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Sink Leak

Looking under a sink a few days ago, I found this…. A slow leak had caused the fitting to gradually rust then break. This is a very easy fix, so below I added a photo of what the parts look like that are needed to make the repair… In our case, and in mostContinue reading “Sink Leak”

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Amazing Rat Hole

I had no Idea “Tom and Jerry” was for real!! I inserted my inspection camera under some cabinets and took a picture of this perfectly made mouse hole!! Pretty amazing! It was about 3 inches across… the rats had done quite a lot of damage, but we filled these and hopefully there are no more!Continue reading “Amazing Rat Hole”

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Garbage Disposal Find!

Little boys in a clients home decided to clean out their aquarium in the sink… Problem was, they did it in the Disposal and filled it full of little aquarium rocks! The disposal had to be removed and flushed to get all the pieces out, but it was saved in the end! ThisContinue reading “Garbage Disposal Find!”

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LED and Pendant Lights

Installed these the other day in a clients house… the LED’s filled the room nicely and the pendent lights go well with the setup..

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Collapsed Ceiling

I already posted about a ceiling collapse here…. But just for fun….here’s another we did… Pretty bad I cannot stress enough that you need to pay attention to cracks and nail holes appearing in the ceiling. Watch for bowing and warping as well. You do NOT want this to happen!! Getting going with theContinue reading “Collapsed Ceiling”

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Wooden Double Gate Latch

When installing a wooden double gate, it is important to have an additional latch or stop for the gate. If the latch shown below is the only one used, the wind will easily blow the gate open… We recommend an additional latch and many different styles will work. The key is to stop the gateContinue reading “Wooden Double Gate Latch”

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Foundation Repair

While we do not do major foundation repair, sometimes we do minor repairs and leveling to homes that have shifted with the North Texas soil. This house had some floor issues where the beams under the house had shifted and were pushing outward. The floor was pushing the sliding door and entire wall outward… WeContinue reading “Foundation Repair”

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Backsplash

Here is a backsplash I installed Friday Started on a sheetrock wall, I sealed the edges with silicone Starting the customers design Pulled the plugs out to the front edge of the tile Grouted it with white pre-mixed grout. About a 5 hour process from start to finish. (Now we hope they paint the cabinets!) Happy Backsplashing!

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When you Don’t have a Truck

Yes, pretty sad, I know… but this is how we roll…

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Commercial Bathroom Stall Doors

Here’s a project we worked on a few weeks ago. We set up at night to build new stall doors in the bathrooms, semi-rustic (whatever that means) but this is what the design came out looking like… I decided that using outdoor privacy fence gate hardware would fit best with the design. We painted themContinue reading “Commercial Bathroom Stall Doors”