Skip the exterior excavation and waterproofing -- an interior perimeter drainage... More
Every time you use the search engine Google, you're putting the wisdom of crowds to use. Google's proprietary algorithm surveys Web links and treats every link as a kind of “vote.” It gives more weight to linking pages that are themselves important by virtue of the number of “votes” they get, then aggregates the results into a prioritized list that usually contains exactly what you were looking for. More
Cutting repair time from a couple of days to a couple of hours can mean getting to more profitable jobs faster. Steve Klitsch likes Sheetrock's Easy Sand joint compounds because they set so quickly ó from 10 minutes to a few hours, depending on the formula ó that he doesn't have to return for a second day to finish. More
To fend off rot, treat wood with borates and epoxy coatings, keep jambs and sills... More
There are more than 800,000 remodeling businesses in the United States; nearly 50,000 do over $1 million in yearly sales. But it's a market that manufacturers often miss. So you may have to go to the mountain to get discounts. More
A roofing contractor with 30-plus years in the business tells why traditional... More
A concrete contractor explains how he creates good-looking walks, drives, and... More
A contractor who depends on frame scaffolding for daily production shares his... More
