I’ve done a couple remodeling jobs lately on my own house and a rental house that we have. In both cases I knew exactly the color and luster of the paint but it is impossible to get the colors to match when you put them up. There are several factors at play. First off, interior […]
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I was at a job site today and noticed that the contractor had used blocking between trusses where the blocking was large enough that it actually blocked off the ventilation from the soffits. They’re going to have to go back and put holes in the blocking to meet the ventilation requirements. Therefore it seems like
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Evergreen Mercantile Building – Evergreen, Colorado The Evergreen Mercantile building is a remodel of the former BMC building in Bergen Park.
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Most jurisdictions in the US use the IBC which references ANSI 117.1 for specific accessibility standards. (It is also interesting to note that the IBC simply references ANSI 117.1, not a particular year in Chapter 11. You actually need to go to the index in the back to find the year.) Assuming your building does not
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Good luck finding a book on classical architecture that doesn’t mislabel one or both of these features, so what’s the difference? You’ll kick yourself…once you look at the roots the answer seems obvious. In this corner: an arcade is defined as “a series of arches supported on piers or columns”, or as “an arched or
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When a new house is located on a site with expansive soil an elevated structural floor is typically the best solution to prevent unwanted floor movement in the basement. The normal slab-on-grade basement floor is 4″ thick and is supported by the soil. If the soil moves, the basement floor will move. You can
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X2 @ Sloan’s lake is an interesting project as it is converting a 12,000 sq.ft office building into a 46 unit apartment complex. This project features a renovation of an old office and an addition to the same complex. It will feature 22 units in the existing building and 24 units in the new addition.
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When beginning a deck project, you traditionally have two options when going to with decking. Horizontal or diagonal decking. Each have their pros and cons that I am going to go through. Horizontal decking is largely the most popular choice for wood framed decks due to it typically being the easiest method to install. But
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Stack vent vs. vent stack This comes straight from the pages of the ARE and serves as a reminder of the kind of minutiae I tried to memorize just before taking each section of my exams. It’s a classic this or that because they sound similar, look similar in the field and even may combine
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Boettcher Center Auditorium Remodel at the University of Denver – Denver, Colorado The Boettcher Center Auditorium Renovation at the University of Denver is a total renovation of a 1960 classroom building. We took one large auditorium and subdivided it into three classrooms, added accessible restrooms, renovated the lab spaces and upgraded the mechanical, power and
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The case of the Field of Dreams: Two football seasons ago, I was approached by a superintendent who was looking to change the face of his athletic program. This small school had low lying wetland with poor drainage which led to tired grass football and softball fields. These fields were lit by wood-pole lights, served
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9442 North Capital of Texas Highway
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Austin, TX 78759
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