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Damage From Carpenter Ants I must admit, I have made a lot of money from carpenter ants and have even been accused of harboring a carpenter ant farm at home, just kidding! As Carpenter ant colonies grow they expand outward, producing what are called satellite colonies. Satellite colonies eventually mature into hundreds of ant…
Old School Lathe and Plaster Repair “Preparation When Painting Is Everything!!” . . . . . says my friend and fellow craftsman Mark O’Lalor of O’Lalor Painting Company. Mark is today’s guest blog writer. The photo below shows interior water damage as a result of a leak in the chimney flashing. Rob detailed the repair…
Improper Flashing Can Cause Structural Damage In the picture above all appears normal…. right? We thought so too and were going to replace a few clapboards that had unpleasant looking clapboard butt joints that were too close to the front door and aesthetically unpleasing to the owner. Flashing exterior light fixtures is often overlooked. The…
First US Tsunami-Resistant Shelter A conceptual illustration of a proposed new Cannon Beach City Hall that would be elevated above all but the largest potential tsunamis and could serve as an evacuation shelter for residents who do not have time to reach higher ground. Jay Raskin, president of Ecola…
Where do you get your home design ideas? This Home Design guest post was written by my friend and architect Dan Broggi. Dan is the Director of Design at db2ARCHitecture based out of Wakefield, Massachusetts. While Rob recuperates from his surgery, he asked if I could write a blog post from an…
Making A Gate Using Recycled Materials The dog gate at the top of this deck was a fun project and allowed me to utilize left over Cedar and Mahogany materials. The gate frame was made out of stained green mahogany 2×4’s that were left over from a screen porch job. I used my jointer to…
Installing Faux Wainscoting with Moldings Wainscoting whether it is the real cope and panel or applied molding- faux version always seems to dress up a room with class. Recently a decorator asked us to dress up this dining room [photo below] with a faux wainscoting look. Although my favorite is to build cope and stick…
Swinging Hinge Door On this project I was tasked with installing a swinging butler door. We had to change out a 6-panel solid wood swinging “Butlers Door” with a 15-lite [15 panes of glass] door. A “Butler Hinge” is also called a “Swinging Door Hinge,” and a “Double Acting Floor Hinge.” It is a floor…
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