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I have a situation where a telepost is pushing up on a floor beam at the inside corner of an L-shaped stair to the basement. This has caused the wall which is supported by the beam to penetrate the ceiling plan...
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August 2, 2016
I would like have my kitchen cupboard refinished from their original golden oak color to white. Approx 15 doors and 4 drawers. Only looking for cost at this time. Thank you...
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August 6, 2016
Please provide the approximate cost to provide plans, permits and build a 22' wide X 25' deep garage on a concrete pad with a 10' wide X 9' high drive in wood door. 1 man door 3' wide. 2...
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August 1, 2016
I am planning a kitchen renovation and I want to know a proximate labor cost for: 1) kitchen cabinet removal: 7 wall cabinets, 5 base cabinets and ceramic tile counter-top. 2) remove and...
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August 2, 2016
I have a 40' x 60' shop. I am thinking about building a mezzanine for extra storage along one of the walls. It would be around 30' long by 8' wide. Would 2x6 for the joist and load wall work?...
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July 29, 2016
What would be the price to clear all our eaves troughs of debris, leaves and pine needles and thinning about 2 metres of a Japanese maple along the centre section of the garage trough? The troughs are o...
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July 29, 2016
I would like to have a built in cabinet. I have the doors. I have a kitchen wall that is approximately six feet long, standard depth. I would like a coffee counter, needs electricity microwave above n...
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August 2, 2016
Hey guys, I am in need of some expertise in quote giving. I am doing a big project that involves painting the hallways of 5 apartment building that are 4 stories each including the stairwells. The square...
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July 29, 2016
I decided I want a new kitchen. I paid a kitchen designer a design deposit. I gave him a budget and his design is very nice, but way over my budget. I didn't sign anything. I have no invoice. I just w...
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July 28, 2016
Our home in Scarborough is a detached 2 story brick home. The home is 20' wide x 30' long Large lot. 40' x 170' A finished basement. We would like to build a 3 story addition on the back and ...
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July 30, 2016
We recently had a new house built including granite countertops. The island countertop has cracked twice now. They are not finished repairing the first crack and it cracked in a different spot last night. We...
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July 28, 2016
How much to replace an Oil furnace with a high efficiency gas furnace in a 1400 sq ft home? Including the removal of the old furnace and oil tank. Pricing in the Ottawa area....
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July 28, 2016
How much it would cost to paint a 6000 sqrt house (including basement) just the interior? It is a renovation of a old house, would have some modifications of the old structure, some new ...
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July 28, 2016
How much would cost to put aluminium railing in my front stairs?...
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October 21, 2016
How much would it cost from changing from hot water radiotor heating to forced air in my 1500 square feet bungalow in Toronto?...
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July 28, 2016
Not sure if you can help, have a living room window where my door used to be, wooden frame and all of a sudden, especially with a down pour it has started to leak at the top of the frame, have c...
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July 27, 2016
I've built a bachelor apt in my basement with a bathroom, kitchen and a living space/bedroom which is 195sq. I'm working on getting a egress window installed that's no problem however the ru...
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July 27, 2016
We bought an acreage 7 months or so ago (possession on Nov ), we never looked at the drainage system closely until recently. We noticed some water sitting in our garden and we were worried that our ...
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July 26, 2016
Where can dissatisfied customers write, legally, bad reviews about bad handymen that we can use their name and company's name so they do not ripe-off other people? I read some of the horror e...
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July 28, 2016
Hi, We're looking to replace/cover the ugly white board just below the window but not really sure what can be done (maybe the board can be covered with bricks, etc.) A rough esti...
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July 26, 2016