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Check out what’s happening with Myers Constructs as well as the latest news and trends in home renovation.
Hey, West Coast!
Nice to meet you, if only by accident. Please share our contact info with your East Coast friends while we try to figure out why our direct-mail service has our mailings going to some of you there on the left coast.
Myers Constructs in the News
Look for articles featuring our projects in both Main Line Magazine and Philly Row Home on newsstands this month! We'll link to the stories when they're available online.
Renovation Diaries: Roxborough Art Studio
We’re in the middle of a really cool project for an artist couple in Roxborough: a his-and-hers art studio. When complete in Spring 2011, the interior finishes of this studio will make it feel very much like a work space. It will have plywood walls and floors, and simple heat and A/C, but lots and lots of great windows and skylights, big glazed doors, and a nice stucco exterior with a sunny yard and off-street parking. We will also retain many old features like the slate sidewalks. […]
Holiday Greetings from Myers Constructs
Wishing you and yours a holiday season filled with good times and warm memories. Thank you to all of our partners and customers who have supported our business this year. Best wishes for 2011! Image: Muffit
Oh Baby, It’s Cold Outside
With temps hovering in the 30s all week -- and it's not even officially winter yet! -- you may be noticing drafty windows and inefficiencies in your heating system. If your home needs to be more tightly buttoned up this season to stay cozy, give us a call. We can help you choose the right products and suppliers. Act quickly if you want to take advantage of tax rebates ending on 12/31/10. Image: Emery Way
Under Construction Now!
Now this is some impressive gingerbread construction! Image: REDPhotography
Making Your Holiday Home Improvement Checklist (and Checking It Twice!)
Image: john.schultz Most people spend their holiday season making all sorts of checklists, including those for shopping, baking, gift-giving, entertaining, and so on. What they often don’t realize is that this is also a great time of year to begin a home renovation or repairs “checklist” to plan for their home-improvement needs during the coming year. […]
How To; Plumb, Level, Square
Here is an example of one way to get an old rolling floor level. This is a kitchen we are doing in Queen Village, an area of South Philadelphia. It's in a very old 19th Century building, probably once a small factory, which was turned into a home in the 1970's. This is the new light cement product subfloor with imbedded electric radiant heat. It was just poured and as you can see its very wet still. Once set, we will install beautiful limestone tile on this surface. It will be nice and warm on the feet when it's done, and this heating system is very efficient! The old floor was out of level by 3+ inches on a few places. The boxes you see are just temporary protection for the HVAC outlets in the floor. These will be removed once the liquid floor leveling product sets.
Seen on Bells Mill Road This Morning….
The drivers were very courteous, and stopped to let the procession by:
Older Homes – More Energy Efficient Than You Think
Older homes tend to get a bad rap for being energy inefficient. The truth is, many older homes have built-in energy-efficient systems that a homeowner should learn to use and, if possible, enhance. Here are some fake rolex examples of what I mean: A stone or brick home with thick walls will retain heat in the winter and cool in the summer by way of its mass. Often, the older home will also have small windows on the third floor or attic. These are meant not only to allow light into the house, but also to allow hot air out in summer. Opening these small windows creates negative pressure inside the house, which then draws cool air from the basement. This is natural cooling at work. That’s because a basement’s mean temperature is between 60 and 70 degrees in summer. Utilizing this cooling air convection, combined with the[...]
