Screen Porch Rot Repair

By Robert Robillard

The last part of this project involved screen porch rot repair.  This screen porch door jamb was to far gone.  As a result of rot I chose to replace the entire door jamb with 2 by cedar material. There was also structural rot in the support post framing and trim.   See small patch between…

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Remodeling A Bathroom Shower

By Robert Robillard

Preparing A Shower For Tile When folks decide to remodel a bathroom they get excited about choosing fixtures, tiles, glass walls and surrounds, radiant floor heat and colors.  What most folk don’t think about is water proofing their shower. There are several great systems to choose from in order to water proof your shower.   This…

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How To Design And Plan A New Bathroom

By Robert Robillard

Designing Your Bathroom As a remodeling contractor bathroom remodeling projects are high on my request list. Before you get started in any project you need a bathroom remodeling plan and then you need to consider three remodeling elements; Type Style Finish Types Of Bathrooms: The three basic types of bathrooms are: Master bathroom [luxury] Family…

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Bathroom Plumbing Disconnect – The Easy Way

By Robert Robillard

Plumbing Disconnect You’re remodeling your bathroom and are finally ready to replace the old chipped vanity and dull and worn out shower surround.    You want to demo the bathroom yourself to save money but your nervous of the live water pipes in the wall. Don’t be – here’s a simple approach to performing a plumbing disconnect…

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Black And Decker 36V Lithium Ion Sweeper Vacuum

By Robert Robillard

Black And Decker Cordless Sweeper Vacuum Model – LSWV36 At a price of  $149.99 the powerful Black And Decker 36V Lithium Ion Sweeper Vacuum i just what the doctor ordered for DIY and yard work projects. I’ve been using my Sweeper Vac for a month now and the Lithium- ion rechargeable battery powers this vac a long, long time. A Variable…

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Bathroom Remodeling Strategies – My Top 3

By Robert Robillard

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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How To Install A Bathroom Fan

By Robert Robillard

Swapping Out A Bathroom Fan While are remodeling this bathroom we decided to change out the 23 year old existing exhaust fan with a new, properly sized Panasonic WhisperCeiling exhaust fan.  We felt the existing fan was too noisy and not large enough to handle the bathroom size.  After measuring the room and using the bathroom…

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Firewood Shed

By Robert Robillard

Building A Firewood Storage Shed This article is about building a firewood shed.  This morning was was cool and a perfect morning to install the roofing. I installed a rubberized membrane [ice and water shield] on the roof sheathing as a redundancy layer under the shingles. This membrane runs up the side wall of the…

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