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  • Be Careful

    There is a large online store which I must order products through occasionally. Like many of you know from time to time the product they send is defective. I had this happen to me about 2 and ½ months ago. When I called the supplier, I was told by their representative that they would replace…

  • Know Your Contracts

                It seems that every year the government demands that we put more and more into are contracts. Nowadays we can’t say it once we must repeat ourselves three or more times. Many times, we have to say the same thing with different verbiage because the different agencies want it spelled out their way.  I…

  • When PVC or ABS Penetrates Concrete

    Despite the rebar, anchor bolts and Hold Down anchors and the mesh we add to our pours today I still do not allow any pipe to penetrate the concrete unprotected. Sometimes it is as simple as wrapping the pipe with a Styrofoam wrapping. It may be running a copper or plastic pipe through a steel…

  • Setting of Exterior Doors

    As mentioned before there is an order to be followed when setting doors, but setting exterior door require or permit an additional step. When ever I set the exterior door, I still use the laser to establish the heads level throughout the unit. This is done in the same manor as the interior doors were…

  • Setting Doors

                  Perhaps I should say this is for interior doors. The first thing I do when I am going to set the doors is I look at the plans and I go to the door in the plan and I mark the doors Swing on the floor. I then measure the door jams Outside measurement.…

  • Opportunity Knocking or Warning

    When I was beginning to think about going out on my own, I had a person who was an insurance adjuster who promised to send work my way.  I did go on a few projects, but I never won one and then, finally stopped calling me because I saw them as a waste of my…

  • Slow And Steady Also Wins the Prize

    On the project I am building I have had inspections of three occasions want a certain plumbing drain line and stack done differently. Each time these inspectors told me how they wanted the line and stack corrected. Each time I have to cut out some portion of my work and correct the plumbing as directed…

  • Pulling The Power Line and Planning Panel’s location

                  Before you can pull your lines into the panel you need to know where the panel will be located. You also need to know the demand the unit’s appliances and usage will place on the panel before you can determine the size of panel, you’ll need to avoid overloading the system.  You must know…

  • Keeping Communication Lines Open

    Today was a cold and rainy day at the project’s location, but it was a day in which the owner had off and he has come out to talk about the progress and ask questions. So, today I took him our to see the little shed (4’ x 8’) I added to the back of…