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  • 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.…

  • Self-Motivating

    Each morning, I wake up and I go into my home office and I do a section of whatever course I am taking to keep myself up to par on my real estate or construction. I also study and watch You tube videos to learn new products and techniques. I study the methods and applications…

  • 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…

  • Control Lines for Window and Doors

    There are many tutorials on how to set a window or even windows and door. They will tell you used small headed screws for your doors and lager flatter heads for your windows.  They will tell you how to adjusts your trimmers so that the reveals are constant. What many forget to tell you is…

  • Preparing for the Combination Inspection.

                When you are prepared for the rough electric, rough plumbing and the final waste line plumbing and the sheer inspection it is time to call and request a combo inspection. As things begin to wind down a bit take your time and walk through the project with new eyes. Look for those little adjustments…

  • The Needed Vacation

    As the owner of small businesses, I also find it hard to take time off. I go to work and preform the various task needed to properly construct the project return to my office to research new methods for preforming tasks. Study the pros and cons of many methods and make mock examples to practice…

  • Straight Edging

    After the rough electrical and plumbing but before insulation and drywall is the time to check to ensure that the studs are in line from floor to ceiling. We do all we can to help prevent those random studs bowed beyond their fellow members but still we have these issues. Some people use strong backing…

  • Laser Levels

    I read allot of articles which give you various numbers of projects where a contractor can use their laser-levels. I find it hard to limit my usage to such numbers. Any time I need a straight line I can use my laser-level. But this is not so for everyone. It good for setting plumbing, for…

  • 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…