By Tamar King   The kitchen was the place to be. Countless birthday celebrations, the ‘review of our report cards’, talk of the weather, news, gossip, and planning the day’s activities, along with cooking and eating took place in the Read more

I recently got back into hands-on remodeling and carpentry work after spending a little over a year doing project management at Four Brothers LLC. As a project manager overseeing five simultaneous kitchen remodeling projects in DC, it was impossible to Read more

  Recently, we wrote a blog post about what permits were needed to renovate a bathroom in Montgomery County:  http://fourbrotherscarpentry.com/what-permits-are-neewhat-permits-are-needed-for-montgomery-county-bathroom-remodeling-projects/.  Several of our readers asked us to do the same for a Washington DC Remodel.   Much like kitchens, even Read more

One of the most common requests we get for Washington DC bathroom remodeling projects are converting a tub to a walk-in shower. Homeowners considering this renovation typically have two questions:    Is it possible to convert my bathtub into a Read more

  Knowing which permits and inspections you will need when renovating a bathroom in the Washington DC area can be confusing.  Each state and county has a different process.  This post will focus on the rules and regulations in Montgomery Read more

Bathrooms can be challenging spaces to design and remodel, often due to constraints posed by the existing bathroom layout and surrounding rooms.  In the Washington, DC area, existing bathrooms will generally fall into one of four categories:   Bathrooms in Read more

  There are two basic kinds of bathroom remodeling projects: a pull and replace renovation, and a comprehensive bathroom remodel.  Since no two bathrooms are identical, there will always be variations, but the work scopes involved for bathrooms that fall Read more

No two bathrooms are exactly alike.  Particularly when working in older homes common in the Washington, DC area there are many unique spaces.  Often areas that were not initially intended to be bathrooms have been converted to bathrooms, creating interesting Read more

Change Orders: The C-Word, Part 2   Because many homeowners have become hip to the change-order hustle that many contractors run (see Change Orders: The C-Word, Part 1), there is often no better way to alienate a client than to Read more

A Change Order as loosely defined by Wikipedia is: A component of the change management process whereby changes in the scope of work agreed to by the Owner, Contractor and Architect are implemented. When executed appropriately, a change order can Read more