3 Tips for Resilient Decking
Building decks in areas regularly exposed to moisture, such as rainy or snowy climates and shaded property, is often an invitation for rot and...
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Top Nine Home Design Trends for 2021
NAHB recently recognized more than 160 single-family, multifamily, interior design, remodeling, and community projects at the annual Best in American Living...
Things to Consider Before Starting Your Deck Project
Building your own deck can be a rewarding experience for any handyman or homeowner. If you are looking to build a deck for your home, then here a few things to...
Your Deck: Do-over or Makeover?
If your old deck is looking worn and shabby, you might be thinking it’s time to demolish it and start over with a newly designed deck. While that’s a perfectly...
Hardwood and Laminate Flooring Markets Projected to Rebound
While laminate and hardwood flooring have experienced greater exposure on home-improvement and home-flipping shows, both experienced sales decreases in 2018,...
Breathing Easy: An Introduction to Healthy Homes
Imagine you use a vacuum-seal bag to store your winter clothes during the spring and summer. Your clothes are tightly packed in a waterproof, dustproof package...
How to Apply a Backsplash
A backsplash can instantly update your kitchen or bath with modern materials, a touch of color, and new textures, creating a customized focal point to draw the...
Opening Up A Bearing Wall
At over 6 feet 3 inches tall, my client always felt as if he had to duck when walking through the narrow pass-through between the dining room and living room...
Choosing the Right Kitchen Cabinets
Choosing the right kitchen cabinets is essential to creating the perfect kitchen and adding value to your home. Kitchen cabinets are a long-lasting feature and...
Managing Interior Painting Projects: A Top 10 List of Best Practices
If you are a remodeler or builder, and include painting in the scope of your work, use these considerations from a painting contractor to help make this phase...
General Woodworking Knowledge
Woodworking encompasses an incredibly wide spectrum. This includes anything from making knickknacks and birdhouses, to building heirloom furniture and ornate...
Remodeling Ideas for Winter
Now that all of the excitement of the holidays has passed, are you starting to feel the winter doldrums creeping in? There’s nothing like that feeling of...
Winter Home Improvement Tips to Help Save you Money and Energy
Just because every year there’s always talks about Global Warming, the warmest winter in years, and the sweaty hot summer we just had doesn’t mean winter is...
Choosing Interior Paint Colors
So you’ve just renovated your house. Or, you've just moved in! But something is missing. That something is color—the homeowner’s secret weapon. Color can be...
How to Install Hardwood Flooring
The good news is that most will consider installing hardwood floors easier than installing carpet because the pieces are easier to assemble than cutting carpet...
Is it Time to Add More Attic Insulation?
So, you’ve got your new windows and doors. All of your weather-stripping is in place and your house is sealed against the elements. You may think you’re all...
Kitchen Design Trends With Staying Power
Design trends come and go each year, which makes designing a kitchen even more difficult. With a high cost and long timelines, kitchen remodels are major...
What to Look For: Inspecting your Insulation and Weather Stripping
As the cold weather approaches and your furnace begins its annual duties, we often think of ways to make our homes more energy efficient. One thing that can...
Choosing the Right Wood for Your Project
As tempting as it may be, cost should not be the driving factor in choosing the right wood for your project. Typically, softwood such as pine and poplar are...
Comparing Deck Wood Choices
Generally speaking, when you compare common decking materials there are three choices: Cedar, pressure-treated wood and composite decking. Neither one is a bad...
Protect Your Jobsite Crews From the Summer Heat
On a jobsite in Kingsville, Texas, in August 2013, a worker was mixing gypsum concrete in preparation for gypcrete installation on an apartment building. It’s...
Benefits of Metal Roofing
The metal roof is nothing new. We’ve all seen picturesque images of old barns and farmhouses with an aesthetically weathered, corrugated metal roof. Having...
How to Fix Spalling Concrete
Spalling concrete is more than just an unsightly surface, it can cause real problems for any concrete structure. Fortunately, spalling can be easy to fix...
How to Install Deck Railing Posts
Sturdy posts are crucial for a safe, secure deck. Installing posts properly does not have to be difficult, but it does have to be done carefully to ensure a...
How to Pour Footings for a Deck
Secure, stable footings are essential for a good quality deck. By pouring footings properly, you give your deck a strong base so you can enjoy that outdoor...