We were just notified that we have been selected as a finalist in the Perennial Wood Pro Challenge! Voting will take place October 14-26 on PerennialWood.com on this page. Please note the page is not live with the competition at this time. Voting starts on Monday and goes through Wednesday of next week. I will send a reminder out on Facebook Monday morning. To copy and paste the link is http://www.perennialwood.com/AboutUs/CurrentPromotions/Pages/ProChallenge.aspx
It would be nice for a Kingsport contractor to win this contest since the product was developed and is made here at Eastman Chemical. What makes Eastman Perennial Wood™ so special is that it’s been modified throughout with proprietary TruLast™ Technology. Once modified, Perennial Wood is three times more resistant to harmful shrinking and swelling. This helps it last for decades.
This project was completed a few months back at the Old Island Community. We removed a very poorly constructed and dangerous deck and replaced it properly. There was a very nice cedar pergola on the old deck that had definitely been built by a real craftsman and not the builders of the old deck. We removed it piece by piece, cleaned it well with deck cleaner, stained it to match the deck, and re-installed it. We added a new sunshade fabric cover to give protection from the sun. To complete the project we installed Afco-Rail System powder coated aluminum railing. Remember to vote for us starting Monday! Also, forward this to your friends and contacts. Your vote and help is greatly appreciated. To see more pictures, visit our Portfolio.
We recently completed this kitchen makeover in the woods of Rotherwood. It was desperate for a face lift. The house has a rustic cedar siding exterior with a shake roof and has many craftsman details. Prior to our cosmetic surgery, the 
kitchen had a dated almost colonial feel. We removed a small “knee wall” to provide room to install a new countertop with a bar top. We added wood trim around the existing turned spindles on a corner shelf to help change from colonial to craftsman. We painted the cabinet doors and face frames and installed new pulls. Elliott Enterprises then installed new HanStone® Quartz countertops. The bar top was supported by custom-made craftsman corbels built for us by Main Street Woodshop. We then installed American Olean® Legacy Glass™ Jungle Blend Random Linear Mosaics tile on the backsplash. We replaced the worn receptacles and switches with brown devices and finished off with oil-rubbed bronze plates. This kitchen will be the belle of the ball for the fashion minded this fall!
We are currently renovating a 1950’s bathroom in Fairacres. We are giving it a complete gut and are replacing a tub/ tile shower with a custom tile barrier-free shower. The entire floor of the bathroom, and obviously the shower walls as well, will be waterproofed with Schluter® Kerdi shower system products. A Toto® ADA approved toilet will be installed as well as a new vanity cabinet, top, and faucet. Keep looking for a post in the next few weeks with the completion of this project and more pictures in our Portfolio.
Well, we can tell you what we have been doing for others lately. We have been busy with several small projects relating to water damage and issues. One was related to the rain forest conditions we are enduring this summer while the other was caused by a plumbing leak. The former was a leaky basement where we were able to stop the water with a combination of hydraulic cement, Drylok, and SikaFlex sealant. 
The latter was simply putting things back in order after the plumber made his repairs. We have several other small projects over the next week or two and will then be starting on another kitchen renovation, a bath renovation, and then a basement build-out featuring a home theater. There is room in the schedule for a few more projects this year, so please give us a call.
Well it has been several weeks since we completed the renovation of a desperate kitchen and turned it into the homeowner’s dream! This 1970’s split foyers kitchen had never had an update and was very cave-like with a small dining area separated by a wall. We removed the wall, demolished the old cabinets, light fixtures (would go nicely in a museum!) sheet vinyl flooring, and scraped the “popcorn” ceiling. We replaced the original windows with Pella® double-hung maintenance free vinyl windows. While we were in the attic rewiring, we recognized the need for additional insulation. To bring it up to code, we had Mullins Company blow additional insulation in the entire attic. We refinished the walls and ceiling, added crown moulding, and replaced the dated sanitary (simple and flat) base and door/window casing with colonial (more current and detailed) trim. After painting, we installed Zickgraf® Fontana Collection Handscraped 5″ Engineered Maple flooring. After Wellborn® maple cabinets were installed, we had Elliott Enterprises install beautiful granite countertops with a stainless steel undermount sink. The man of the house commented “Well if we had remodeled 25 years ago, we would be doing it again now. We saved money!”. The lady of the house is so happy she can’t stay out of the kitchen! This was truly an extreme makeover. To view more images of this project, visit our Portfolio.
After completing a kitchen renovation in Fall Creek, we moved on to this deck re-build. After an engineering study proved the unsafe and improper construction of the existing deck, the homeowner hired us to completely remove and rebuild the deck. We used Cox Eco-Life™ with Advanced Preservative Plus Wood Stabilizer Protection to frame the new deck. The old deck was “attached” to the house using only wedge anchors in the brick veneer. Brick veneer does not have the structural integrity to adequately carry the load of the deck. If the anchors were to have sheered, the result could have been catastrophic. We installed 6″ X 6″ posts every 8 feet at the house AND also attached it to the framing of the house using 10″ lag screws. This deck is built to last! The old deck had composite deck boards (TREX or equivalent) installed incorrectly. They had been jammed together tight resulting in no room for expansion. This resulted in the water having no way to drain off the deck causing the problem to become even worse. Also, screws had been used through the face to install the decking. Although, this is an acceptable method, it is by no means preferable. We installed Eastman Perennial Wood™ decking with hidden fasteners. There was a very nice cedar pergola on the old deck that had definitely been built by a real craftsman and not the builders of the old deck. We removed it piece by piece, cleaned it well with deck cleaner, stained it to match the deck, and re-installed it. We added a new sunshade fabric cover to give protection from the sun. To complete the project we installed Afco-Rail System powder coated aluminum railing. To see more pictures, visit our Portfolio.
