Cantilever Porch For Morning Coffee
We’re wrapping up a small porch on the front of this customer’s house in Knoxville, TN. It’s a small space but makes a great spot for them to enjoy the morning sunrises. For this porch, we doubled up 2x10s that extended into the framing of the house, taped the joists to prevent water damage and […]
Erosion Control To Create A Lawn To Play In
This little project started with a steep and dangerous slope and a family in Knoxville, TN that wanted some usable front yard for their young children to play in. We moved a lot of dirt, terraced the slope, added drainage swales and riprap to divert the water and catch basins and drain pipe to move […]
Building Stairs With Concrete
I love the process of building with concrete. You have to visualize what you want to build and then build the inverse… Or, in other words, build the opposite of what you want to create. Form boards always look like a bit of a crazy mess until you tear them away and reveal the finished […]
Deck Construction 101 and Footers – What You Don’t See Matters Most
When starting a new deck project, we often get questions about how the decking will run, what types of deck materials are the best and how to stain and care for the deck after the project is done. What people don’t ask us about is how we start the project and what goes underground. We […]
Warehouse Pallet Racking Installation, Relocation and Reconfiguration
Everyone needs more space. Whether you’re a manufacturer who needs to store the product you make, a 3PL who needs to store their client’s products or any one of the thousands of other companies who make their homes in commercial warehouses and shop facilities, everyone needs more space and the footprint of your facility just […]
LED Lighting Upgrades Save Money and Increase Workplace Safety
LED lighting technology has been around long enough that the cost has dropped while the reliability of the lights themselves has continued to get better and better. This makes them the obvious choice for both new construction and updating existing buildings. We’re in the process of updating the old metal halide high bay lighting at […]