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The recently released version 8.0 of Chief Architect offers users a number of new features. One aimed specifically at remodelers lets users create custom materials lists for entire plans or subsets of plans.
As a major sign that 'green' has become mainstream for remodelers and builders, an energy- and resource-efficient truss plant has been built in Santa Maria, Calif., by the 83-year-old Hayward Lumber Co.
In our pages, quality doesn’t mean just good or even excellent. It means total quality management, TQM for short.
The dilemma a remodeling company faces once the decision is made to expand or diversify (and the terms are not synonymous) is how to pay for it.
More options make for tougher decisions, as anyone who has helped a homeowner with product selection knows. That makes choosing flooring especially difficult.
Even now, more than a year after he completed the Blomberg project, Scott Simpson’s face lights up when he talks about it.
With increasing emphasis on universal design as the general population ages, more remodelers are encouraging their clients to consider incorporating accessible-design elements into their remodeling projects.
Sometimes it’s easier to do a tear-down or to let an existing building stand empty rather than jump through the hoops required by complicated, out-of-date local building codes.
Whenever your project includes replacing a gas water heater, you probably don’t spend much time mulling over the features of competing units. Maybe you should.
Although most remodelers will be inconvenienced at best by any mold problems they encounter, the concerns about mold hazards present opportunities for remodelers to expand their services as well.
Requests for an in-home recording studio might not seem unusual for remodelers in and around Los Angeles, but what about the rest of the country?
With easy-to-use Web development software and a plentiful supply of Web designers, creating a Web site has become viable for small remodeling companies.
The debate over wood versus steel for home framing heated up in the early 1990s when the cost of framing lumber doubled in just a few months
The most exciting aspect of total quality management is that bettering your business is an ongoing journey, never a destination.
Mastic is the gooey sealant you should be paying your HVAC contractor a little extra for so that he puts it, instead of tape, on all joints in your ductwork.
Before the 1930s, most masons used a lime putty mortar that takes a long time to dry and harden. By contrast, modern-day mortar is harder, quick-drying and cement-based.
A few years ago, radiant barriers were the new hot thing. Now in most parts of California, they are the new required thing.
During the past few years, mold - and customers’ reactions to finding it - has caught the full attention of the building community.
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