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Signs of an Organized Worksite
Chris, one of our lead carpenters, is temporarily off this job site, where we are renovating a few bathrooms. We have to wait a few days for glass and stone to be delivered, and I was on site today to meet the templaters from these two suppliers while Chris was on a small window replacement project in town. I wanted to share with you what an organized job site looks like: The job site is left clean. […]
Something Old, Something New… Something Blue
We are completing a renovation project consisting of three older bathrooms in this 1920’s Mount Airy Stone Twin. We installed this Forbo Marmoleum sheet goods floor in the powder room and the third-floor bathrooms. The color is #3182 Lapponia. Marmoleum linoleum is a green product that's been around a long, long time! It has a jute backing, and the sheeting is made from linseed oil, cork and sawdust plus coloring. The color goes all the way through, so it will wear a long time. The linseed oil oxidizes, which means this flooring repels germs! I used to do oil painting restoration, and oxidized linseed oil was one of the hardest substances we ran into. You can see that we salvaged the original nickel and glass towel bars, too! The bars are made of 1-inch round glass rods.
Guys, Gadgetry, Home Efficiency and the Bottom Line
A landscaper friend recently told me that, “When it comes to landscaping, the husband ALWAYS controls decisions about the lawn.” In remodeling, we have a parallel example. From our experience, gadgets are usually the domain of the man of the house. TVs = man domain. I have a male friend who has a 6′ plasma TV in the living room, a huge speedboat, and a black Hummer that usually has a beer in the cupholder. His idea of “decorating,” God love him, is a TV in every room. Audio-visual gadgets = man stuff. The guys love these electrical, blinking gizmos. “Strap on green gadgets” like solar cells and geothermal heating systems = “green” man goodies. […]
Making Home Renovations Sing
A great renovation project is like an orchestra concert. It is a connected series of activities performed by a skilled team working in unison — not a haphazard series of tasks performed by individual players. And the best results happen when all members of the team know a good deal about what the other members are doing. First and foremost, the designer of a project needs to understand the jobs of the carpenters, painters and other subcontractors to know where to put the framing in a room to get the proper finish at the end of the job. For example, a room framed to be 6′ long instead of 6′ 3″ might not give the best tile or cabinet layouts. So the designer should work with the room and product sizes to get the best results for the finished materials. […]
New Construction Pollutes!
This blog post was in Boing Boing on Monday: bricks pollute If each brick releases 1.4 pounds of carbon when it's made, and Philadelphia is a city made of bricks, how many pounds of carbon were released to make the average Philadelphia row house? A typical Philly row house is 16 feet wide and about 35 feet deep. Our "test" row house is 3 stories tall. Whoever comes up with the right answer by June 1, 2010 will win an Official Myers Constructs Inc. Staffer T shirt. Remember, renovating an existing row house vs. building a new one will save "X" tons of carbon! It's GREEN to renovate. New construction pollutes!
Johnny Cupcakes Showin’ How Sexy, Fun, Nice Philly Is!
This is a great video of Johnny Cupcakes visiting Philadelphia. The city looks amazing and the people here, as you can see, are really nice. Great to see young business people making good happen, especially in our town. These folks are having some good clean fun, and sharing their positive energy. Thanks Johnny! Johnny Cupcakes
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