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BEFORE (photo above)
Customer wanted to remove carpet, and refinish hardwood floor underneath. In previous remuddle, step was built with wafer board, and covered with carpet. This all had to be torn out, and I built a custom round oak step with riser above and below, as well as adding to oak hardwood floor above top riser, to give proper look. Foyer on right was completely demolished down to foundation and footing. Entire front foyer was sinking, because previous remuddle added all this to a thin concrete patio that was below the concrete foyer above! The foyer was then framed normally, after stabilizing, front wall was replaced, closet replaced, and foyer tiled, and custom oak trim added for a finished look. See third pic down.
Hardwood Professional came in, sanded the old hardwood floor, and refinished old floor, and finished all my new custom oak work. He commented to customer that the round step and details looked like "beautiful artwork", and I appreciated that. Notice how old and new stain and finish matches perfectly. He was the artist on that.
Customer and interior designer did a wonderful job in picking colors, tile, wallcoverings, paint colors and accents in this job. I believe this is the best looking remodel I have ever been involved in. Customer was wonderful to work with, and that made the difference in finished results.
Interior designer suggested arch wall with columns below. I designed the wall and the custom columns, taking design ideas from era home was built in, and interior trim details in home. Everything was drawn out or temporarily set up for approval by customer. Her suggestions made the difference in end result. Very few changes were made, but the teamwork approach paid off in the end. Old hardwood floor in this previous hallway had to be replaced, and hvac vent and electrical all moved and re-installed. It all worked out the best.
The picture says it all. Wow. Kudos to homeowner!
Chimmney leaked inside the home for 20 years. Numerous caulk and patch jobs were done, with temporary success. At some point in the past, roofers neglected to replace chimmney flashing properly. We removed everything down to the sheathing, and covered the cricket with galvanized metal, with soldered seams. Proper flashing around the chimmney is more important than the new roof you put on. If it is not replaced and flashed correctly, you will have leaks. At this writing, it has been about three years, and no leaks. There is no substitute for experience, period.
If your porch needs repaired, I can take care of it for you. Columns, railing, floor, steps, roof, whatever you need. Careful work in restoring a porch to it's original design will add value to your home.
Here I am replacing window sills under manufacturer warranty. The PVC cladding has warped, and manufacturer replaced the sills. There were twelve windows to repair. The windows could not be removed from the opening, and had to be repaired in place. All manufacturer guidelines were followed. When finished, the windows were as new.
Custom basement storage shelving and pegboard for sports equipment. Made to fit the space exactly, and according to customer's design ideas. She had great ideas, and it worked out perfectly!
Custom basement shelving, that was fastened with concrete fasteners and nailers to the basement wall. These shelves will hold a lot of weight, and are sized according to the wishes of the customer for big boxes and bags.
Custom sized fishing rod holder. Just put a slight angle on the center board...for details call me, I will tell you how to make it yourself.
BEFORE Customer had beautiful oak steps, especially nice finish. He wanted me to install a balustrade here and on a balcony.
AFTER Customer picked out beautiful fluted box newel posts and wonderful balusters. The 15 foot long balcony turned out just as beautiful.
BEFORE The window in this opening was almost rotted away. I removed it and was able to save most of the arched frame. I ordered an aluminum framed window that would fit into the middle, as per the customer's wishes. Next picture shows the finished product.
AFTER Fitting all this together was interesting. I maintained the thickness of a window, and the style, inside and out for a very nice custom look, that goes with the rest of the windows and style of house. The curved pieces of glass at sides and top were bedded in just as in a window frame for a solid installation. Matching paint inside and out completed the job. Customer was thrilled. Her design worked great!
