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Kitchen Bed & Bath Whole-Home Addition Custom Homes Millwork Tenant Driveway Porch Portico Master Bath

Kitchen Renovation

A dated kitchen taken down to the studs, then rebuilt with new rough-ins and custom two-tone cabinetry.

Dated kitchen with cream cabinets and a black range before the remodel

Original kitchen with tile floors and oak cabinets before demolition

Crew during kitchen demolition with the walls opened to the studs

Two crew members removing the old kitchen cabinets

Crew member removing a bulkhead soffit above the kitchen

Kitchen gutted to the framing and prepped for rough-in

Kitchen gutted to the studs and subfloor with the new window opening framed

Kitchen floor opened down to the joists with the ceiling framing exposed above

New plumbing and electrical rough-in in the opened kitchen wall

New cabinets and a farmhouse sink base set in the renovated kitchen

White cabinet boxes and a farmhouse apron sink set beneath the new kitchen window

Corner base cabinet with its swing-in carousel set in place during installation

Installer working under the sink base while the new white cabinets are set

Upper and base cabinet boxes going in under the kitchen window

Tall open-shelf cabinets set on either side of a built-in nook

Island base cabinets set in place on the new plank floor

Installer hooking up the dishwasher beside the new farmhouse sink

White oak upper cabinets with a diamond lattice wine rack and pull-out pantry shelving

Near-finished kitchen with two-tone cabinets and a built-in wine rack

Kitchen with new quartz countertops, a center island, and appliances in place before final trim

Bed & Bath Renovation

Demo through finishes: framing, insulation, and plumbing roughed in, then drywall, paint, hardwood floors, marble tile, and finished rooms.

Crew member on a ladder during demolition of the bedroom and bath

Demolition debris piled in a bedroom stripped to the studs

Second floor room gutted to the framing with the ceiling joists exposed

New wood framing going up for the bedroom and bath layout

Framed hallway and doorways roughed out in the renovation

New interior framing for the hall and bath with wiring run through the studs

Crew member insulating the walls during the rough-in stage

Rolls of insulation and lumber staged in the framed room

Plumbing rough-in for the new bathroom between the studs

Hallway with drywall hung and taped, ready for finishing

Bedroom with drywall hung around the new windows

Finished drywall in the bedroom ready for paint

Bedroom drywalled and taped with a coffered tray ceiling above the new windows

Two finishers skim coating a new drywall ceiling in a bedroom

New bathroom with the shower niche framed and the walls prepped for tile

Crew member nailing down new hardwood flooring with a floor nailer

Crew member sanding the new hardwood floor in the finished hallway

Large-format marble tile going up on the bathroom wall during installation

Close view of the veined marble tile with leveling clips set in the joints

Finished bedroom painted soft gray with two new windows and the trim taped off

Painter rolling a deep teal color onto a bedroom wall

Painter working up a tall stairwell with an extension roller under a new pendant light

Finished shower with large marble-look tile, a mosaic niche, and a pebble floor

Laundry nook with white upper cabinets and a butcher block counter over the washer and dryer

Finished bedroom with lavender walls, new windows, and new carpet

Finished upstairs hallway with refinished hardwood floors and new doors

Whole-Home Renovation

A dated home taken back to the studs, then rebuilt with new plumbing, spray foam insulation, a new roof, tile, flooring, and a new kitchen.

Crew working together on a gutted second floor as new framing and plumbing go in

Framed walls with new plumbing roughed in and a carpenter on site

Two crew members working on the floor framing and drain in the opened bathroom

Crew cutting in new subfloor in a gutted room

Crew member running new wiring through a framed doorway

Wide view of the gutted floor with new plumbing roughed in through the joists

Spray foam insulation between the rafters above newly insulated walls

Crew member in a room with the new insulation going into the walls

House exterior during a roof replacement with the old roofing stripped to the deck

Roofer installing synthetic underlayment on the roof deck

The house with the roof crew at work up top and the yard staged for the job

Two roofers laying new underlayment across the roof deck

Large marble-look tile going up in a shower with leveling clips around the niche

Drywall finisher on stilts taping the ceiling of a renovated room

Finisher taping new drywall seams in a bedroom

Crew working on a ladder and stilts under a new coffered ceiling

Two installers laying new plank flooring in a bedroom

Installer fitting new plank flooring along the wall

New bathtub with a marble-look tile surround and chrome fixtures

New white shaker kitchen cabinets being installed in the renovated kitchen

New white base cabinets staged in the kitchen ahead of install

New framing with ductwork and mechanicals run through the renovation

Exterior walls insulated and ready for board

Crew member working in the framed doorway during the gut renovation

Wide view of the gut renovation at the rough-in stage

Addition & Extension

Gutting the existing house, setting new steel to carry the structure, then underpinning it, pouring the new foundation, and waterproofing the walls, then framing and sheathing the new addition.

