Custom coffee table on wheels
Coffee table designed and created by Shapira Builders This coffee table is simple and elegant, an easy solution to move it around the house. Made with pine wood, few screws, glue and spray cans of paint. Designed and created by Dov Shapira Tweet Vote on...
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Double mahogany front doors by Shapira Builders Eight by eight feet door system. Designed and installed by Shapira Builders Tweet Vote on...
read moreInterior sliding French door with one fixed panel
Sliding French door with one fixed panel This home had a nice size room with no doors, just an open square archway. My client wonted to turn the room into an office with dual pane glass French doors. This system works much better than installing double doors, that would require a lot of space. My solution was, one fixed panel and one sliding door. The existing opening was too large for standard doors. I reduced the opening with two by four studs and drywall. The sliding door is hung on a Johnson track that is attached to the header....
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Decorative window cedar shutters These shutters are made with clear cedar wood. The shutters are finished with linseed oil with no stain to keep the natural beauty of the wood. The shutters are screwed to the block wall. They are stationary. The installation: Drill four holes in the shutter, then hold the shutter in the right position and mark the wall with pencil for drilling wall. Drill four 3/8 of an inch diameter holes in the block wall. Pound wood tightly into the holes, Line up the shutter withe holes and drive four screws into the...
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Designing, creating and installing double cedar gates by Shapira Builders The homeowners in Scottsdale AZ, asked me to replace double knotty alder doors that were falling apart. This home have a surroundings block wall with stucco and an arch way for double gates. This home was custom built for these homeowners. For some reason, they used two knotty alder doors as gates, that are exposed to the weather. That was a bad choice of wood specie. Cedar has a natural resin like redwood and cypress that acts as a protection from any organic...
read moreMaking rolling flower beds
The wheels I found in garage sales, junk stores, antique stores and so on. The lumber can be anything like scrap wood. I treat the lumber with wood preservative and then I stain it. It doesn’t need any finish coat like polyurethane. The rails or the bars are made from one continuous 2×4 lumber, attached to the wheel axle back to the handle part. The flower bed is a box screwed to the railings. All these rolling flower beds are designed and built by Shapira Builders Shapira Builders always gives free estimates...
read moreGive your driveway an accent
Give your driveway an accent with decorative fence Give your driveway a nice accent with 3×4 lumber and a rope. How to: Shape the top of the lumber on your table saw and apply stain. 2. Drill a hole of 3/4″ for the rope. 3. Soak the rope in wood preservative and let it dry. 4. Install the lumber in the ground and fish the rope in the holes. Tweet Vote on...
read moreAssembling Pergola kit and installation
A client of Shapira builders company purchased a pergola kit online from Pergola Depot My client, the homeowners, asked me to give them a bid to assemble it and install it in the ground. The kit came with drawing and instruction. The first thing was to dig four hole, four feet deep for the six by six posts. The overall structure is seventeen by seventeen feet by eight feet clearance. The rafters are installed one foot apart and the two by two above are six inches apart on center. Next step is bolting double two by eight to the post and...
read moreInstallation of by pass barn doors by Shapira Builders
Installation of by pass barn doors My client found Shapira Builders on Yelp. I visited with homeowners, they have an open archway of 51 inches by 94 inches. They already purchased the hardware online from NW Artisan Hardware. The cost of the hardware was about $700.00. The homeowners Had few contractors who did not want to pursue this job for different reasons. I told the homeowners that I can execute the installation. At this point homeowners had to decide on the doors style. The doors are 1 3/8″ x 28″ x 96″ solid...
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Refinishing Wood door My latest customer found Shapira Builders on Yelp. My client invited me to look at his front door, he wanted me to refinish it. I found a door that hes been long time neglected. To maintain the health of wood stained door I recommend, once a year to apply some kind of protective oil. I do not recommend polyurethane. Polyurethane drys and cracks. I use oils such as, Linseed oil or Tung oil. As I looked at the door, I picked out the darkest spot as a reference to the shade of stain I will be using. I decided to use...
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