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jen-kg
in Renovation 7 years and 1 month ago
Architect for gut renovation
We’ve started talking to architects for our gut renovation and would love recommendations from people who had a good experience. Thanks!
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sovershown
in Renovation 7 years and 1 month ago
Advice Please. How much should final "Special Inspection" to close permits cost?
Hello All Browstoners! We are still recovering from the Scott Schnall debacle. Our construction was finished last year. We need a final inspection by a…
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avrex
in Renovation 7 years and 1 month ago
Wait until you see this custom cast newel post in black. What a beauty
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tkygzwmcfqppudoj
in Renovation 7 years and 1 month ago
Wood Floor Buckling/Cupping
Hi Everyone. We are pretty much finished renovating a SFH in Midwood that needed extensive work. Plaster walls, new electric, roof and repair/replace water damaged…
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surplusvalue18
in Renovation 7 years and 2 months ago
which path would you take to reduce construction cost for our brownston project?
We are about to embark on our long-awaited renovation … we have a good design and good architect. Its nearly a gut renovation; current condition…
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kmerritt
in Renovation 7 years and 2 months ago
What type of door encloses storage area under brownstone stoop?
When we moved in to our home the front street level stoop was an open metal staircase. That was replaced with a concrete stoop, a…
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Two family gut renovation without permit
Does anyone know what the minimum common corridor width on the first floor should be? First floor occupied by landlord and they have enclosed the…
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eekjgosvtkh
in Renovation 7 years and 3 months ago
Crown Moulding
I have a small 5 family apartment building in the bronx. I would like to make some small changes in order to up the buildings…
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vnatymwwjszje
in Renovation 7 years and 3 months ago
condo conversion
Is it difficult to convert an empty brownstone to a condo?
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Can I demo wall myself?
If I have a permit for the work and hire for the asbestos inspection, can I take down walls myself or do I need to…
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citytime79
in Renovation 7 years and 3 months ago
Fabricator for glass room divider w/ doors recommendations?
Would appreciate a metal fabricator that can make a glass room divider with doors for a loft. I have been trouble finding or looking up…
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Tub replacement in a queens condo
Hello, Im a contractor in Nassau and Suffolk and own a condo in queens. Ive been renovating for some time now however ran into a…
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wkoqrgvptyvxhlsl
in Renovation 7 years and 5 months ago
Original Floor Pickle
Hello, We have a hall that runs from the front entrance to back. The hall was split by a wall by previous owners. The front…
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Matching crown molding for built-in bookcase renovation
Hi, I’m well into the process of having built-in bookcases designed for my Prospect Heights co-op. The idea is to have the bookcases extend to…
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Repainting Over Painted Plaster Walls (Again)?
We need to paint the plaster walls throughout our rowhouse, but they’ve got layers upon layers of old paint on them, that have cracked and…
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xpmhkwvn
in Renovation 7 years and 5 months ago
Tips on insulation for cockloft & exposed brick.
Hi everyone, appreciate your advice. I have a cockloft in my Greenpoint brick house that is completely uninsulated. Heat bleeds from many places in the…
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allinone
in Renovation 7 years and 5 months ago
How to plan for phased cellar improvements? Phase 1: oil to gas.
Our Brooklyn townhouse has a an unfinished cellar, with a lowish ceiling, an oil burner in a fire-walled room, a fire-wall around the stairway and…
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anntares
in Renovation 7 years and 6 months ago
anyone installed an elevator?
Curious if there are cost effective ways to install an elevator in a brownstone, ground floor to second and third.
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