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No matter what’s under the floors or above the ceilings, the first thing your clients and their friends will see when your job is complete is the finish.
First came the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, established by Congress in 1987 to recognize the importance of quality and performance excellence to U.S. businesses and the nation as a whole.
In the face of economic adversity, remodelers show their resolve in creative — and profitable — ways.
When it comes to wear and tear, few components of the home have more rigorous requirements than exterior doors.
Wherever they stand on the continuum — all-out effort to comply, head-in-the-sand denial that the rules exist, or somewhere in between — all remodelers face risks when it comes to lead paint and the regulations surrounding it.
Four months after showcasing a whole-house remodel in a local home parade, Bob Peterson, CGR, could point to a dozen projects that had come in as a direct result.
Last August, after a complaint filed by U.S. lumber companies, the United States levied a 19.3% countervailing tariff on softwood lumber from certain Canadian provinces.
Stephen C. Gidley has spent a lot of time over the past 20 years trying to avoid court. President of Stephen C. Gidley Inc. & Associated Building Contractors in Darien, Conn., he hasn’t had to defend his company.
When Professional Remodeler’s editorial advisory board met at The Remodelers’ Show in October, one of our major discussion topics was the magazine’s redesign. One member of the team commented that he liked our original logo best because the word...
Thanks to the deregulation of electric utilities, which helped open the market for alternative energy sources, more consumers are taking advantage of photovoltaics (panels made of silicon that convert sunlight to electricity) to provide electric to hom...
In the past, savvy remodelers kept a Polaroid camera on the job site to document job progress or any significant event. Digital cameras take this practice to another level.
Houses are complex systems. Realize that when you change any significant house part, say from standard double-glazed to low-E windows, the system will respond. Sometimes the house works better, sometimes worse.
Though no home-wiring solution has established itself as the clear industry leader, most new construction is using Cat-5 and RG-6 in a “home run” or “star” configuration, with all the wiring radiating out from a central hub to service individual rooms....
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