Fireplaces used to heat our homes and cook our food but today, fireplaces are more about creating an environment for relaxing at home. Strangely fireplaces aren't very good at heating a house because most of the heat goes up the flue, and draws more of your furnace heated air up the flue …
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Roofs, Umbrellas & Staying Dry
Repairing a roof is important because your home's roof acts like an umbrella. You grab an umbrella when it's raining, or maybe you keep one in the car? You rarely think about your roof until it's raining, snowing, the leaves are collecting in the gutters ... or you suddenly find you've got a leak …
Stairs: Replacing Carpeting with Wood
Replacing carpeting on stairs is simple unless you've got unusual tread shapes. With several pie shaped treads at the bottom of these stairs, we decided to have them made locally versus relying on the manufacturer's supplier, just in case we ran into further problems. Luckily everything worked out …
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Custom Window Seats & Extra Storage Space
This kitchen window seat was a winner, adding seating and storage for over sized kitchen pots. The homeowner originally wanted to add a matching kitchen cabinet with open shelving on the angled sides. We looked at the framing required around the cabinet to support the weight of 2 or 3 people …
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Bathroom Remodel Means Lots of Decisions!
Updating a bathroom can be as simple as a new coat of paint and coordinated towels to gutting the bathroom and starting from scratch, or anything in between. A common problem when remodeling a bathroom is running over budget because you start out planning to change just a few features and then you …
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Bathroom Tile: Chair Rail, Below & Above Rail
It's easy to "say" you want to remodel your bathroom but understand it's a lot of work, even if you're only responsible for all the design and product decisions. With a bathroom remodel you might want a tile floor and maybe tile walls? Maybe it's time to update the shower and/or bathtub and there …
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