Enlarged kitchen refrigerator recess
Enlarged kitchen refrigerator recess My client and my friend Richard M. had planed to buy a new refrigerator. The one that he and his wife liked was a bit larger than the existing one in their kitchen. The task was to make the wall (made with wood studs and drywall) on the right side thinner by half an inch and to make the cabinet above the fridge smaller by two inches. Meanings, make the cabinet less high. The job: 1. I removed the half an inch drywall and replaced it with eight of an inch plywood. 2. Remove the upper cabinet, remove the...
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Angie’s List member posted a review on Shapira Builders 2/04/ 2014 Below is the review in my customer own words: Replaced an old door and hardware with a new door and new hardware; install new inside/outside door trim — adjust security screen door as it was out of alignment. Member Comments: Mr. Shapiro does excellent work in a timely manner. When I called, I received back an immediate response. This is very important to me as it indicates the customer is important. We worked out details in the proposal and changed several...
read moreReplacing windows with Anderson Doors.
Installation of Anderson Doors for J.C. Barrett Contracting My long time friend John Barrett of J.C. Barrett Contracting Hires me from time to time to install doors. This time on January 2014, Mr. Barrett hired me to install Anderson Doors. The doors were installed as a replacement of windows. These Anderson doors are constructed with clear hard pine and aluminum clad on the exterior side. The dark color of the aluminum is not paint but anodized aluminum. Anodizing is an electrolytic passivization process used to increase the...
read moreReplacement of twenty interior doors with new Shaker style doors
This is a new report from Angie’s List member on Shapira Builders. January sixth 2014 Me and my helper replaced twenty interior doors at a home in the Cave Creek town, Arizona. The Job: Removing all the hollow core interior doors and hanging 20 new solid core, Shaker stile doors on the existing jambs. Fitting a door on existing jamb means, cutting the length of the door, planing the width, boring for the door handle and touting for the hinges. Below is the report at Angie’s List by my client in his own words: ...
read moreReplacing a four by eight feet door with a new one.
My new customer from Angie’s List reporting on Shapira Builders, January 11th 2014 As my phone rings once or twice a day now days with a new potential customer who found me on Angie’s List, makes me so grateful for that. Mr. Waggoner just posted a new review as Angie’s List member on Shapira Builders. When I came to his house he showed me the front door, it looked like it’s going to fall apart any time. The door was four feet wide and eight feet tall. A big one. My client wanted to have a new door with same...
read moreReplacement of two matching back doors.
Replacement of two matching back doors. An Angie’s List customer called me, She needed to replace two back doors. One is an active door, the other one is fixed in place as a window or sidelight. She had French wood doors and they were in very bad shape. She asked me to replace both of them with fiberglass skin doors with mini blinds between the dual panes of safety glass. I gave her a price for the doors and the installation. I hung the doors in the existing frames, The frames needed some adjustments as well. In the images you can...
read moreRefinishing oak entry with double doors and transom
A refinishing job of double oak doors and a transom in the city of Phoenix, AZ. My old client referred me to a new client to perform a refinishing job. The doors are ten feet high, and so is the transom, twenty feet height of entry system. You can see in the image, before and after the refinishing was done. This job required scaffolding and three days of labor of two men. Including: Sanding, stain and two coats of finish. The job was done to the satisfactory of my new client. Shapira Builders always gives free estimates....
read moreReplacing broken back doors with stained knotty alder doors.
My clients found me on Angie’s List and asked me to advice them on replacing the broken doors by robbers. When I came to their house I found out that one door was totally fixed in the jamb as a side light and one swinging door with broken glass. My clients asked me if I could remove both doors and use the existing jamb. They did not want to have too much mess that comes along with the demolition, they did not want to deal with stucco and drywall repair. After carefully measuring the width, side to side and floor to the top of the...
read moreSoss Hinges for doors and windows.
Soss Hinges for doors and windows. Soss hingers were designed by Joseph Soss to be invisible / concealed. In the pictures you can see my own work using Soss hinges. A custom window was built from scratch using solid clear pine, frosted safety glass and Soss hinges. The door is solid core, separating between a hallway and a living room. The idea of my client was to make the door as little noticeable as possible . I beveled the door jamb and used Paper tape, glue and drywall mud to hide the gap between the jamb and the wall and...
read moreModification of pre-hung double French door with mini blinds
Modification of pre-hung double French door with mini blinds. My client Carol Burch asked me to replace her patio sliding doors with French doors. She wanted the left door to be totally stationary as a sidelight and the right hand door to fold against the stationary sidelight. I suggested her metal doors with mini blinds. The mini blinds are between two panes of safety glasses. The mini blind will never need to be cleaned. I made a sketch for her and she approved it. The rough opening for patio sliding doors is 80 inches high. To built a...
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