Journal
Notes from the job site.
Cost breakdowns, permit timelines, and the occasional argument about framing. No listicles.
All posts
- Soffits, bearing walls, and the myth of the easy open-concept Three houses, three “just remove that wall” requests, and what the framing actually said about each one.
- Why we won't quote your remodel from photos A walkthrough costs us ninety minutes. Skipping it costs you a change order.
- Permits in Lake Oswego: what the timeline really looks like Design review, tree code, impervious surface limits — and how to sequence them so nothing waits on nothing.
- Bathroom waterproofing: the six inches nobody sees Most bathroom failures we're called to fix trace back to one skipped membrane detail.
- Should you finish the basement or build the addition? Cost per square foot, resale reality, and the ceiling-height rule that decides it for most Portland houses.