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Are the interior doors in your home traditional six-panel doors? Do you have any glass doors, accordion doors or pocket doors? While doors provide an inherent function (access and privacy to an enclosed space), many often forget that doors can add great value to the...
Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
Yes, we offer the consultation service to help you determine if a home you’re interested in buying is a good fit for you. There are so many variables to consider when making such an important decision, and we take into consideration your current lifestyle,...
Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
Whom do you trust the most? This is a choice of people and very much like a job interview. At Mosby Building Arts we review hundreds of firms for our team. We choose companies and people who really know their business, enjoy the work, have a strong reputation and the...
Appliances, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
Standard clearance for a microwave-hood combination appliance is 18″ above the range top which is 54″ above the the finish floor. The 30″ clearance above your stove top is for a cabinet or flammable & combustible surface. The National Kitchen...
Foundation, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
I suspect that you may have a sinking stone pier which is causing the sagging. The sinking stone pier solution is replacement and not repair or piering. This is a combination carpenter, structural assessment, and pier replacement solution. A foundation company will...
Basements, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
Sound proofing is achieved by blocking or detaching sound carrying materials. A “sound proof” frame wall can use the offset framing method. Use a 2×6 top & bottom wall plate and then use 2×4 wall studs vertically, 16″ on-center or...
Basements, Flooring, Home Improvement Library, Painting, Remodeling
Hang on to your hat …This is a really big job to correctly do if you will have any real long-term traffic on your floor. I really advise solvent paints for floors but you can try water-based coatings at your own risk. I really advise that any solvent floor paint...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
Here is the Mosby Team’s thoughts on bathtub liners. We prefer resurfacing an existing tub because re-glazing gives the best appearance and looks less like a retrofitted item. Durability is the main concern with this process. It chips much more easily than the...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling, Windows
Contractor vs. window installer depends on the level of replacement you are searching for. If you are looking to have the windows 100% removed and new full unit windows installed I would recommend a contractor. If you are looking for the more basic window insert...
Cleaning, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
Cleaning cabinets is risky because the grease and oil residue that typically coats your cabinets also softens and destroys the cabinet finish. Removing the grease and oil from your cabinets usually removes the clear coat stain or paint on the cabinets themselves which...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
The long term approach is that re-plastering will last many more years, and is commensurate with the cost. We’re skeptical of the paint lasting 8 years; it would be more like 3-4 years if the plaster has begun to deteriorate. Painting is treating the symptom,...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library, Painting, Remodeling
One part Downy to 3 parts warm water for hard to work wall coverings. For regular covers, one part Downy to 4 parts water.
Flooring, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
We at Mosby Building Arts typically remove the sink, vanity and toilet to install ceramic tile on a bathroom floor. A potential water leak or water spill under the vanity will therefore not affect the wood of the vanity cabinet and the appearance is more crisp and...
Home Improvement Library, Remodeling, Windows
Your choices for installation are to leave the aluminum frame in the wall and downsize the new windows for fit within that existing frame. Then brake metal (pre-finished aluminum) cover the perimeter to finish. The second choice involves either cutting the flange of...
Basements, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
Yes, with many conditions. This is a very big structural question and you will need an engineer or architect to design this system. The wood or steel column can be removed AND you must strengthen the structural beam, break the concrete basement floor and install a...
