Journal
Four things we explain on nearly every site visit
Written down so you can read them before we turn up, and so you can check whether the next contractor you meet knows them too.
Before you build
What an electrical load calculation actually tells you
Every renovation over about $75,000 should start with a panel photograph and twenty minutes of arithmetic. Here is what that arithmetic is, and what it is not.
· 7 min read · Rosa Villareal
Materials and methods
Why we test your slab before we order your floor
Nearly every flooring failure we are called to look at is a preparation failure. Two of the three causes are measurable before anything is ordered.
· 6 min read
Before you build
The HVAC conversation you should have before you add a room
Adding 500 square feet changes more than the thermostat reading. It changes the load, the duct, the humidity and sometimes the equipment.
· 7 min read
How we work
Living in the house while we renovate it
Some scopes you can live through comfortably. Some you cannot. The honest version, phase by phase, so you can decide on facts.
· 6 min read
Or skip the reading
Book the site visit and we will walk your house and answer all four questions in person.