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Construction Questions Ansewered
Here you can ask any question you might have on code/inspection, pricing, what to do's, what not to do's, how to, etc. If your an investor or just a do it yourself type of person. We can answer any questions you might...
Kyle Doney
One Car Garage Converted to Living Space
I have a house I'm closing on next week that the owner converted the garage into a man cave type of deal. They put in a window and framed in the one car garage door (looks fine). Its carpeted, drywalled, electric, but...
Tyler Kastelberg
Old Building Boiler Heat Alternative Help
BP Community!I own an 8-unit, class C multifamily building in coastal Virginia and am looking for a heating alternative that will allow me to decommission the central boiler. The units are currently separately metered...
Ibrahim Hughes
How Do I Cleanup Heating Oil Spill In Basement?
I had some scraps guys come in and remove a couple of very old oil boilers (furnaces) from my property (it's a gut rehab I'm just starting). They obviously failed to drain them and now I have a reddish pool of li...
Seb Ko
Anyone here renovate garage attic for living space?
Hi Chitown BP folks, I'm thinking of renovating the garage attic space into an office area (no plumbing and not a bedroom). It's a good amount of space for this purpose. Challenge is that the garage is not insulated a...
Brittany Edwards chu
Help resolving uneven heat in duplex (NJ)
Hello! My duplex in north jersey is 100yrs old, and it has steam heat/radiators. The gas line isn’t split out, and unfortunately only the first floor tenant has access to the thermostat. The top floors don’t heat unle...
Taylor Dankmyer
Multi-Zoning Temperature Control or Other Solution for Basement
Very new to this - so hopefully my question isn't too elementary :)
I have looked at a few homes to buy with kitchens in the basement, set up for a Mother in Law suite. Some have separate entrances, or entrances that...
Nima S.
Adding Separate Meters on 2-unit (Queens-NYC)
Good Afternoon - BP Nation. I have come across a situation which I am sure that others have faced before. The property I am looking at is a legal 2-family. Classified as B3-2 (NYC) which is a conversion to two family ...
Lane Patterson
Help, hardwood floors with pet urine stain and smell!
Just picked up new property from my wholesale contact. Previous sellers had small pets that totally went to potty all over old carpet and it flowed to hardwoods. Any one have solution ? Exit strategy is Land Contract...
Brian Ellis
Nice little surprise
Starting renovating my first rental property. It is a duplex located in a mostly single family neighborhood. One unit was vacant and very outdated (as you can see), and the other one was recently renovated by the sell...