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Independent Living Through Remodeling
With the aging population, accessible design offers opportunities and challenges for remodelers.
Coquina Creation
Most remodelers are experts at dealing with lathe-and-plaster walls and similar old-fashioned building materials. But Bob White of R.G. White Construction in Jacksonville, Fla., faced a challenge in a recent project that few of his peers are likely to ...
Sales Savvy
Greg Zimmerman combines aggressive sales techniques with a human touch to sell a whole-house project.
E-mail Avalanche
When e-mail first became available, it seemed like the perfect solution to the disruption of a phone call. But frankly, you’ve got too much mail, right? Here are some tips for dealing with the excess in your inbox.
Tools We Love
Most remodelers have a soft spot in their hearts for a particular tool or two—directly remodeling-related or otherwise.
Blueprint for Success: Chapter 3 Estimating Systems
Kleinco’s estimating process prevents unpleasant surprises for the remodeler and the client
What's Behind the Curtain?
Sometime it is more then just the finished product that revels quality work.
Cost of Heat Inspires Energy-Related Improvements
The high cost of natural gas and other forms of heating fuel has inspired about one-quarter of American homeowners to make improvements that will increase their homes’ energy efficiency within five years, according to a study by Owens Corning.
Remodeling Expenditures Up
Expenditures for improvements and repairs of residential properties in the third quarter 2000 was estimated at $149 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department Census Bureau.
A New Life for Glass
According to a recently released industry survey, the amount of pre- and post-consumer glass and blast furnace slag being diverted from the solid waste stream for use in thermal and acoustical insulation now exceeds 14 billion pounds.