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Designer Iris Harrell created a light bridge for the shelf with two sets of lights: uplights, to show off the homeowners' collection of glass and ceramics, and downlights, to illuminate the island's work surface. The wood soffit looks deceptively simple, Harrell says, but it was difficult to hide...
Marked by an obsession with grids, architect-homeowner Barry Sugerman's design aesthetic dominates every room. After stripping the drywall, Sugerman removed every second joist and doubled those remaining, then redrywalled the joists to produce both another grid and a seemingly higher ceiling.
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A Florida jury has found Union Carbide Corporation liable for a former drywall worker's asbestosis. Carbide's Musser says the first phase of the West Virginia trial provided significant grounds for appeal.
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Drywall contractor Dennis Redden has two beefs with contractors: Jobs frequently aren't ready when scheduled, and GCs don't pay promptly.Redden, of Rightway Construction in Oakley, Calif., has six employees and works with about 30 contractors, doing 10 jobs a year for each. They yell and scream to...
This month I want to talk about a couple of essential remodeling functions. It's important to make the final payment as small as possible to minimize your potential loss with a difficult-to-impossible customer who is reluctant to pay.
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Some of the Big50 discuss warranties.