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    Kickout flashing replaces the first piece on step flashing and redirects water away from the siding (ideally into a gutter). Without a kickout, water will eventually get behind the siding and into the wall, where it will wreak havoc for years before you notice any signs of a leak.

    Tips for Installing Leakproof Kickout Flashing

    Ground zero for roof rot is often where roofs meet walls. If water isn’t redirected from the roof into a gutter, it can pour into the wall, where over time it will rot the sheathing...
    Aug. 22, 2016

    Buyer’s Remorse and the Right to Cancel a Contract

    You’ve just received a call from a homeowner who wants to cancel the contract he signed a month ago. And he wants his 10 percent deposit back. Now what? The Federal Trade Commission...
    Aug. 5, 2016
    Workers leveling and fastening a rigid foam panel

    How to Install Exterior Rigid Foam, Part 1

    Remodeler David Joyce, owner of Synergy Construction, in Lancaster, Mass., and his crew performed a deep energy retrofit and gut rehab last fall on a home in Concord. To boost...
    Aug. 5, 2016

    Personal Time Capsule

    My daughter, Emily, is moving to another state to take a new job as a nurse practitioner. To get her license there she needs, of all things, a copy of her undergraduate diploma...
    Aug. 4, 2016
    Top100 2016 Hero

    Top 100 Products for 2016

    The products that make the cut for Professional Remodeler’s annual Top 100 are determined by you, our readers. From drains to decking and sinks to sealants, these are the products...
    Aug. 3, 2016
    Online sales are heating up for some home improvement companies

    For One Window Company, Online Sales Are Heating Up

    When Helene Slutsky, of Columbus, Ohio, looks for a product or service, she does what most people do; she types what she’s looking for, plus her ZIP code, into Google’s search...
    June 10, 2016
    How to handle unhappy customers; photo: flickr user Mark Mulligan

    The Customer: Often Right, Always Righteous

    The client on the phone isn't happy. The crew trashed her bathroom, someone tracked mud on the carpet, and a sub parked his truck on the lawn. Another client calls to say she ...
    May 26, 2016