5 Kitchen Remodeling Tips

By Robert Robillard

Remodeling A Kitchen When you begin to think about remodeling your kitchen, there’s a lot to consider and it’s easy to miss things. By following a few simple tips, you can avoid difficulties. Here are 5 kitchen remodeling tips to think about before you begin your remodeling project. Start with a Detailed Plan Meet with…

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How To Control Remodeling Dust – Best Practices

By Robert Robillard

  13 Best Practices For Controlling Remodeling Dust As a remodeling contractor I learned early on that learning how to control remodeling dust and keeping out of the non-remodeled portion of your clients home is often more important than the quality of your work. There is nothing worse than having your client tell you they want…

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Remodeling Pointers

By Robert Robillard

Remodeling Tips There’s a ton of stuff to read out there that portrays the remodeling process as fun, glamorous and exciting. What’s missing is the stressful, rutted path that most remodelers travel to achieve a great looking finished project. Many problems and surprises are common to the remodeling process. A little mental preparation will go…

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Porch Copper Drainage System

By Robert Robillard

In Floor Porch Copper Drainage System This beautiful homes covered porch had a tongue and groove fir floor that was pitched to the outside and drained any water into a fir wood gutter. The gutter surround the perimeter edge of the porch and drained through lead tubes to the ground below. These pipes are hidden…

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Hidden Remodeling Costs

By Robert Robillard

Remodeling What’s Behind The Wall? I don’t know too many people that are happy when a carpenter tells them their project is going to be more money or take longer due to unforeseen or hidden conditions. I’ll refer to these hidden remodeling costs as “what’s behind the walls?” The answer is, I don’t know until…

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US Children’s Blood Lead Levels are Declining

By Robert Robillard

BLOOD LEAD LEVELS DECLINING, BUT CHILDREN STILL AT RISK FOR LEAD POISONING As a residential re-modeler one of my concerns when working on a home is the presence of lead paint. The good news is that in the US Children’s blood lead levels are declining. Lead Dust And The body An April 2003 issue of…

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