by Joe Levitch | Sep 9, 2011 | HVAC, Plumbing, Understanding your home
Although I have remodeled many homes we haven’t run into too many hydronic heating systems. By the time we remodel most of the home’s heating systems have been altered several times. My own home started with Coal, then converted to Oil and then to Natural...
by Joe Levitch | Sep 2, 2011 | Floors, Understanding your home
This project had original 2 1/4″x 3/4″ tongue and groove #2 Red Oak floors already as the primary flooring in the home. It was easy to weave in the new identical product and refinish the entire place. Josh at Sunrise hardwood floors did the work. Oak...
by Joe Levitch | Aug 26, 2011 | Deconstruction, Insulation, Safe Practices, The Law, Trust, Understanding your home
Asbestos is a mined substance commonly found in all sorts of building materials. In the meantime it was used since the days of the ancient Greeks for its many fire resistant and its ability to be used as cloth. It has gone in and out of vogue. There had been...
by Joe Levitch | Aug 19, 2011 | Architecture & Design, Finish Carpentry, Interior Walls, Understanding your home
Moldings, also called trim are wood pieces that have been incorporated into homes to add detail to flat walls and cover up places where gaps have been left between material. They were the carpenters signature much like a plaster texture on a fished wall. There are...
by Joe Levitch | Aug 12, 2011 | Understanding your home, Windows
Windows come in all shapes and sizes. They essentially let light in and have glass in them, which allows us to see out, ideally without losing heat. Many of the windows I come across are ruined by settling and/or too many poor paint jobs, you name it. Imagination is...
