Drummond Rd. Doors and Trim

This was a job that a woman, Andrea, inquired to me about last year. I did finally get back to her and it lead to a new door in her home, as well as a new storm door and some trim work in her kitchen, dining area and living room. The entry way door was a steel, insulated, half glass left in-swing entry way door, and had it not been for the tile being put it after the old door was installed kinda funky, the door would have adjusted more smoothly. The storm door was an Anderson 3000 series recoiling screen door, which is a technical way of putting it has a pull down screen. It was nice smooth install! Check out the photos and video!

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Lloyd St. Flooring

This flooring job was a new one for me, click-lock solid Bamboo 5-1/8" wide flooring. The two types of install were glue or nails, I chose nails, that only made it a bit more challenging to get the lock in the click lock boards. I also used a multi-tool to cope the flooring underneath the door trim and then just jig saw to do the door jam patters. Lastly, since the home had quarter round installed in other rooms, the homeowner and I agreed to use more to hide the expansion gap in their dining room and living room.

Begging 

90 % finished

100 % finished

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Dalton St. Garage, Waterville, ME (Completed Jan 18th, 2014)

This couple came to me with a request by reference of another friend of mine. They wanted a quote on how much a garage would cost them to have me build. I gave them a cheaper estimate than I should of because I was eager to jump into a new build so in hindsight the only thing I would change about this job is the time of year I chose to build it! Day 1 of this job began on December 2nd and the plans are a building 22'-20', 2"x 6" for studs, 16" on center, to allow for a more insulation. I chose balloon style framing over platform style framing because it saved on materials and labor. I also promoted a hemlock 1"x 6" sub flooring as a plywood alternative for the second level, it saved a little bit of the cost but compared to the time it took to install it, it is hard to decide what was a best decision financially. Building in December meant I got frozen wood, so my time doubled installing that material just getting the ice off. As for everything else it has gone accordingly, 1/2 CDX plywood OSB on the sides and 7/16 CDX plywood OSB on the roof. I am building it as if the garage was built at the same time as the home. My mission when I began was to make it seem as though it was always there, the garage next to the house. If i keep that in mind most of my work comes out looking alright. So i have a 1'-0 overhang going around the building, the fly rafter was a first for me and so far so good! It looks good. I installed a 7'-16' ft Wayne Dalton torsion spring garage door, fully insulated. That was my first time installing a torsion spring door. I will never recommend another door after that. The massive door is effortless to lift with torsion springs like those to carry it. I also chose to do a cross-brace bridging between the 2"-12"-20' joists. Something i had never done and it came out great! It easy to wire and looks very ornate! The code officer came and gave me my first structural PASS, he had no complaints or questions. Check out the pictures and let them do the explaining for the rest of this post.

The finished building!  ( we did not contract any sidingC)  

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The Old Farm House That Did!

Kitchen flooring in progress

This old house was a diamond in the rough that a friend of mine's Dad bought in the town of Fairfeild, ME. This place was a work in progress in every corner of the home. I have done a fair amount here and there. I had taken out walls, to create space and put in a few headers for doors and windows. I threw in a door going down to the basement which involved re-framing a partly exterior wall. The only photo's I have up now are just the one of the 1/4" Bamboo flooring i put in his kitchen, backroom and the will-be bathroom for him. A great flooring type, semi-brittle compared to hardwood, it will split if you shoot a finish nail too close to an end of the plank. But overall a very neat and clean installed! Note: this flooring will not go down without finish nails, they recommend a pneumatic floor nail gun but the tongue on those boards is less that an 1/8th of an inch, even the finish gun was splitting the tongues of those board so I would not recommend a heavy flooring nail
gun. Check it out!

The finished kitchen

Mudroom rebuild, I removed a wall and added a header, just
in case, it did not appear to be load bearing but it never hurts
to overbuild something. 

This picture to the right was a very fun project as one of my favorite challenges in an old home is to build something that appears to have existed all along. I had some reclaimed barn sheathing from a shed I ripped down years ago that I donated to this project and it came out great! Same thickness wood so it made for a semi-seamless insert. The whole point of this door was to gain access to the basement level so I cut into the sheathing in order to frame it for a door! 

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May St. Window Trim Work

This work was done with a client, Lisa, who asked me to do some trim work in her kitchen and front doorway! The type of trim chosen was a challenge because of the profile of door trim in the rest of the home being so old. A 3/4" x 3 3/8" Pine Stafford was used as a close substitute. 

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