Hall bath Over Haul (Major Home Project Part 2)

Author: Ron Houck, Jr.

This was a small aspect of a much larger job (see previous post). Here were just changing out the old vanity and vanity base with new, as with the faucet. We were also adding some mini-can lights. Below is the original vanity, cabinet, and faucet. You cant see the lights but they were the classic 70's dangling lights (the kind on a chain that hang strait down).










Here is a photo of the new Starmark Cabinets, with a Carston Cultured marble top and a Moen faucet. If you look closely you can see the new oak base board we installed as well.



The homeowner is having another contractor come in and install new wall paper. Once that is done i hope to post finished photos.

A Major Home Project

Author: Ron Houck, Jr.

One of our recent jobs was of a fairly substantial size. The homeowner wanted their master bathroom shower replaced, a new tile floor installed, new lighting, new vanity and cabinetry, new hardware, towel bars, paper holders installed and all new faucets in the bathroom and shower area. They also wanted their original dark brown stained hollow core doors changed out with stained, solid core, 6 panel oak doors (9 hinged and one new pocket). Lastly in the Master bathroom they also wanted the lighting updated; new recessed lighting over the vanity, new quiet fans in the shower area and a new can light. In addition to this they also wanted all the base board in the master bedroom, bathroom, hallways, and hall bath changed out with stained oak Colonial base with a shoe molding. The also wanted the hall bath to get a face-lift as well. In there we installed a new Carson marble vanity top, a Starmark Cabinetry base, a new Moen faucet and new base board.

We had estimated that the job would take about 3 weeks, we were able to finish it in just under the estimated time frame. Below are some before and afters.



This is a before and after of the shower. We installed a new Carston Marble shower unit with a brushed nickle shower door.



These are the old vs. new cabinetry and top.




Here are a few of the doors and such:




Here are a few more of the shower, faucet, and lighting:

A New Fence

Author: Ron Houck, Jr.

A fence can do a lot for a yard. In this case it not only adds to the look of the home but hides the eye-sore of neighbors who don't take care of their yard. For the fence we used a standard vinyl fence (available at any home building center). We set the vinyl posts of treated 4*4 set in concrete. The fence sections are held in place by a proprietary clip system that comes with the fence. It is a low (if not "no") maintenance fence. They don't need painted and the panels wont rot out so there should be no need to replace any of them (expect for damage done by a storm), The only thing the homeowner may want to do each year is wash it off with a garden hose (then again you might just let the rain do that).