Dealing With A Clogged Garbage Disposal
Garbage disposals are a great addition to your sink and keep you from constantly having to empty out that disgusting strainer at the mouth of your sink....
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Which Home Improvements Pay Off?
To answer this question correctly, first you must decide what the “payoff” means. If a home improvement is meant to improve your life or that of your family,...
Spruce up your Entryway
In life, first impressions are important. For your home, the entryway offers a first impression for your visitors. No matter the layout or size of your...
Best Projects to Handle with Your Pressure Washer
Pressure washers have been very popular in recent years --and with good reason. They are extremely versatile tools that save a lot of time, often with great...
Looking To Remodel? How Drafting and Design Services Can Help You Plan
It’s an easy assertion to dive head first into a new home remodeling project. The temptation to remove the old and bring out the new can be tough to curb, but...
Spring Maintenance: What Equipment to Rent for After the Snow Melts
A blanket of snow may be pretty to look at, but what is it covering up? The harsh winter weather takes a toll on the exterior of homes and yards, while much of...
Gardening in Challenging Spaces
Every garden is different, and very few gardeners are fortunate enough to have a perfect plot of level, rich soil with exactly the right amount of sunlight,...
3 Red Flags Home Buyers Should Watch Out For
Home buyers should keep their eyes peeled for structural failures, document issues, and neighborhood situations, Jen A. Miller at The New York Times reports,...
Always Deliver Value
Your custom building clients come from all walks of life. But they have one thing in common: They are successful, and they have money. And more often than not,...
Industry Insiders' Top New Year Predictions
To kick off the new year, BUILDER reached out to industry experts across the country to find out what’s on their minds for 2018. From design trends and...
The Kitchens Of The Future Aren't Just About Tech
U.S. kitchen design has changed drastically in recent years, says designer Michael Schluetter, toward simple and clean materials and away from decorative...
How to Climb Out of the Debt Hole That Threatens Your Remodeling Business
Business is good but the balance sheet is not. Over time, the business’s equity has gone from positive to negative—it owes money to lots of people. How did it...
Before Crafting Your 2018 Budget, Ask Yourself These Questions
With the next year coming in just a couple of months, you all are working on your budget for 2018, right? If not, you should be. How can you get where you want...
Handle These Five Headaches Before the Remodel
Once your clients hand you a remodeling job, it’s entirely up to you to turn their visions into a reality. Of course, even with the skills and resources you...
Staying Safe On A Ladder
Many of the home and garden ideas that you find on these blogs or other places on the internet require use of a ladder. While these serve as a very important...
How and Where to use Expanding Foam Insulation
Expanding foam is one of those products that fall squarely in the duct tape, bailing twine and WD-40 category. It has a list of uses that’s a mile long and is...
This Is How You Have a Budget Conversation With Homeowners
Homeowners rarely have an accurate sense of how much their project will cost when they first speak with a remodeler. So you can imagine how important it is to...
Insulation- How to Kill a House
Wood has only a few enemies. An encounter with termites, fire, or a weekend warrior is almost always fatal. But when it comes to a fourth enemy, water, wood is...
How to Choose a Remodeling Contractor
At first glance, it would seem like the easiest way to find a remodeling contractor would be to just Google them. Of course if you did so, you’ll probably find...
Adding Finishing Touches When Woodworking
Woodworking is more than just a DIY project. Woodworking is a form of art and an expression of one’s personality. It goes beyond cutting and shaping the wood...
Callbacks, Downtime & Substrates, Oh My!
Remodelers can face many challenges on the jobsite. Those challenges can be anything from inclement weather delaying an exterior project, to multiple projects...
How, and Why, to Use Geometric Shapes in Your Next Project
Though geometric patterns and shapes have been used in design since antiquity, geometric shapes are trending again in home renovation. The clean lines and bold...
4 Ways to Exceed Expectations
Many years ago, I began thinking about the subject of exceeding expectations. I would field phone calls from upset clients or listen to team members’...
When It Comes to Siding, Looks Are Everything
Beauty may be skin deep, but when it comes to siding, at least, looks are everything. Google search “siding curb appeal” and help yourself to the roughly 1.5...
Roof Ventilation
Why ventilate a roof? “The main purpose of roof ventilation is to keep the air space above the roof insulation more or less at the same temperature as the...