Posts Tagged ‘renovation’
How to decide on a great porch swing.
Before buying a wooden porch swing, it’s important to make sure that the swing you are buying meets a number of important criteria. Here is a list of what you should look for in a swing, along with some reasons why it’s important.
Hand Made - A hand made swing is certainly a must when buying a porch swing. This is because each piece is individually crafted, ensuring better cuts and a smoother finish.
Cypress - Cypress has been called the “eternal wood” because of its ability to stand up to the elements. A cypress swing is as durable as teak, while being as little as one-tenth the price! Don’t buy a swing made from exotic woods only to watch it rot on your porch.
Size - Be sure that the porch swing you choose is the correct size to fit on your porch, and to fit the number of people you expect to be swinging on it.
Accessories - Would you like your swing to have a cup holder? An interesting question, perhaps, but certainly something to think about. What will you want with you while on your porch swing? Keep that in mind when looking at what’s available.
The Porch Swings I Love Most
Of course, I have a very strong preference in porch swings. There is one particular artisan who builds beautiful, durable porch swings from Cypress. His name is Ted Leger (pronounced Lay-shay), and he’s based in Louisiana (where a lot of cypress trees grow). All of his swings are hand made, and he can ship anywhere in the USA.
I strongly recommend you view the variety of wooden porch swings he has available.
Tags: home improvement, leisure, purchase, renovation, shopping
Family-Friendly Construction Contractor in Detroit Area.
On my Construction Company web pages we show a diverse amount of different types of construction and home repair and maintenance. We have been around on the internet for 12 years.
On the Oakbridge Construction Inc. main page we show most of the main types of construction available to be done inside the home. That would include (but not limited to) Finished basements also known in other parts of the country as Basement Remodeling. We have many pictures of basement jobs. As a matter of fact we have just completed out 148th finished basement. On this page we have movies of finished basements in various stages of construction. We were using movies on web pages since before there was a Google. We also have Room addition pictures and information. We also have kitchen remodeling pictures in the kitchen section section. Click Here: Finished Basement Michigan
Our next web page is based on Basement Waterproofing here in the Detroit area. We have boosted up our waterproofing operations quite a bit since the Auto Business recession slowed down the remodeling business. Basement waterproofing includes the hollow cinder block construction. It also includes the poured wall construction where leaky cracks and rod holes are common. We also handle the perimeter drainage systems. We also do repairs to flooded basements caused by waterproofing issues, plumbing issues, water back-up issues and other issues.
That address is at: Basement Waterproofing Michigan
The last page is based on our Crawl Space repairs experience. This is hard to take pictures of so there won’t be any pictures soon. It explains that waterproofing is needed first followed by I-beam repairs followed by rotten wood repairs followed by a plastic encapsulation to keep the moisture down.
Click Here: Crawl Space Moisture
Thanks.
Bob
Tags: home improvement, kitchen, renovation, repair
Finding Kitchen Worktops In Bristol
My wonderful wife and I moved to Bristol, UK over seven years ago now. They say a journey of 1000 miles begins with just one step and this was ours. Bristol is a wonderful city and it has been good to us so far. We worked hard and bought our first house a couple of years after the big move.
We bought the house not only for a place to live but also as an investment and there was a lot of work to do. We plodded away getting the work done as and when we could in between working our day jobs. It was tough going but we were motivated being aware of the fact that there was good profit to be made renovating houses and selling them on.
It took us a lot longer than we anticipated though!
There was no kitchen to speak of, the bathroom was seriously outdated and every single room needed stripping out completely and bringing back to life to make the whole experience of the house more modern. It was very enjoyable doing all this work on our own house. We felt free.
Looking back it’s strange to think the jobs which seemed the worst were actually nowhere near as bad as we thought they would be and the jobs which we thought would be a breeze turned out to be the real headaches.
I thought nothing of fitting a new kitchen seeing as I am trained as a carpenter. The kitchen was one of the worst jobs of all!
Strange though it may seem one of the hardest things was finding kitchen worktops in Bristol. You would think in a big city such as this it would not be hard to find good kitchen worktops. Think again!
Maybe our timing was just out but nearly every supplier we contacted didn’t have what we were looking for. In the end we actually had to source our specific worktops from Italy!
I’m glad we did though because they were absolutely amazing worktops. I firmly believe that holding out for these high-quality worktops added a substantial amount to our final selling price which saw us making 100 percent profit on the sale.
Good times!
Tags: kitchen, renovation