Friday, March 6, 2020

Raising the Kitchen Floor

The kitchen floor was a little saggy.  Even after replacing a rotten sub floor, we've installed new joists to raise and support the sagging kitchen floor.  We used a jack to raise the floor and now the floor is level.




No More Cast Iron


It's official, we're now 100% iron-deficient.  All cast iron have been removed from this 100 year-old house.  Everything has been replaced by copper and PVC - they're easy to repair and not subject to corrosion. 




Monday, October 21, 2019

Atlantic St Electrical & PlumbingUnd

New Plumbing with Garbage Disposal

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Lebaum St Basement




We installed 12 inch tile as baseboard to keep the water out. We did it on both sides of the wall and used green board and reinforced with pressured treated 2x4s

Friday, October 11, 2019

Atlantic St Bathroom WaterProofing

 We re-grouted and siliconed the shower. Then we installed ceramic tile basement next to the bath tub. This will keep water from leaking down into the ceiling


Regrouted and siliconed 
New Shower Faucet and Diverter



Finally we replaced the P-Trap under the bathroom sink

This is the first ti

Sunday, October 6, 2019

Atlantic St Rusty Steel Pipes and Cut Joist



1. Shower faucet replacement $375 (labor only) 

2. Steel pipe replacement and add new cooper water line $475 (labor only)

3. Replace 2 inches drain line, replace bathtub pvc trap $975 (labor only)

4. Regrout and silicone shower: 600

We also had to install a new Joist for $700.  Someone had completely cut the old one when they installed it


This doesn't include any drywall repairs.


Here's what it looks like AFTER:










Saturday, October 5, 2019