Custom made console for pickup trucks      It has been a long time since I wanted to have a console in my pickup truck. I wanted it to fit between the driver seat and the passenger seat. As a contractor, and the owner of Shapira Builders, I carry few items in my truck such as, Writing pad, brochures, pencils, tape measure and more… In the past I used all kind of different containers I bought at Office Max. This console I designed and made...

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Building a custom wall unit in a bed room Building a custom wall unit in a bedroom My clients from Fountain Hills in Arizona found me on Google search They asked me to build a wall unit with cabinets in a the bottom. It is basically book shelves and bottom cabinet. The overall measurements are, eleven feet long, eight feet high and ten inches deep. They wanted the doors to look like bead-board Bead board comes in quarter of an inch thick. The...

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Refinishing wooden garage overhead door.   My client found me on his search using Google.    My client ask me to look at his wooden garage door and to give him a bid on refinishing the garage door. When I visited with my client I found out that his garage door was weathered for rain and direct sun. I gave him the bid and he gave me a go ahead and refinish his wooden garage overhead door.   The first step was applying deep penetrating oil based...

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Designing, building and installing a sleeping platform with two drawers.   My new client Kevin, found me on Angie’s List, He asked me to build a platform with two drawers so he and his wife could sleep in the SUV on the road. We talked about it and he showed me some pictures he found on the Internet. I told him it would be kinda short and I made a suggestion to build an extra piece to extend the platform. He said, with extra piece I will...

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Replacing a swing door with a pocket door My client Frank found my business on Google Search. He checked out my website and called me.   Frank wanted to remodel the master bathroom for an handicapped person. Part of it was, creating wider opening. The original door was twenty eight inched wide and he wonted it to be thirty two inches wide. He also wanted the new door to slide into the wall, also known as ‘pocket door’   Frank...

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Angie’s List member, review on Shapira Builders 9/26/2014   My Client posted a wonderful review on Shapira Builders work at his historic house in Phoenix AZ. Here is the review: First of all, Dov was very responsive to my call and came out immediately to inspect and quote on the work. He helped me order the correct doors for the job and then came out additional times to discuss cost saving options. I have a pre-1940 home in one of the...

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