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.[...]
Exterior drainage, regrading, bluestone patio installation
Today Eric and Luis started working on a new project. They’ll be installing a trench drain around a residence in the cedarwood neighborhood of Waltham. Then they’ll enlarge the existing drywell in the driveway, making it 6′ wide, 5′ deep. They’ll install new bluestone s[...]
October 4th, 2010 - 7:31 pm § in Blog Posts, Masonry
Chimney Hearth
Today we installed a new stone hearth in Waltham. We took out the existing ceramic tiles and some surrounding flooring (carpet over hardwood) because the new hearth will be larger than the old. We’ll be installing a wood stove on this hearth. The manufacture had certain specifications which we[...]
Mahogany and Cedar Deck Progress
Saturday the men installed the first ledger board. They removed some of the vinyl siding and the clapboard siding underneath it, installed ice & water shield against the original sheathing to prevent future water damage. They secured the first 2×10 ledger board against the existing beam wi[...]
October 1st, 2010 - 12:34 pm § in Blog Posts, Masonry
Chimney repointing
Last week Eric worked on a chimney in Waltham. He took down the top two feet of brick and rebuilt the area. He extended the two flues so that that reach above the top of the chimney. He installed a concrete crown and repointed every joint in the chimney. We’re waiting on a custom stainless [..[...]
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[...]
Interlocking block walls, exterior landscape progress
We’ve made some significant progress on the lower retaining wall. We were planning on building one wall, approximately 4′ high surrounding the planned paver patio but the customer requested we construct two smaller walls since they have three children under the age of 8. Four feet is eno[...]