seems to find its way deep into the farthest parts of the house. If you’re planning an extensive, [...]

Installing Cherry Hardwood Flooring

~ a concord carpenter In the typical Rob Robillard fashion I got WAY into this project before I remembered to take out my digital camera. We moved all the furniture out, ripped up the carpet and tack strips, put the cherry flooring in the middle of the floor and left for two weeks. Yesterday and [...]

Best Practices: Securing Crown Molding to Metal Studs

Image: installcrown.com Installing crown molding in commercial spaces often brings up the concern of steel studs. Steel studs seem to be the norm in more and more condos that we work in as well. Hand nailing crown molding into steel studs does not work and using an air gun makes for a very dangerous situation [...]

Preventing Freezing and Bursting Pipes

Image: pro.corbis.com/images This past cold spell was a bad one! My brother, a plumber, was out on emergency calls all weekend thawing out water pipes and repairing pipe bursts. I remember as a kid when we experienced extreme cold snaps my mother would open the kitchen sink cabinet doors to expose heat to the pipes [...]

Privacy Screen for Deck

How to Build A Cedar Privacy Screen The Privacy Screen for Deck installation went well and the client was pleased with the finished product. BEFORE PHOTO AFTER PHOTO After 1 hour of shoveling 14″ of snow, pouring hot water and chopping an inch of ice we finally made it down to the decking.  we build [...]

Installing Faux Wainscotting

The decorator wanted to dress up this dining room with a faux wainscoting look. Although my favorite is to build cope and stick wainscot ting with either a flat or raised floating panel, it was decided to use Anderson McQuaid band molding # 695 and apply it to the walls for the desired look. We [...]

Installing A Custom Door In A Niche

Last week Bill made the doors and face frame for this bathroom closet niche. Today was installation day. Bill is scribing the face frame around tile and to uneven walls. Raised panel doors; Shorter lower door and taller upper door. Face frame ready for scribe cutting. Upper section of face frame. Ceiling are 9′-0″. Small [...]

Gas fireplace Retrofit

Today we removed the gas insert and dismantles a few steel studs in order to slide some 2×4 nailers between them. Vertical and horizontal blocking was also added to accommodate nailing for the new mantel. 2×4 are visible in the two middle vertical steel studs. The raised platform that supported the old gas insert was [...]

HELPING KIDS WITH SEX AND TECHNOLOGY

Image: www.superstock.com 5 TIPS TO HELP PARENTS TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT SEX AND TECHNOLOGY Talk to your kids about what they are doing online and with texting. Its important for kids to understand that their messages or pictures they send over the Internet or their cell phones are not truly private or anonymous. The [...]