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Brent Proulx
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Furniture - Build Custom

Serving Victoria, VA and surrounding areas

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Handyman with 30 years of DIY, renovation, repair, and remodel experience. I have fully renovated 3 houses, and built a 25-acre homestead from scratch including building cabins, decks, roads, barns, coops, water catchment, greenhouse, and gardens. I grew up on a farm and have a knack for understanding how mechanical things works. I have also assembled over 40 unique pieces of IKEA furniture for myself, family and friends, and love woodworking.\n\nI have the ability to do most home repair and improvement projects including: furniture assembly and repair, install or remove flooring, painting, baseboards, drywall repair, some appliance repair, replace outlets, install new lighting/fans, and toilets/faucet install.\n\nI have a truck and trailers to do demolition and junk hauling, garbage cleanup, landscaping, dirt work, tree trimming and pruning, small pressure washing jobs, and gutter cleaning.\n\nI will consider all jobs within 100 miles of metro Richmond.

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Serving Victoria, VA and surrounding areas

In business since 1990

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"I bought an Ikea armoire and wanted it to match my bedroom furniture. I was told that it was difficult to make changes particularly painting Ikea furniture. I was pleasantly surprised when Metropolitan restoration Center offered me a reasonable price and more than delivered. Saying I'm pleased is not enough for the results. I have a very nice looking cabinet that matches quite nicely with the rest of my furniture. All of this done at a reasonable price!"
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Carpentry questions, answered by experts

Baseboards don’t have to be nailed into studs. However, nailing them into studs adds to their stability. When studs aren’t available, you can secure them with drywall nails directly into the drywall and adhesive. Always aim to nail into studs, especially in high-traffic or impact-prone areas.

Bump-out additions can extend anywhere from 2 to 15 feet from an existing room. The right size will depend on how you plan to use the new space. For a cantilever bump-out, which doesn't require additional foundation support, the limit is typically 24 inches (2 feet). If a footing and foundation are part of the project, a bump-out can be much larger, even encompassing a whole room. It's also important to remember that many residential properties have limits on the total house size relative to the lot size.

Yes, you will need a jack for a rim joist replacement. To prevent sagging and facilitate the removal of load-bearing wood, you’ll need to relieve the pressure from this joint before beginning work. 

Due to hydraulics and other specialized equipment, a sill plate and rim joist replacement are not typically a DIY project. Hiring a professional structural engineer and experienced contractors is the best approach to replacing rotted sill plates and rim joists.

While it is possible to build a wooden carport yourself, especially if you are skilled in carpentry, professional construction is recommended. Professionals ensure structural integrity, proper anchoring, correct alignment, and the use of quality materials for a stable and durable result.

Joists do distribute their load to beams, but they don’t sit on top of the beams. Instead, home builders nail or screw the joists directly to the beams such that the end of the joist butts up against the edge of the beam. Beams can sit on other beams for support, but you’ll never see a joist sitting on top of a beam or another joist.

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