Over the next few weeks we’ll be transforming this 120 year old basement with dirt floor and tree trunks as support columns into a finished workspace for a hydroponics professional. The existing floor to ceiling height varies from between 5’8 to 6’2″. We’re going to be [...]
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January 20th, 2011 - 7:49 pm § in Basements, Bathroom, Blog Posts, Carpentry, Concrete, Construction, Drainage, Finish Carpentry, Flooring, Landscaping, Masonry, Rough Carpentry
Basement Remodel – Lexington – before and after
D S Brody & Associates, general contractor in Waltham, Newton, Weston, Watertown and Belmont, provides free estimates so call us today at 781-893-1002 or email us at inquire@dsbrody.com.[...]
Mahogany Deck and Steps, Waltham
This week we’re all working on the front landscape of a home in Waltham, MA. The house is situated only about 25 feet from the street but is about 12 feet from street level. The original steps were solid concrete. The original installers neglected to lay a deep enough solid foundation which ha[...]
Decorative concrete floors
We started out with a cracked concrete floor in an old garage. We broke down the concrete and disposed of it along with 10″ of sand that was underneath the slab. We brought in about 4″ of crushed stone, compacted and then poured a new 4″ slab of concrete. After 28 days of curing, w[...]
Masonry Plastering of foundation walls
Since the new finish grade is three feet lower than it used to be, the concrete foundation walls need a face lift. The poured concrete wall has form and air marks. We’ll chip away the mortar veneer that was initially applied above grade, clean all of the newly exposed area and apply SilproR[...]
July 22nd, 2010 - 11:31 pm § in Blog Posts, Concrete
Concrete floor poured
Today we poured the basement floor. We finished it smooth and will be staining and sealing it in 28 days. Prior to pouring we inserted a waterproofing membrane along the perimeter and up the walls. We also laid a moisture barrier along the floor.[...]
June 25th, 2010 - 9:52 pm § in Concrete
Concrete driveway poured in Watertown, MA
After excavation of the old driveway and forming for the new driveway, we had our concrete pour. Graziano sent us two trucks each with 7 yards of concrete. The first arrived at around 9am. We gave the driver our one bag of color to be mixed in with the ready mix and after mixing for [...][...]
June 25th, 2010 - 9:40 pm § in Concrete
Concrete steps poured
Concrete bulkhead steps were formed and poured in two phases (walls first then steps). The forms were removed on Wednesday. Today Erick finished parging the walls and steps for a finished look.[...]
June 19th, 2010 - 10:23 pm § in Concrete
Forming for and pouring concrete driveway – Watertown, MA
Once the excavation of the driveway on Poplar Street was complete and the crusher run was delivered by Jayco and spread with the excavator, Marvin and Alex came in to rake out the crusher run, compact it, run their lines and form for the driveway. There were a couple last minute discussions with t[...]