Tankless Water Heaters?


Any opinions on gas tankless water heaters (for a 1400 sq ft apartment)? Are they really more efficient, and more importantly, are they effective? Thanks!

Categories: Plumbing
By frances | 07/15/2009 3:07 PM | Comment

Architect/Contractor Overlap


I have to re-do 2 bathrooms and a kitchen in a house I intend to (hopefully) buy. It would be my first house and my first renovation experience.

If all I have to do is replace the bathrooms and the kitchen, and NO reconfiguration is required at all, I assume I do not need an architect, right? Will a simple contractor do? Or do I call bathroom/kitchen specialists? I have no idea what kind of professional (architect v. contractor) I am supposed to start with!

My very rudimentary understanding is that folks who are gutting or re-designing a place will usually call an architect who handles the whole thing–design and construction work. But my project is relatively simple and involves replacing bathrooms and a kitchen that are already in place. So I assume I do not need to waste money on a design professional–is this about right? Thanks in advance.

Categories: Renovation
By frances | 06/15/2009 7:00 PM | Comment