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Image: http://oldwest.witchhunter.net/images/buildings/clapboard/old_West_buidling_clapboard_house_3.jpg Home Maintainence Check List As the weather warms, it’s time to start thinking about the exterior of your home. This Home Maintainence Check List will save you time and money. Here’s a quick Home Maintainence Check List of twenty items to check to keep your house well maintained and fit! 1. Check for loose…
Benchmarking For Remodeling According to Remodeling Magazine Kitchen and bath remodels rank highest as the projects that generate the most revenue for companies with revenue under $250k. The following article is about benchmarking for small remodeling companies. Highest Ranking Projects The next highest-ranking projects are, in order, handyman, window and door replacement, and trim carpentry.…
Maintaining your water feature does not need to be a headache. On the contrary, if set up properly a garden water feature should be low maintenance. The following tips and some good old common sense should provide you with enough information to create and maintain a low maintenance, high enjoyment water feature. The problem many…
Applying Window or Door Trim In Confined Spaces Applying trim in confined spaces frustrates many people. In a perfect finish carpentry world all doors and windows would be installed with enough space to apply full width trim like in the picture below. The reality is that we sometimes we have to rip trim…
3 Tips on Good Job Site Signage Job Site Signs are used by contractor’s to both identify a job site and to advertise the contractors services to others. This article will give you three business sign tips. Job site signs also help subcontractors and delivery people find the job site address through the visual aid…
How To Repair Lawn Irrigation Pipe Lawn irrigation is something most people install and then forget about. Leaks in these types of systems sometimes show up as puddles or geyser’s of water shooting from the ground. Possible causes for damaged irrigation pipe include frost and frozen water damage, cracks or holes caused by lawn equipment…
Image: iecabinets.com Contractor Outsourcing Specialty Jobs Michael Stone , a construction coach, consultant and author of Mark Up and Profit has some very excellent advice for contractors. Michael is troubled when he hears about remodelers planning to save money by bringing in-house what they once farmed out to specialized subcontractors. “A company will not cut…
Installing Roof Rain Diverters Nothing is more annoying than having to walk through a waterfall coming off your roof to reach the front door every time it rains. For many people gutters is not an option. Photo: copper rain diverter installed on roof above porch entry On the Concord, Massachusetts house pictured here the owner…
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