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Seblicious
in Decks and Porches 12 years ago
Custom stainless steel fabricator for deck island?
Looking for recommendations based on personal experience. We are building a deck that will have a custom island – stainless steel front that accepts two…
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bedstuybrownstone
in Decks and Porches 10 years and 6 months ago
How much did you pay for your roof deck?
Hello! Just putting my feelers out there to see if this is financially realistic at all for me. How much did you pay for your…
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remsensleep
in Decks and Porches 10 years and 7 months ago
Best material for a coffered ceiling under a deck
I want to install a coffered ceiling with recessed lights and a fan on the under side of the concrete deck above. What is the…
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lincolnpark
in Decks and Porches 10 years and 7 months ago
Recommendations for contractor to install lightweight pavers on rooftop deck?
Hi, we have a small rooftop deck on the top floor of a 4 story walk-up on the UWS in Mannhattan. Any recommendations / advice…
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willythree
in Decks and Porches 10 years and 9 months ago
Roof deck tiles?
I recently purchased a house in north park slope and the roof is in need of decking to protect the membrane if it is to…
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ilovestoops
in Decks and Porches 10 years and 9 months ago
need stain expert to stain porch "ceiling"
5 yrs ago had “ceiling” of porch stained white but accidentally didn’t use opaque stain (Cabot exterior stain used). Need to re-stain it and want…
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kensington63
in Decks and Porches 10 years and 10 months ago
Deck and Porch Recommendation: Lopopolo
Hey just wanted to recommend an iron contractor we had a good experience with erecting our parlour-level deck in the fall. Lopopolo, most importantly to…
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gbcvr
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 10 months ago
Looking for good contractor for buildng roof deck
I’d like to build a wood or Trex deck on our townhouse roof — does anyone have a recently used deck builder they could recommend? …
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brooklynbemused
in Decks and Porches 12 years and 9 months ago
Recommendations for new deck and door conversion
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/50042a9158651-.jpg Hi all I am in the final stages of a deck project and have had a good experience with everyone that worked on the…
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ebsjb
in Decks and Porches 11 years ago
Landmark requirements for roof deck?
I would like to build a roof deck on the extension of our brownstone, and I have been told that Landmarks requires only certain materials…
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brooklyn2014
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 1 month ago
Bulkhead
Hello, Does anyone have an experience with bulkhead repair/replacement? Thank you
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jeanmarine2
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 10 months ago
Door question - fiberglass, wood etc
Any suggestons for a type of outswing door for the high second floor deck we are having put up (and then doing a window to…
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gooberfish
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 2 months ago
Fire Escape/Deck Fiasco
Desperately seeking some wisdom from the ever-clever Brownstoner community, and sorry in advance for the longish post. About 8 months ago we bought a small…
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somedude1
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 3 months ago
roof deck attaching hardware
hello all, I have designed a roof deck for my home (I’m an engineer, just not one that normally designs decks). I finished up all…
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notny
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 6 months ago
Great job by Lopopolo Iron Works
This is another very positive review for Lopopolo Iron Works. Joseph Lopopolo and his team built a deck off the parlor floor of our apartment.…
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aq2101
in Decks and Porches 13 years and 1 month ago
Deck builder recommendation: Lopoplo Iron Works
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4f54f84c13a36-.jpg This is a long overdue recommendation for Joseph Lopopolo and his company Lopopolo Iron Works. We used Lopopolo to build the metal frame for…
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drick
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 11 months ago
Noise from One Hanson Place / Williamsburg savings tower
Has anyone else noticed a new noise emanating from The Williamsburgh Bank Tower? It is a dull humming vacuum cleaner noise that runs all day…
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evesieg
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 7 months ago
Re roof deck
I currently have a roof patio/ deck that was added with shotty construction. I have been bandaiding leaking to room below for years and finally…
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crusinforabrusin
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 7 months ago
Third Floor Apartment - Balcony Dividing Wall
Long-time reader, first-time poster. Need advice on whether a dividing fence to separate balconies for adjacent brownstones on the third floor of each respective building…
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