Dept. of Bathroom & Kitchen Redos. If you are looking to retile a room in your apartment and want an estimate and a reliable guy to do it, we have just been tipped off that Louis Ekland is a good option.
When you are wanting to tile, the best thing to do is choose and buy the tile yourself (see here for stores) and then have it for the person to install. Talking it over with your installer first will help make sure that you order just what you need. And remember, tile is ordered by the square foot, so measure your floor or wall and multiply the two dimensions to get the total you need. MGR
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i recently purchased a co-op in brooklyn, and the bathroom tile needs help desperately. however, money is very tight. i have heard that tile can be "re-glazed," but i do not know too much about what this means. is it simply painted over, or is the process more elaborate? generally speaking, how long does a re-glazed finish last, and what is the cost? i also have a "charming" mauve tub that could stand to be re-glazed. anyone have any experience with re-glazing? thanks.
alex,
i just had my tub reglazed. it cost $250 (for straight-up white) and it looks fantastic. the place that did it also reglazes tile (they all do) and that costs between $3-$4/square foot depending on which place you go with.
wow... that price is reasonable. mind me asking the vendor you used? thanks.
Louis re-grouted our tub area. He did a terrific job, and was considerably lower than the other estimates we got. We're happy, the downstairs neighbors we were dripping water on are happy ..
Mr. Ekland has done carpentry and painting work for us, and is a detail oriented, excellently skilled carpenter and painter. I highly recommend him.
can anyone recommend another regrouter?
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(His name actually is Lewis Eklund and his company is "St. Remi Renovation." )
My husband and I hired Lewis to renovate our investment apartment. He redid our hardwood floor, kitchen, bathroom, fixed the ceiling wall and painting all the apartment. The apartment is a prewar studio with many details. He did an excellent job and paid attention in those prewar details.
Since this apartment is for investment, my husband and I had to be a bit in a cost cautious side. We discussed this cost issue with Lewis as well as other contractors while doing initially interviews. Several of contractors suggested us to replace almost everything which would definitely too high cost for us and we would loose some of original prewar charms. Lewis was understanding about our budget issue and the need to restore prewar charms. He worked with us in keeping the cost down and made the most improvement out of it.
Our apartment used to be in the condition where NOONE would want to rent it. Lewis made it into an apartment that everyone who come to view it wanted to sign the lease right on the spot.
(The apartment was showed only 1 hours and I was pushed by literally everyone who viewed it to let them rent the apartment. I wish I have another 10 more of the same apartment to give to everybody, but I have just only one. I felt bad somehow to rejected the rest of very high qualified people, but just had to be first come first serve.)
We are very happy with his work. So glad that I found his phone number from this AT website. We would definitely have him does our next project again whether it's our own new home or investment properties. Highly recommend him!
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Forgot to mention that Lewis is licensed contractor. Our investment studio apartment is co-op in midtown Manhattan so it's the co-op rule that we have to hire licensed contractor.
I did the research on license information and on BBB website after the initial interviews with all every contractor.(Just be very careful after hearing so many horror stories on the news and from some people I know.) I found that Lewis has been in business for 30 years with NO complain.
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