Kitchen cabinet installation was the site task last week at our Second Street addition and remodeling project. The owners selected maple cabinets for this project and they look wonderful. The cabinets have a panel door and fit into the home style very nicely. The depth and height of the cabinets was varied in some locations and a sol...
We recently started a kitchen remodel for a client on the east side of Northfield. The work is not as extensive as in many projects we undertake and does not involve any addition or expansion of the home. Because of that we have been able to move along fairly quickly.
Demolition always is the first task, a...
Interior trim work is well underway at our Second Street addition and remodeling project. The cabinets have all been installed and look wonderful. The clients selected a beautiful granite material for their countertops. The stone has many colors and looks warm and rich set against the cabinets.
The kitchen flooring is a...
While working on a kitchen remodeling project this week our workers came across some very interesting insulation. I’ve been doing construction work for 37 years and cannot remember seeing this type on any past projects.
The insulation is made out of newspapers. The papers are laid flat in staggered fashion. Then there i...
We have used a couple of new products on the kitchen remodeling project we are working on. The first one is a floor tile product called ...
Today we started work on a small addition to a home on the east side of Northfield. The work involves expanding the kitchen by about 4’ and creating a screen porch. It is a fairly compact project with all the work confined to the backyard.
Our work today involved removing the yard fence and excavating for the foundatio...
We wrapped up work on the kitchen remodeling project we have been working on. Our work dramatically changed the kitchen in this older home. The owners now have about three times as many cabinets as they had in the previous kitchen. One of the most notable benefits is the electrical work. They have new electrical receptacles, nice...
We’ve had good weather for our east side residential addition project. The foundation was installed quickly, water barriers installed, and the site backfilled and restored to grade. The carpenters have been busy framing the kitchen addition.
One of the tasks we had to do on this job was match the brick ve...
Our carpenters have made good progress on our east side remodeling project. The kitchen addition is framed in and work is moving along on the screen porch. This porch faces east into the backyard and will have wonderful early morning light. It will have a vaulted ceiling with full screens on all sides. The architect called for de...
Earlier this spring we remodeled a front porch for a client. It was a fairly simple job, but made the space much more useable for them. The south facing front porch was fully screened. They enjoyed sitting in the porch many evenings protected from bugs. However, they wanted to enjoy the porch a bit more into the cold weather. The...