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bush2fam

in General Discussion 6 years and 9 months ago

Tankless Water Heater for Heating Only

I have an oil fueled furnace that I’d like to convert to natural gas for a variety of reasons. I’m wondering if tankless water heaters…

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

miamia2211

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Permit Needed for Mini Split Units?

Thinking about installing mini split units in a 2 family home. Are permits with DOB necessary for such a project ? The condensers would be…

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Project manager

Project manager for hire . 12 yers of high end residential experience, detail oriented with all necessary subcontractors. Pm for details.

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Project manager

Project manager for hire . 12 yers of high end residential experience, detail oriented with all necessary subcontractors. Pm for details.

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lifer

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Structural Engineer needed ASAP

Ugh, how do I make this long story short- The building next to ours got sold last year and is going through a gut renovation.…

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

theawl

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Caesarstone finishes?

Hi! I’m re-doing our kitchen. And I had our countertops all picked out. Only to notice that the selection I wanted for the back counter…

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Guest User | 0 secs ago

Synthetic slate or slate shingles?

Hi all, I’m in the middle of building a house and we were confused whether to go with the synthetic slate or the slate roof…

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Guest User | 0 secs ago

Synthetic slate or slate shingles?

Hi all, I’m in the middle of building a house and we were confused whether to go with the synthetic slate or the slate roof…

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wqqexpmfn

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Can you legalize a cellar bedroom with a 5'x5' air shaft and exit ladder

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

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Looking for contractor to build backyard office shed

Hi, I’m looking for a contractor who has experience building a backyard office shed. I don’t want to buy a pre-fab shed so I want…

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

teshawnagraham

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Sprinklered stairway

Hello, I’m considering renting a 5th floor walk-up in a non-fireproof building. There are no external fire escapes, and there is only one interior stairway.…

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

teshawnagraham

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Sprinklered stairway

Hello, I’m considering renting a 5th floor walk-up in a non-fireproof building. There are no external fire escapes, and there is only one interior stairway.…

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squeakycleaningca

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Maintaining exposed exterior brick wall on end of brownstones.

I live in a brick/brownstone building that is last in a row of buildings, with no adjoining building on one side. We’ve noticed quite a…

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

stevecym

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

I need a specific quartz stone remnant

i need to find a stone fabricator who has a lot of quartz (ceasarstone and others) remnants lying around. specifically, i am looking for a…

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tjkinsell

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

AGRIPPA Plasterers

We are looking to hire a professional, Insured, Licensed plastering company to do some work in our brownstone. We would like to know if Agrippa…

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

Guest User | 0 secs ago

Looking for contractor to build backyard office shed

Hi, I’m looking for a contractor who has experience building a backyard office shed. I don’t want to buy a pre-fab shed so I want…

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jen-kg

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Looking for fence recs

We’d like a panel fence for our backyard. Does anyone have recs? Thanks.

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

Guest User | 0 secs ago

Wall-mounted toilet?

Currently working on a bathroom renovation and have run into some plumbing issues (a metal beam in the floor is obstructing the branch line for…

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gussie13

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

pervasive funky smell (not from humans) in bathroom (w/skylight but no filter)

The contractor suggested the old shower stall was degrading and causing this smell…never heard of that sort of thing. Any suggestions? We didn’t renovate the…

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Updated 6 years and 8 months ago

wqqexpmfn

in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago

Can you legalize a cellar bedroom with a 5'x5' air shaft and exit ladder

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