November 28, 2011 – 8:04 am
Last week we started work on a West Side Northfield porch expansion. The work involved demolition of the existing small front porch on the home. We salvaged several items, including the porch columns, for reusing in the new porch. The new porch will have a full basement underneath it. This is being done to get [...]
November 21, 2011 – 9:08 am
Our ‘up north’ lake cabin project is winding down now. The painters have been busy the past two weeks on site completing their work. They have done a beautiful job matching the wood colors. The lake side room received true half log interior as well as half log trims around the windows and doors. The [...]
November 15, 2011 – 8:28 am
Last week we started an exterior home improvement project for a client on Northfield’s east side. The work involves removing the existing siding and windows and installing new house wrap protection membrane, windows, siding, soffits, fasicas and trims. When we are done with out work the owners will have a very low maintenance exterior for their [...]
November 11, 2011 – 2:56 pm
Our carpenters are replacing a large window unit and an exterior door for a client. Both were custom orders, with the window from Marvin Windows and the door from Taylor Door. The window fit nicely and will look great when it is trimmed out on the interior and exterior. This is an older home where [...]
November 8, 2011 – 3:09 pm
We have just about finished our work on our East side renovation project. The new windows and the patio door have been installed and look very nice. We used some Marvin units which match the existing windows on the house well. We retained the existing windows in the sunroom. The new electric service has been installed [...]
October 11, 2011 – 2:07 pm
We moved on to the building portion of our East side Northfield renovation project. The first task was to remove all the trims and save them for reuse. We then removed the finish wall and ceiling surfaces, and the little bit of insulation that was in used. One of the main focuses of this project [...]
October 4, 2011 – 5:28 am
We started work on a small residential remodeling project on the East side of Northfield last week. It involves removing the existing driveway, patio and related surfaces and installing new surfaces. With the fall weather—and all the falling leaves— on its way I wanted to get the exterior concrete work completed right away so it could [...]
September 29, 2011 – 9:40 am
Yesterday I drove a load of materials to our work site near Carlton County, MN. I then loaded up equipment that was no longer needed on site to bring back to Northfield. It was an absolutely beautiful day when I arrived at the site…75 degrees, light breeze and blue skies. Our carpenters said he has been [...]
September 26, 2011 – 8:30 am
Today we have the final inspection for our whole house remodeling project. Very shortly the owners will move in an occupy their ‘new’ house. This has been a fun project. We worked with an architect to remedy some of the issues the clients wanted to correct, including installing an entirely new stairway to the lower [...]
September 20, 2011 – 2:28 pm
Last week we helped out a client that had some deterioration at their front entry area. The entry has wood joists with basement underneath so we could see that water had penetrated the quarry tile floor. I was fairly sure there was no waterproof membrane under the mortar setting bed of the tile. Without a [...]
