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Features

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    Price Is Right

    Get back to good estimating and job costing to offer accurate pricing on your jobs.

     

View Point

  • Figure This: Home Energy Consumption

    A statistical glimpse of recent efforts to reduce home energy consumption.

     
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    Rate My (Green)Space

    In what may become the home’s equivalent of a car’s M.P.G., momentum is building for a simple method of scoring a home’s environmental impact.

     
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    Small Adjustment

    Observations made in the hospital emergency room have relevance to how you run your business in the current slow economy.

     
  • Customer Loyalty Keeps Firm in Business

    Though the number of jobs is down for this Pennsylvania remodeling company, a loyal customer base keeps the work coming.

     

Commentary

Linda Case

Mark Richardson

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    Easy Does It

    When clients are on the fence about moving forward with a project, you need to remove any barriers to decision-making. Make it easy for them to decide to move forward with the job.

     

Shawn McCadden

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    Who’s Looking Out for You?

    "Rearview mirror" accounting or proactive accounting? It's the remodeling business owner's responsibility to choose this partner well.

     

Your Business

Ways + Means

  • Lead and Get Out of the Way

    Owners shouldn't carry all the burden of the company on their shoulders. Empower your staff and watch your business grow.

     
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    Ask the Expert: Patrick Andrews

    The difference between aging in place and universal design, and how to find a consultant to help remodelers design for these types of clients.

     
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    Don’t I Know You?

    Clients will be more comfortable when they know who will be working in their home. Staff bios and photos are one way for clients to get to know your staff.

     
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    Diversity Rules

    How one remodeling company finds strength in a diverse staff of skilled craftspeople.

     
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    Stress Busting

    Teach employees to manage anger and other emotions to avoid conflict with clients.

     

Bottom Line

Sales + Marketing

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    E-Letter Perfect

    Proliferating popularity of e-mail newsletters compounds potential payoff, challenges for remodelers.

     

Field Notes

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    Product Proliferation

    Simple tips for helping remodeling staff safely and properly use new building products.

     
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    The E-Grapevine

    Pine Street Carpenters' entertaining e-newsletter bridges geographic distance, brings staff closer.

     

By Design

Tech@Work

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    Remote Access Options

    Most remodeling companies don't need a full-blown virtual private network. Here are some remote-access options to get you online and enable you to get work done when you're not in the office.

     
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    Speak to Me

    Using voice recognition software makes computer use easier for employees who aren't good at typing.

     

Good Form

  • On-Target Estimating

    Harth Builders uses this simple Excel spreadsheet to create accurate job estimates.

     

Big50

Solutions

  • Staying Upbeat

    Big50 remodelers tell how they are helping employees stay positive during the economic downturn.

     

K+B

Management

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    While You Were Out

    Refrigerators, dishwashers, and washer/dryers that notifiy the manufacturer when the appliance needs repair.

     
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    Armed With Information

    For one remodeler, arming homeowners with information and material costs helps them to better understand their remodeling investment.

     

Spec Book

Sustainability

Green Speak

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    Laying It on Thick

    A super-insulated house demonstrates options for energy-efficient renovations.

     

Green Spec

Products

In Focus

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    Soil Retention Drivable Grass

    The maker's line of plantable concrete systems includes Drivable Grass, a gridded network of concrete tiles that are installed similarly to concrete pavers.

     
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    Weathershield Premium Fiberglass-Clad Wood Windows

    Premium fiberglass-clad wood windows combine good looks with energy efficiency and durability. The exterior fiberglass cladding is available in seven color choices.

     
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    BiltBest ProClad Windows

    Like the maker's eClad Architectural Series, the proClad series offers aluminum-clad casement, double-hung, and horizontal slider windows with 5/8-inch insulated glass and a range of design options.

     
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    Andersen 100 Series Windows

    Andersen's 100 Series windows contain a minimum of 18% pre-consumer recycled glass and wood-fiber content by constructing frames from its patented polymer-wood fiber composite Fibrex material.

     
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    Versatex PVC 6/4 Panels

    The maker's new super-thick, low-maintenance PVC 6/4 panel eliminates the need to laminate multiple sheets to achieve thicker stock.

     
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    KitchenAid Outdoor Appliance Collection

    The maker's outdoor appliance collection includes new features, such as electric warming drawers on 48- and 36-inch freestanding grills, and built-in thermometers on all grill models.

     
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    Kolbe & Kolbe Lyptus Hardwood

    The maker has added Lyptus hardwood, an exotic species grown to sustainable forest certification standards, to its interior wood species custom options.

     
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    Exterior Portfolio by Crane BellaStone Architectural Columns

    Featuring the detail and texture of quarried stone but without the need for professional masonry installation, BellaStone Architectural Columns create beautiful accents.

     
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    Nana Wall VSW65 Single Track Slider

    Expanding on its line of opening glass walls, the VSW65 Single Track Slider can be used for extra-large openings.

     
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    TimberTech DeckLites

    Featuring post-cap lights, baluster-mounted accent lights, post-mounted accent lights, and stair riser lights, the DeckLites product line is a customizable low-voltage lighting solution.

     
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    KOMA One-Piece Water Table

    An extension of the maker's PVC product line, the One-Piece Water Table is designed to save installation time and money.

     
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    Rollex Aluminum Trim in Seven New Colors

    The maker's line of aluminum trim products for fiber-cement siding is available in seven new colors.

     
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    Fypon PVC Trim Profiles

    PVC trim profiles are now available in a variety of popular styles.

     

First Look

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    Howard Tools Shingle Shear Model 2900

    Helping roofing contractors keep costs down, the maker has introduced the Shingle Shear Model 2900, which will retail for less than 50% of most other available models.

     
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    Master Lock Truck Bed U-Lock Locking System

    The Truck Bed U-Lock locking system helps safely and conveniently secure items in pickup trucks' cargo areas.

     
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    Simpson Strong-Tie MASA Mudsill Anchors

    An improved mudsill anchor design provides contractors with a replacement for 1/2- and 5/8-inch anchor bolts. Key areas of the MASA mudsill anchor have been reinforced, and fasteners have been added.

     
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    Clearly Clean Peel-Away Paint Tray

    Add efficiency and limit waste and mess during paint cleanup with the patent-pending Peel-Away Paint Tray. The durable tray features a reusable hard substrate base with four built-in liners.

     

Other Articles

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    Dollars Don’t Lie

    In this unpredictable economy, realign your thinking toward gross profit dollars instead of gross profit margin.

     
 
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