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Sexy Retaining Wall

March 1, 2012 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Sexy Retaining Wall

This happy top-o-the morning looking bloke is David Hocker. He's a landscape architect (Hocker Design Group) and a pretty good one at that. Besides winning an American Society of Landscape Architects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Modern House Tagged With: concrete, Construction Observation, Construction Process, consultants, details, landscape, modern house, plans, Sale Street

Job sites are dirty

February 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

Job sites are dirty

Yes - job sites are dirty, although maybe I should have said job sites are 'messy' so that I could limit the number of visits I get from people looking for "dirty sites". Trying to manipulate the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, contractors, modern house, Sale Street

Job Site Culture and Pride

December 22, 2011 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Job Site Culture and Pride

. I had an interesting conversation with a contractor the other day - it centered on job site culture and how to create the right sort. I'm not talking about Fight Club sort of culture or stuff found … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors, Observations Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Observation, Construction Process, contractors, conversations, modern house, Sale Street

Exterior Ceilings – Here’s an idea for you

December 19, 2011 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Exterior Ceilings – Here’s an idea for you

. In the picture above, you are looking up at the ceiling of  an exterior patio. More specifically, you are looking at 1x1 ipê wood strips attached to medium density overlay board that has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, Modern House, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, design, details, Sale Street

How to build a shower that won’t leak – Products

December 1, 2011 by Bob Borson 55 Comments

How to build a shower that won’t leak – Products

Building a proper shower starts with specifying the right sort of products. Because there are all sorts of sites out there that tell you how to build a shower (and since I don't build these myself), I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, My Work Tagged With: Materials, Products, Sale Street

Mosaic tile: Modern House Detail

October 28, 2011 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

Mosaic tile: Modern House Detail

. The house has been dried in for a while and the interior finishes are starting to show up in force. One of the topics I discussed a while back were these custom mosaic wall panels that are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Modern House, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, Materials, modern house, Sale Street, tile

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