Archive for the ‘Construction’ Category

March 9th, 2012 - 1:48 pm § in Construction, Roofing

Roof installation – Waltham

We’ve been hired to reinstall a roof and gutters at an existing customer of ours in Waltham.  We’re installing energy efficient Solaris shingles by Certainteed.  The aluminum gutters come from Harvey Industries and the gutter guards are Ply Gem’s Leaf Relief system.  This is a m[...]

March 3rd, 2012 - 8:30 pm § in Basements, Blog Posts, Carpentry, Construction, Finish Carpentry, Rough Carpentry

Basement Remodel Lincoln – Before and After

D S Brody & Associates, basement remodeler 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.[...]

December 12th, 2011 - 11:15 pm § in Basements, Carpentry, Construction, Finish Carpentry, Rough Carpentry

Basement Remodel – Lincoln, MA

We started our next basement remodel earlier this month.  The basement was finished with paneling over plastered drywall.  A half bath, small mud room and closet are also being remodeled.  We removed the paneling and drywall and added some framing to bring things up to code.  All doors, windows,[...]

December 12th, 2011 - 11:10 pm § in Blog Posts, Roofing

Roof Replacement – Waltham

D S Brody & Associates, roofing contractors 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.[...]

October 15th, 2011 - 3:48 pm § in Basements, Blog Posts, Carpentry, Construction, Finish Carpentry, Flooring, Rough Carpentry

Basement Remodel – Wellesley – before and after

Before and after pictures of our basement remodel in Wellesley, MA                 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[...]

October 5th, 2011 - 3:08 pm § in Blog Posts, Roofing

Roof Replacement – Waltham

Today the men are reroofing a two-family home with gable roof and farmer’s porch in Waltham.  They stripped the roofing shingles and underlayment and found a good amount of rotted sheathing.  They replaced the rotted sheathing, installed the Tamko Ice & Water shield from eave up 3′[...]

September 16th, 2011 - 9:11 pm § in Blog Posts, Roofing

Roof Replacement – Waltham

We stripped this roof, installed Tamko Ice & Water shield and Typar Surround underlayment over the sheathing.  Then we installed aluminum drip edge along the eaves and Certainteed Landmark architectural shingles throughout.  The house had existing soffit vents but no ridge vent so we installed[...]

July 12th, 2011 - 7:40 pm § in Bathroom, Carpentry, Concrete, Construction

Basement Remodel – Belmont

This week we started framing the basement in Belmont. We’re framing three of the perimeter walls in 2×4 and one in 2×6 along with the center wall which will be constructed with 2x6s because of the 4″ column we want to hide in our wall. Will was diligent in notching the headers [...]

July 8th, 2011 - 11:26 am § in Blog Posts, Concrete, Construction

Concrete floor preparation in Belmont

We’ve prepped the foundation walls and installed the perimeter drain and sump well. See Basement Excavation and Drainage Work We’ve laid 5″ of 3/4″ ‘crushed’ stone and compacted every 2-3 inches. We laid 15 mil vapor barrier (the toughness of this material makes i[...]

June 21st, 2011 - 7:43 pm § in Basements, Bathroom, Blog Posts, Concrete, Construction, Drainage

Basement excavation and drainage, Belmont

We’re going to be finishing this basement which will include creating a new bedroom, playroom and bathroom. We start by taking out the existing concrete floor in order to increase the floor to ceiling height to meet minimum code requirements. We’ll be finishing with an 84″ height. [...]