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Vinny’s Ironworkers-Need Tel #
Vinny’s Ironworkers has been recommended on this site. Does anyone have contact information? Any other recommendations for Ironworkers?
11/13/2009 12:44 PM
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Excellent Landscape Designer!
I would like to recommend Ann Brooke (see:http://www.annbrookedesign.com), the Landscape Designer who redesigned my back-yard garden. The hardscaping part of the project is installed, with planting and additional work to recommence in the spring, including installation of a watering system, tree pruning to let in more light, and installation of additional brick in a herringbone pattern for the area under a hammock with stand (for back left of yard).
Ann had to deal with many design problems and certain limitations in creating the garden plan. I requested that an existing small back patio directly outside the door to the garden be kept, as well as the raised flower beds on each side of the yard. An additional problem was how to deal with the multitude of shallow tree roots running throughout the yard. Ann’s solution was to extend the brick a bit, using an antique brick that complemented the existing brick, and that angled out to begin the movement and flow of the rest of the design. Creating three separate garden rooms by installing two sets of stairs, no higher than 6″, helped avoid the problem of digging down and destroying tree roots. The stone selected for the stairs is phenomenal, and I’m told that each piece weighs about 400 pounds. Needless to add, the men who installed the stone, by first carrying each piece through the narrow hallway of my garden floor are heroes.
Another request I made was for a circular area to accommodate a set of table and chairs. I thought the off-set of the slate circular area was a wonderful design solution, with the brick path hugging round the circle to appear again on the other side of the steps and lead you into the rest of the garden. You may envision the three types of ground cover that you will find growing around the circular stones in the back, when you arrive to that space.
Ann works with closely with a hardscaping contractor, and has had a long relationship with him and his crew. As a result, they know her design style and under Ann’s guidance, are able to implement the work without error. Ann is always present during the installation.
Ms. Brooke has been a pleasure to work with during the entire process. We set a limit to the budget at the outset and she kept to that limit. I highly recommend her. I think the photos allow the garden design to speak for itself.
11/01/2009 8:58 PM
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Dripping Air Conditioner
How do you stop an air conditioner from dripping condensation out the front of the air conditioner (and down the front of the building)?
07/17/2009 1:33 PM
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Neighbor’s Huge Tent
My neighbor put up a tent that is almost the size of the entire yard, has a pitched roof, so goes over 6 feet, and is one foot from my property line. He is a renter. The landlord is unresponsive. Is this legal per zoning laws. It is an eyesore and he will be partying all the time.
07/15/2009 9:51 AM
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Patio Contractor Needed
Need stones installed into a patio. Any recommendations?
04/20/2009 11:44 AM
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Exterior Painter Recommendations Wanted
Would anyone please recommend a painter to paint the exterior facade of a wood frame house done in Hardee Board? Someone to handle multiple colors (cornice, trim, clapboard, steps) with attention to secondary highlights on cornice and entry door.
Thank you for your input.
07/02/2008 1:58 PM
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Sump Pump Info Needed
Does anyone have a sump pump in their basement, and if so, does it pump the water into the sewer line? And do you have a check valve? I have a French drain that was hooked up to drain directly into the sewer line, which caused problems when the sewer backed up because of tree roots. I’m now considering connecting the French drain to a sump pump which would be installed and then drain into the sewer. I was told that because of the configuration of the piping, that the sump pump would not need a check valve. The thing is that my basement is dry and the French drain was probably overkill, so maybe I should just have the connection to the sewer pipe cut off and capped – so the French drain is just non-functional, rather than have the sump pump installed. Any advice on what to do? Also, and recommendations on sump pumps?
02/28/2008 9:39 AM
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Plumbing Engineer Recommendations Needed
Does anyone have any recommendations for a plumbing engineer regarding a plumbing problem? Your recommendations are appreciated. Thank you.
02/27/2008 5:47 PM
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Mechanical Engineer Needed
Please recommend a mechanical engineer for a plumbing problem. Thank you.
02/27/2008 4:43 PM
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Backyard Drain Problem
I have a drain outside my garden floor door to the backyard. It connects to the sewerline underground – the pipe that enters the backwall to the house – that also is connected from the pipe that runs down the back wall from the roof (drains the roof).
The drain box has two holes – one that connects to a pipe with holes that I think runs parallel to the house (a French drain type of thing?) and the other to the sewer line.
The problem is that there is about 4″ of space below the holes to the bottom of the box, where water collects and sits.
Recently we’ve had an invasion of phorid flies which are know to come from sewer/drain pipes.
So my question is, is there a better box where the water wouldn’t sit at the bottom. I think my phorid fly problem is connected to the box, because they are not coming from my basement (dry – no sightings), and are definitely coming into the house from the garden back door and maybe windows. Also, I think the box breeds mosquitoes in the summer.
02/15/2008 11:34 AM
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