Original bathroom before the addition and structural work began

Original staircase with worn treads and floral wallpaper before the renovation

Crew member during interior demolition down to the framing

Interior gutted to the studs and subfloor before the addition

Excavation alongside the house to pour the new foundation

Excavator digging out the foundation for the home addition

Deep foundation excavation against the existing house wall

Compact loader moving fill beneath the house during underpinning

New steel beam and support column carrying the house during the addition

New steel framing supporting the structure over the excavated basement

Front of the white brick house with the upper siding stripped to the housewrap and the windows boarded for replacement

Excavator working alongside the house after the sidewall has been dug out

The house standing at the edge of the open excavation for the new foundation

Steel column carrying the house above the soil excavated out from under the original foundation

Two crew members digging out the basement by hand beneath the supported house

Crew working in the basement below the new steel beam and temporary shoring

Crew reviewing the new block wall where the extension meets the original framing

New block foundation wall built up alongside the existing brick chimney

Crew walking the rebar and footing forms laid out beside the house

Crew member setting rebar in the footing forms before the foundation pour

Concrete wall forms set against the house for the new foundation

Crew member spraying waterproofing onto a newly poured foundation wall

Concrete mixer truck on site beside the house during the foundation work

House wrapped in rigid insulation sitting on its new foundation

New poured concrete basement walls for the addition, seen from above

Crew at the back of the house with the siding stripped and the wall framing exposed

New floor joists framed out over the foundation behind the house

First floor walls framed and sheathed at the back of the house

Crew member framing inside the addition among the new studs and joists

Addition walls sheathed with ladders set for the second floor framing

Newly framed walls braced in place on the subfloor

Second floor walls framed above the sheathed first floor

Front of the house with the new second story framed and sheathed and the gables in place

Side of the house sheathed up to the new roofline

Framing for the new front entry roof beneath the gable

The sheathed front of the house with ladders up and a HomeCore sign on the lawn

Open first floor framing looking toward the fireplace wall

Custom Homes

A ground-up custom home, from the first concrete pour through framing and sheathing.

Concrete pump truck set up at the street with its boom reaching over the excavated site

Pump boom positioned above the rebar cages and formwork before the pour

Freshly poured footing running the length of the excavation with rebar dowels set

Crew placing concrete in the foundation forms as the footprint of the house takes shape

Poured foundation walls dividing the interior rooms of the new custom home

Poured concrete foundation walls of a new custom home

Overhead view of the custom home foundation footprint

Inside the new foundation with footings set for the custom home

Foundation walls and interior footings for the custom build

Beam pocket and steel detail in the poured foundation wall

Waterproofed foundation wall in the excavated trench

First floor walls framed on the new foundation of a custom home

Crew cutting lumber in the basement beneath the new floor framing

Tall exterior wall framing rising above the foundation against a blue sky

Two-story custom home in the framing stage, with the roof gables framed, the walls sheathed, and the crew working up top

Telehandler lifting materials to the roof of a sheathed two-story custom home

Rough stair framing inside a custom home, surrounded by new wall studs

Roof rafters and second floor framing seen from inside a custom home

The custom home at full framing with the roof rafters and gable trusses set

The custom home sheathed and roofed with windows installed and the front porch framed

The two-story custom home wrapped in blue house wrap, seen from the side

Front of the custom home in house wrap with the garage openings framed

Crew working inside the framed first floor of the custom home

Large picture window openings framed in a first floor room

Temporary stairs set between floors inside the framed custom home

Great room framed with tall openings looking out to the yard

Wide view of the custom home fully wrapped and ready for windows

Rear of the custom home in house wrap with the roof on

Crew on ladders installing sheathing and a roof overhang on the custom home

Two-story custom home sheathed in plywood with the entry overhang framed

Crew member on a ladder installing underlayment on the entry roof

Sheathed custom home with the HomeCore Construction sign and shingles staged out front

Corner of the custom home sheathed in plywood with metal straps across the seams

Crew member installing shingles on a lower roof, seen through a framed window opening

Crew working at a first-floor opening on the sheathed custom home

Side elevation of the custom home in plywood sheathing with copper base flashing

Framed front porch and HomeCore Construction banner on the sheathed custom home

Crew member climbing a ladder at the front of the sheathed custom home

Wide view of the custom home fully sheathed with window openings cut

Crew member nailing architectural shingles over underlayment on a lower roof

Garage Opening

Opening a garage wall into living space and framing a new pass-through, from the first cut through new stud framing and electrical.

Garage wall opened to the studs with insulation exposed for a new pass-through

Crew member in a HomeCore shirt working the new opening between the house and garage

Two crew members measuring and framing the new garage opening

Crew member at the opened wall looking through into the garage during pass-through framing

Crew member running electrical at the opened wall between garage and living space

New stud framing set in the opened wall cavity with insulation still in place

Custom Millwork

Custom doors and cabinetry built in our own shop, from milled stock and machined joinery to finished door units, vanities, and paneled cabinets.

