Forum: Construction
May 10, 2008
Weekend construction
I live in a condo building which includes both commercial and residential units. Recently, one of the commercial units has been performing interior construction, including on weekends, occasionally resulting in unannounced interruption of water service to the residential units. Can anyone tell me if they need a special permit to perform construction in our building on the weekends, and whether I can report them the DOB for the unannounced interruption in our residentisl water service?
Saturday Construction
What can I do. I call 311 for the past three weeks, and the DOB don't respond. Its the new steel building on Columbia between Summit and Woodhull. Being built by Mr House of Pizza who delivers on your Fedder dream home. The place is HUGE, it runs the entire span of three lots. and by entire I mean all the way back to the end of the property line to bump up on the Church behind it. How that got approved is beyond me. But they work every Saturday. They have no permit for this work, and there at present 3 open tickets with the DOB. Is there anything else I can do?
May 3, 2008
Closet Demo & Doors & Organization
I have 2 bedroom side-by-side closets that I would like to combine to make one big closet so I can maximize the space.
I am looking for recommendations for someone who can:
1) Demo the middle wall
2) Frame the one big opening (approx 6')
3) Install new doors; probably bifold (not my favorite, but seems most practical)
Does anyone have recommendations?
Additionally, if you have recommendations for closet doors or a good company to design and install a great and affordable organized closet, that would be great too.
Thanks in advance!
April 29, 2008
Basement Renovation--Contractor?
We are interested in finishing the basement of our house. Does anyone have any recommendations of contractors? Thanks!
April 27, 2008
empty lot at 15th street and 4th avenue
Does anyone know what (if anything) is going on with the empty lot on 15th st and 4th ave? It has been empty for a while now and I noticed that it was recently cleaned up.
April 24, 2008
Noise at night near Carroll Park
I recently moved to President St. across from Carroll Park, and am extremely disappointed at the amount of noise at night.
It sounds like construction related truck activity, but I'm not sure what it is. It seems to occur at around midnight, and then around 4:00AM although I can't be sure about it as I do manage to sleep part of the night. Is this related to the 340 Court construction? Does anyone know what this is, and what, if anything, I can do?
April 13, 2008
Chimney Removal Heater Venting
I am looking to purchase a 2 family. Unfortunately, they have a non-working chimney that completely ruins the flow of the structure. I want to remove this chimney but have no idea if that is really difficult/expensive thing to do. Also the gas heater vents into the chimney so also have to find another place to vent the heater. Is this difficult as well? Appreciate any help guidance you guys can provide. This place needs work!
April 9, 2008
True or False: general contractors need licenses (in NYC)
electricians - yes
plumbers - yes
but GCs???
April 8, 2008
TO DO LIST BEFORE HIRING A CONTRACTOR
Could you share which steps you would follow before hiring a contractor to do some major work?
I have checked a couple of references and visited some of his prior work. What else should I do? As I understand, they don't have licenses, is that right?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
April 1, 2008
CONTRACTOR
Looking for a Contractor that can finish a Kitchen and a Bathrrom on the Garden Floor of this Brownstone in a 2 months MAX. Time is of the essence, i'm interviewing this week so if you know someone please reccomend them to me. Thank You