Pull on your sterile gloves, adjust your respirator, and take cover behind your legal counsel. It's time to do battle with the building industry's equivalent of the black plague... More
Extra mortar spilled behind brick veneer walls has caused many a moisture woe because the mortar can block weep holes. To cover all bases, clever masons will install a piece of rope that runs behind the brick and out through a weep hole at the base of the wall. More
The latest challenger in the scourge-of-mankind category, stachybotrys chartarum, aka black mold, comes with its own life support system: homeowners and their attorneys. More
Ten years ago I coined the phrase "CAD-Assisted Estimating" to describe early attempts by CAD vendors to provide take-off and bill-of-materials functionality. Now, using CAD to automate the take-off process can be a reality. Most builders will still need to tweak results in a spreadsheet or conventional estimating software. More
