Archive for April, 2009

April 23, 2009

Tile Removal

by: Taz Loomans

Tweet Yesterday and today we had the onerous task of removing the blue VCT tile from Unit 1847 to expose the beautiful chocolate-colored concrete beneath.  The living room looked like this before we started: Removing this VCT required a special tool that we rented from Home Depot.  Although this tool made the project alot easier, it was still a painstaking and physically difficult process to remove each tile as you can see from the video. tile removal video After much work and sweat and approximately 7 hours, we removed all the tile! Now we face the hurdle of removing the…

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April 15, 2009

3 Palms Existing Conditions and Proposed Work

by: Taz Loomans

Tweet Blooming Rock’s first project!  We purchased a great foreclosed block duplex and are now in the process of revitalizing it.  This duplex is located near Thomas Rd. and 16th St. which is in keeping with our commitment to work in Central Phoenix. The building has some very nice block details which are ripe for accenting.  Proposed work:  Paint exterior building, find a way to accent block details, colors to be determined.  Clean up weeds in front yard, add dg, and add some sculptural metal pieces along with possibly some desert drought-resistant plants such  as prickly pears and/or agave. Proposed…

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