Contrary to popular belief, cladding and siding are – technically speaking – not the same thing (according to the Constructio...
Read MoreWhen I worked at the Cape Canaveral National Seashore, we built boardwalks over the dune so visitors could visit the beach wi...
Read MoreHigh-altitude settings require special consideration when it comes to selecting building materials. For a wooden deck, for ex...
Read MoreHaving worked in older cities in both North America and Europe, I’ve worked on a lot of properties that have called for porch...
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Read MoreAs a young man, one of my first summer jobs was preparing the lakeside piers and decks for spring after the long and cold win...
Read MoreA friend with whom I used to work managed to buy a house on the shore in Cape Canaveral not too long ago. When it came time t...
Read MoreFor some time, I’ve been working in a city that’s white hot with building and remodeling projects. There are houses, apartmen...
Read MoreA few years back, I took some extra work on a friend’s building crew. Their bread and butter work was putting up and welding...
Read MoreOne of my big moves after leaving college behind was to buy my own home. But one night, chatting with one of my new neighbors...
Read MoreWhile a patio or balcony might be great for a view, sometimes they put you right in the path of the wind. This was the case a...
Read MoreA friend of mine had a great year at work, becoming the number one salesperson in the company. This was reflected in her Chri...
Read MoreOnce upon a time, an old friend of mine caught the home improvement bug in a big way and proceeded to build a new backyard de...
Read MoreOnce upon a time, I was called in to do some touch-up work on a house in a tiny town on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. It was...
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