Refurbishing a bathroom. I bought a tree bedrooms, two bathroom house ten years ago when I got divorced. The shower area was in bad shape. The shower three wall were plastic laminated thin sheets that were glued to the drywall. The joints everywhere had mildew, the bottom pan was plastic as well. After living there for some time, I couldn’t stand it anymore. I was fighting the mildew with chlorine. I decided to tear it apart and...
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Shapira Builders introducing a new line of exotic doors. The doors are made of different wood species. Doors are an inch and three quarter thick and well constructed. Stain color and shades are subjected to your personal taste. Matching jambs and trim is available as well as sidelights. Most of the doors are available in 6’8″ and 8’0″ high. Width, 30″ 32″ 36″. Doors are the focal point of the house....
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Designing and installing French doors in an open archway. My client found me on Angie’s List , She got tiered of having her office at her home with an open archway. She asked me if I could fit double French doors in the archway. I made a sketch for her including a beam above the doors to square it off the opening . In the opening above the doors I suggested glass. Since my client has very dark furniture in her office she chose a very dark...
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Mesquite double doors Mesquite wood doors Mesquite tree is a leguminous plant grows in the desert. It grows in different parts of the world. Most mesquite trees grow up to 30 feet tall. Like most desert trees the wood is dense therefor very hard and heavy. Mesquite is not commonly used for lumber. These trees do not make big enough trunks to become commercially useful. However, a small door maker in Tucson AZ. made some custom doors from...
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Interior French doors. My client Dona Duncan call me in September 2012. She asked me to give her an estimate on installing French doors between the hallway and her office. There were no doors there, just an archway of five feet wide by seven feet high opening. After I purchased the two doors and the lumber, It’s time to make a precise drawings. From here I cut all the components to create the jamb, make notches for the hinges on the jamb...
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