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juno2010
in Doors 13 years and 2 months ago
Need a permit to paint the exterior of home? Paint recommendation?
Our townhouse is not a land-marked building (nor the street we live) in Park Slope. We’d like to paint the exterior of our brick-stone mix…
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newageglobalbuilders
in Carpenters and Woodworkers 13 years and 2 months ago
Anyone know a motivated Employee for a General Contractor working in the Queens - Brooklyn Areas?
New Age Global Builders is looking for a dynamic & physically strong worker to help us on our General Contractor jobs in an around the…
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newageglobalbuilders
in Carpenters and Woodworkers 13 years and 2 months ago
Anyone know a motivated Employee for a General Contractor working in the Queens - Brooklyn Areas?
New Age Global Builders is looking for a dynamic & physically strong worker to help us on our General Contractor jobs in an around the…
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brookynite1
in Building Code 13 years and 3 months ago
Heating Adjacent Brownstone during renovation
We are renovating a brownstone. The heat has been turned off for the last month. Our neighbor has just come to us and said that…
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monkey1
in Construction 13 years and 3 months ago
Looking for a General Contractor Recco
Hello, We recently got into a contract on a brownstone and we’re renovating and converting it to a 4 fam on a 203k. It’s going…
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misconformist
in Carpenters and Woodworkers 13 years and 2 months ago
Seeking a good carpenter
Hello: Does anyone have a recommendation for carpenter to install some windows/doors as well as open up a wall between a parlor floor and backroom. …
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laxman
in Decks and Porches 13 years and 3 months ago
Installation of Lockdry roof deck
We live in a coop in Brooklyn and have rights to about 1000 sqft of roof adjoining our apartment. We want to build a non-combustible…
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slopette
in Bath & Kitchen 13 years and 2 months ago
Resources for period-appropriate renovation of Art Deco coop
I’m embarking on a renovation of a small coop in a 1931 building, and am looking for resources to help inform the design. We’re lucky…
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rh
in Carpenters and Woodworkers 13 years and 2 months ago
Carpenter Recommendation
I just want to sing the praises of my carpenter, Darren. I used him on my Bed Stuy brownstone restoration and now he’s working with…
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vthatcher
in Building Code 13 years and 3 months ago
Is it legal to Occupy with out final C of O?
C of O conversion from 3 family to 4 family . Interior renovations to remodel building. Plans approved, inspections just about done . Minor items…
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elisenew
in Heating 13 years and 2 months ago
Radiators needed
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/51057db577da7-.jpg What is a good source for buying new radiators, and which type is recommended? I gather that what we have now is both too…
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stephanie
in Building Code 13 years and 2 months ago
No records on file for conversion from oil to gas heat
Hi. I took a look at a nice house today. The owner said he had converted from oil to gas heating within the past two…
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elisenew
in Heating 13 years and 2 months ago
Radiators needed
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/51057db577da7-.jpg What is a good source for buying new radiators, and which type is recommended? I gather that what we have now is both too…
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adam_dahill
in Building Code 13 years and 3 months ago
Permit required to remove kitchen? Go from 3 unit to Single Family
I know plenty of people use 3 or 2 unit properties as 1 family. More often or not the layout does not change and the…
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AmyGreenblatt
in Heating 13 years and 2 months ago
Washing Machine Repair on a Sunday?!
We have a Bosch Axxis front loader whose locking mechanism is broken, so the machine won’t start. Any recs for someone who could come service…
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AmyGreenblatt
in Heating 13 years and 2 months ago
Washing Machine Repair on a Sunday?!
We have a Bosch Axxis front loader whose locking mechanism is broken, so the machine won’t start. Any recs for someone who could come service…
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tlocane
in Driveways, Patios, Sidewalks and Steps 13 years and 2 months ago
Exterior and Internal Basement Water Leak
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/510434efa21e5-.jpg I own a brickstone in Carroll Gardens, bordering Gowanus. This was originally a 2-family house, gut-renovated into a 1-family. The basement (technically a cellar…
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phife00
in Appraisals 13 years and 3 months ago
CoA states two family but really being used as one family
we are trying to purchase a legal 2 family home that has been converted to a 1 family. the CoA states that the home is…
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jc2bk
in Garden 13 years and 3 months ago
Ornamental kale/cabbage plants?
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/50febad2ee4fe-.jpg Does anyone know where in Brooklyn, Manhattan, or online I can purchase ornamental kale/cabbage plants. It seems many places no longer have them.
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viaorient
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 3 months ago
Beams Eated by Termites. Need Structure Engineer Recommendation
Hello, After opening up the ceilingin the basement, I just discovered major termite damage on the beams in the basement. To proceed, I would like…
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