BMoxies 2nd Ever Photo Week – Day 1 (Shades of Ed) :: Test Painting Colors
To figure which colors to use in painting our house in 2006, we started with some tests on the shed. This shed was site-built and clad with T1-11 (a type of treated...
Category Archives: with pros
Homeowners Working with Home Improvement Pros + Pro Only Posts.
BMoxies 1st Ever Photo Week – Day 4 (Ummm Could You Do Me a Quick Favor, Move This Hot Tub … And Errrr. No, That’s Not a Sheer Cliff There)
Lancaster County Timber Frames, Inc. was raising a frame in the mountains of Taos, NM. Everyone in town thought we were rather odd in that we were hiking material up a 8,000...
Contractor’s Notebook: Shoddy Roof Work, A Crawlspace Pose & Compression Stress (A Fiction)
Three short posts for pros. Other People's Poor Jobs (aka OPPJs) & Working - Shoddy Roof Work Leads to Major Damage + Notes and stories from Inside a Crawlspace.
For Pros Only: Home Improvement Commission License Exam (Maryland – General Contractors) :: Building Moxie Takes a Test and Passes
I have known that licensing varies state to state, but I decided to ask around, and few friends of our Facebook page (go ahead like it) responded with what was required in...
Finishing a Kitchen Passthrough :: Enter the Other Man OR When a Honey is Not Enough
I mean -- I can do some things. Seeing progress to on our kitchen reno come to a halt, we turn to contractor Pat (who later becomes Mrs. Moxie's partner). He helps...
The Fancy Painters are Here! :: What to Know about Faux Finishing & Decorative Painting
When asked What do you do? and I invariably answer I'm a faux finisher, I sometimes get a quizzical look. I may follow up with I'm an artist...a decorative painter but I...
Don’t Cry over Spalted Wood || TanOak: a Woodworker’s Dream
Spalted is the term for the coloration that happens when fungi set up housekeeping in dying wood. The large discolored areas are one type of spalting: pigmentation or sapstain. Those lacey black...
EPA’s New Lead Regulation (RRP) and How It Affects You
I am from the government and here to help you is often joked about as being ten of the most terrifying words that one could expect to hear in their lifetime. Now...
Installing a Solar Thermal Set-up :: Inside the Pro’s Home
While there are certainly systems that can get you off of the grid, Bill's isn't one of them. Virtually all thermal/hot water systems are supplemental only, and they work in tandem with...
Paint Removal :: Using a Professional ReFinisher
So . . . you might have read my rant on hastily painted hardware. We removed the shutters from the building before painting its body. Twenty-four windows on the house proper makes...
