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    2008 Remodeler's Choice Product Survey

    For two weeks during late June and early July, more than 670 Remodeling readers completed a survey naming the manufacturers they most frequently use in 21 categories. The results are in, along with product highlights for the 21 most-selected companies.

     
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    Green & Clean products slideshow

    These new products keep the environment and the house spic and span.

     
  • Eight Steps to Better Bidding

    A solid system for bidding can help you get the jobs you want.

     
  • Remodeling is Inherently Green

    Unfortunately, I'm not talking about the green stuff you can spend at the store; but, ultimately, the good green things that we do for our planet such as saving trees and reducing landfill.

     
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    Koi Story

    While the owners of this Rochester, N.Y., home wanted a two-story addition that included an exercise room, a studio, a library, and an atrium, the koi pond was really the focus. The owners were developing a large collection of koi and wanted to house them indoors.

     
  • Vacation Home Remodel

    On an unseasonably warm October morning, the Delaware River flows less majestically than it normally does through Bucks County, Pa. It hasn't rained in the county for a month, and the river level is low.

     
  • All Together Now

    A few months ago, David West, owner of MeadowView Construction in Georgetown, Mass., was invited by a local lumberyard owner to join LinkedIn, an online networking system.

     
  • Hiring a sales manager

    Steven St. Onge returned from a year-long sailing sabbatical with his family to find that the sales department of his business was not on an even keel.

     
  • Mileage Rate Increase

    For the final six months of 2008, the IRS is increasing the optional standard mileage rates for business by 8 cents per mile, from 50.5 to 58.5.