Door rails and stiles with machined joinery standing on a shop workbench

Door rails with machined mortises ready for assembly on a shop bench

Raised panel set into a solid wood door frame in the shop

Custom French door unit with sidelights and divided lites, built in our shop

Paneled cabinet sides laid out on a base cabinet in the shop

Solid wood Dutch door with a cross-buck lower panel, built in our shop

Rough lumber stacked by the table saw, ready to be milled

Raised panels set on a cabinet box during assembly

Cabinet box clamped up during glue-up on the shop floor

Table saw in the shop with a glass-paneled door unit in progress behind it

Close view of the raised panel and molded edge on a mahogany door

Custom vanity with drawers and doors in raw wood on the shop bench

Tall paneled door standing in the shop after assembly

Small paneled cabinet on the shop bench, ready for finish

Tenant Improvement

A commercial build-out: stripping a tired retail and service space back to the shell, then rebuilding it into a clean showroom.

Bare block room with stained walls and an open ceiling before the commercial build-out

The original commercial interior with partitions and a dropped ceiling still in place

Demolition underway with the dropped ceiling and ductwork pulled down

Dropped ceiling pulled down with old wiring hanging over the floor

Old ceiling tiles and grid piled on the floor during demolition

Demolition debris staged along the old service counters for removal

The open floor cleared back to the block walls and steel structure

Open floor with the last demolition debris piled for removal

Ladders set along the back wall as the old offices come out

Crew member on a ladder working overhead in the cleared commercial space

The full length of the stripped space with daylight coming through the window wall

New drywall hung and taped across the showroom walls

New drywall hung and taped over the block walls

Bright white showroom walls with a ladder set up for the final touches

The finished showroom walls painted white with new lighting installed overhead

The completed showroom with large-format porcelain tile flooring and a vehicle on display

Crew member on a scissor lift working on a showroom ceiling

Driveway & Walkway

A worn concrete driveway taken out to the base, re-drained, and rebuilt in paving stone.

Original concrete driveway and walkway before the rebuild

Excavator on site starting to break out the old driveway

Excavator digging out the old driveway with a crew member on the ground

Excavator breaking apart the old concrete slab

New drywell set into the excavated pit for drainage

Driveway area excavated and graded down to a compacted base

Forms and string lines set to establish the new driveway grade

Crew member screeding the base ahead of the concrete pour

Concrete truck pouring over wire mesh along the side of the house

Concrete truck placing the new apron with the crew working the pour

Apron forms set with rebar ready for concrete

Pallets of paving stones staged on site before installation

Crew laying the paver field across the new driveway

New paver driveway with a curved charcoal border along the lawn

Crew finishing the paver field in front of the garage

Crew setting the border course along the edge of the paver driveway

Finished paver driveway laid in a running bond pattern

Wide view of the finished paver driveway and walkway

Finished paver driveway running to the garage with a new border course

Front Porch & Deck

A new framed front porch with wrapped columns and composite decking, built off the original stoop.

Cape style home with the original front stoop before the porch build

Crew member building the new porch steps

Crew member framing the new porch stairs

Framed front porch with the posts set and the deck framing in place

Composite decking boards going down on the new porch

Two crew members installing the new porch railing

New composite porch stairs and a white railing with black balusters installed, with the trim still to come

Finished front porch with white columns and composite decking

Finished composite deck surface running the width of the porch

Finished composite porch steps with a contrasting border

Finished porch and stairs behind a HomeCore Construction yard sign

Portico & Entry

An old front stoop rebuilt in bluestone with brick risers, plus a new walkway to the door.

Old stoop broken out and the base prepped for new bluestone

Crew member prepping the base for the new entry walkway

Crew member setting the new bluestone treads

Crew laying bluestone across the new front entry

Crew fitting bluestone around the front entry steps

Finished bluestone entry steps with brick risers

Close view of the brick risers and bluestone treads

Finished bluestone walkway leading to the front entry

Master Bath & Powder Room

An older bath taken back to the studs, re-framed and re-plumbed, then tiled in large format porcelain.

Bathroom gutted back to the original studs and lath

Bath and closet area gutted to the studs with the old door still hung

Wide view of the opened floor joists with new plumbing and wiring runs

New plumbing runs set between the opened floor joists

Two crew members framing the new bathroom walls

Crew member framing a new partition wall in the bathroom

Crew running mechanicals through the opened bathroom walls

Waterproof backer board going up on the bathroom walls

Crew member hanging waterproof board in the bathroom

Crew member in a HomeCore shirt prepping the wall above the doorway

Crew member fastening cement board on the shower wall

Crew installing waterproof board around the new vanity wall

Large format porcelain tile going up on the bathroom walls

Crew members setting large format tile on the bathroom wall

Two crew members tiling the shower curb and walls

Bathroom with the walls fully tiled in large format porcelain

Bathroom tiled floor to ceiling with twin niches and a half wall at the shower

Crew member working at the window opening in the newly tiled bath

Tiled shower with a recessed niche ready for fixtures

Walk-in shower with a glass panel, rain head, and marble-look tile

Crew member finishing the last wall ahead of tile