Zekic Construction

My priorities, solid working station/pop up shop! construction

Flat roof against chimney is time ticking bomb and really hard to properly waterproof. New gable roof and cricket around chimney for this room and new life. Slide to see what we did. All work by Zekic Construction

What I have been up too for last 12 working weeks, two carpenters and the old house. There is so much to say about remodeling 100 years old house with C grade label.( yep they grade houses, lower the grade more headaches guaranteed!) all work by Zekic construction.

From recently completed kitchen project, old homes are gift that keeps on giving. We had two inch drop in floor and I decided to take up floor to the original frame and correct this. We found foundation collapsed and Water poring in. This area while is closed in on top is completely open to the outside underneath. Who ever closed in existing porch did not even try to correct the problem. Most homeowners would not know better if this was covered and forgotten but that is not my way! Also understanding insulation is important, we can’t just place some in between joist and move on, that would wet and useless with in a month. Being my own boss is great because I can make decisions right on spot, adding plastic and gravel over open ground for moisture protection, 2”xps foam for thermal break and two layers of rockwool for total of r40 value will make huge difference and garantí that new hardwood floors will last for long time not to mention how much different this will feel this winter. We had to repair foundation our selfs as well since nobody wanted to be bothered with this! This all works against me, timeline, deadline, estimate, everything goes out of the window when this happens ( and happens all the time).