Nine year old addition on beautiful Victorian home has leaked right on to the kitchen counter for several years. Various roofers, handymen, siding guys have all tried to fix the leak. Caulking and other solutions failed. Customer was convinced by two professionals that the water was coming in the twin window sill, that showed some rot. Customer decided to have me replace the window sill. The best way to replace a window sill is to take the window out of the opening, and custom make an identical sill, and replace it, taking great care to reinstall for maximum weatherproofing Most people faint when I tell them I am going to take the window out of the wall. However, if you are careful, you can take one out, and put it back, and no one can tell that it has been removed. You have to be careful to cut everything loose inside and out for this to happen. I set up scaffolding for this window removal for safety, and for a better job. You can't do a real good job on a ladder for something like this. After the scaffolding was set up, the siding had to come off, of course. I noticed something odd, and set my step ladder up by the short length of gutter you see on the left. I discovered that in building the addition, someone had simply run the gutter directly into the wall sheathing, without allowing room for any siding or siding insulation. Also, no one bothered to see if the old gutter drained to the downspout. It did not. The slope was toward the house. A large pine tree directly above contributed pine needles in abundance to the gutter, so that when it rained enough, the gutter would overflow onto the wall sheathing, and into the wall cavity, and down into the kitchen onto the counter! Lots of small errors, adding up to an expensive repair. If you look below the gutter, you can see the water stain on the wafer board wall sheathing, running down the wall.
I had some old thick copper roofing metal, that I cut an arch out of, and used brass screws to fasten a piece on either side of the rail. It makes the rail strong, and gives it a nice look. It was weathered to a nice "leather" patina.
Here is a typical window installation job that I do. These particular windows are Simonton vinyl windows, with custom grill to match the original windows in home. Matching aluminum trim metal was bent to go all around the window, covering up all the trim, so that homeowner does not have to paint anything. These windows are insulated glass, with low-e coating, and have a full screen. I installed 10 windows in this house, and customer simply loves them!
I replaced an exterior door unit, with sidelights and half-round window on top. This installation went into a wall with the "fake stucco" on it. The official name is EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finish System). This system is actually an elastomeric finish on white stryrofoam. It is kinda like real heavy textured paint on foam...more or less. All openings are to be flashed in a special way. These were not done in that special way, and were deteriorating. One solution is to use "sanded" caulking around the edge of the window or door, to simulate the texture. You can trowel the caulk, or brush it, to match the design given by the original applicator. When you are done, you cannot tell where the old ends and the new starts. Look at pic below for example.
After this dried, exterior paint was matched to old, faded, finish, and repainted. It looked like original installation...well, maybe better.
This space was not being used for anything, so homeowner wanted custom built-in shelving installed here. This was part of a finished basement remodel.
Basement remodel called for a cedar closet. We used 4x8x1/4 inch thick aromatic cedar flake board. We cut 2x2 pieces for the suspended ceiling above, and installed an exterior weatherstrip kit to door to keep smell in the closet, and not in the living area.
When you finish or remodel a basement area, the possiblilities are endless! More closet space, office space, computer room, cedar closet, another bathroom, wow!
Round oak steps on a square corner. I used a lot of tools on this project.
If you have the room, why not add a french door unit to your bedroom? This customer did, and my, it was very nice, indeed. Crown moulding and special trim look great. Notice the medallion over the door...cool.
This window was installed, but trimmed and flashed improperly, and the siding did not meet the window on all sides. A lot of people do not realize you can still order the old 6 inch bevel cedar siding, used on a LOT of older homes in this area. So, I ordered some, and flashed and trimmed and replaced siding for a "restoration" look with a new window.
I don't know how long the old yellow pine steps and risers had been used to go upstairs at the Clinton Daily Democrat, do you? A long time. I recently replaced all the steps and risers with good, solid, oak 5/4 treads and risers. Every single tread was cut a different length, due to the brick common wall on one side and plastered wall on the other. When I removed the old treads and risers, we could examine the old common brick wall, and it was in really good shape. I did not see any damage at all where we were working. I used screws and glue on every joint, drilled and filled with wood plugs. Now the complaint from the Democrat staff downstairs is that they can't tell when people are coming down or going up like they used to...especially visiting children!
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