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January 2010
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Greek Revival Renovation
Hal Collums Construction has recently completed a restoration of a beautiful historic home on St Charles Ave. The house which was built in 1861 is a great example of the Greek Revival style. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and even has a name – The Walker House.
Working on a [...]
New Orleans Renovation – Art Gallery Expansion
In 2008, Hal Collums Construction began a project to expand an existing Julia Street gallery. The gallery project had an accelerated construction schedule with no room in the schedule for any kind of delays.
When the appliance is bigger than the door opening!
An event this week reminded me of a crazy problem some friends of mine had several years ago when they relocated from New Orleans to a townhouse in Washington DC. Perry Bird, who was the Director of Christmas In October and his partner Richard Martin relocated to Washington DC, Perry had accepted a job [...]
Hal Collums / Central City Millworks Recycles
Here at Hal Collums Construction / Central City Millworks, we are trying to do our part to help out by recycling our saw dust. Sawdust is collected through vacuum systems around the mill and collected into a bin and then donated to the LA SPCA’s Rescue Ranch and other area horse barns.
Rare & Hard to Find Items
Searching for those hard to find items like window sash weights, old doors, or shutters? You may want to try The Green Project, www.thegreenproject.org, located at 2831 Marais Street, on the corner of Press and Marais at the railroad tracks.
Water Heaters – To use a tank or not!
Sometimes places are too small to fit a tank water heater, this is when the tankless water heater comes in handy. There is a hierarchy here and below are some things to think about. Many thanks to Randy Deslatte of Metro Plumbing in New Orleans, LA.
Gauge – Different for metal studs and rebar? YES!
One of the first things I learned in my career in construction that has continually come up is the gauge of metal studs and the gauge of rebar. Gauge is a unit of measuring and completely different for metal studs and rebar!
Soundproofing Your New Orleans Home
Noise reduction is broken down into two areas: noise reduction (stopping the noise) and noise absorption (changing the noise). These are achieved by different applications.
Update on St. Ann Shotgun Renovation
Through the challenge of the wettest month in the recorded history of New Orleans and also the discovery on New Years eve of additional termite damage requiring stud replacement, we did meet our goal for this phase of this renovation in New Orleans.
The goal was to have our contracted repairs completed by the first of [...]
A Brief Explanation of Insulation R Value
The R Value is a measurement of thermal resistance or in plain English – the higher the R-value is on the insulation you are buying the warmer you will be.
In addition to the above, the thicker the insulation the higher the R Value will be. The R Value describes heat being transferred in three [...]