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Category Archives: Home Improvement Tips

Is your home your happy place?

Spring cleaning? Does your home seem a little drab or outdated? Time to re-fresh and “re-discover your home”! I just sorted through some clothing and the thought of a home improvement project is on my mind. It is also on my client’s minds! Last week

Remodeling – Now, Later, or Never….

It is an interesting industry, residential remodeling that is, as we are in a front line business. By that, I mean that we interact daily with our clients who are end users of our service and doing work on one of their most emotional

Tax Savings

April is here!  Spring is here!  This is the season for flowers, birds returning, splashing in puddles (or stomping perhaps, like my 5-yr old boy!) and sunshine.  I say this on March 31st…and it snowed

Radiant Heating 102: Types of Installation

“Wet” floor installation Methods Cables or tubing are embedded within a solid floor, either in a thick concrete foundation slab (commonly used in “slab” ranch houses that don’t have basements) or a thin layer of concrete, gypsum, or other material installed on top of a subfloor. If concrete is used and the new floor is […]

Radiant Heating 101

Many of our clients are looking for inexpensive ways to add value to their remodel with an extra, finishing touch.  The focus of this 2 part entry is on radiant floor heating – an add-on that can make a great room even greater! Radiant Heating 101 In general terms, radiant heating systems (rhs’s) supply heat […]