How To Remove A Tile Floor and Underlayment

By Robert Robillard

How To Remove Tile and Underlayment Plywood This article will focus on how to remove a tile floor and underlayment. Part of our remodeling project requires us to remove the tile floor and underlayment beneath it.  The tile floor needs to be removed so we can rework the plumbing drains for our new American Standard…

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Jobsite Dust Control

By Robert Robillard

A good jobsite dust control strategy is essential to keeping your customer or significant other happy throughout a DIY or remodeling project. Here’s a few tips to get you started:   1. In the work area, look for ways air to enters and leaves the room. This would include sealing off doors, windows, air vents…

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Remodel or Remuddle

By Robert Robillard

Remodeling Without a Conscience Remodel or Remuddle? Everyone knows what remodeling is but what is remuddle? Remuddling is to remodel a building or room in a way that obscures or destroys key aspects of the original design.   There’s a ton of stuff to read out there that portray the remodeling process as fun, glamorous…

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ZipDoor Kit

By Robert Robillard

How To Contain Remodeling Dust With The  Zip Door Kit As a remodeling contractor I learned early on that containing remodeling dust and keeping that dust out of the non-remodeled portion of your clients home is often more important than the quality of your work. It’s a fact that construction transports fine dust particles into…

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Nail Protection Plate

By Robert Robillard

Protect Plumbing Pipes With a Nail Stopping  Nail Protection Plate A nail protection plate helps prevent nails from piercing pipes and electrical lines after the plaster walls are installed and the finish trim is being applied.   Nail Protection Plates are typically installed over utilities that pass through framing members. Nail protection plates come in all…

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Carpentry and Remodeling Concord Ma

By Robert Robillard

Carpentry and Remodeling Concord, MA Start planning your deck now! Call the Concord Carpenter for your complete year round services: Finished basements Crown molding and built in bookcases Additions Remodeling Replacement doors & windows All aspects of carpentry Handyman services Call ~ 617-799-1971 This deck was added onto the existing 200 year old porch. The…

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Habitat For Humanity ReStore

By Robert Robillard

Keeping Building Materials Out Of The Land Fill When you’re a carpenter you get all sorts of questions and requests for favors: How do I fix this? Can I borrow one of your tools? Is your pick-up truck free on Saturday? One recent request really got my attention. A good friend asked if I would…

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Barrel Vault Ceiling

By Robert Robillard

Building A Barrel Vault Ceiling  A barrel vault is an architectural element that is known as far back as ancient Egypt, and was also used in Roman architecture.  A barrel vault ceiling is a curved ceiling formed by the extrusion of a single curve.  It is basically a series of curved rafters. The barrel vault pictured is…

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