If your estimates are accurate, but you’re still losing money, it could be a miscalculated markup. Here’s how to correct your mistake.

There’s more than one way to calculate quantities for curved slabs and tube forms. We review the standard math, add a shortcut, and throw in a cheat sheet for good measure.

Instead of resisting client requests for a cost breakdown, Michael Anschel lays all his cards on the table. It sounds like a nightmare but it works like a dream. 

The goal: sell a deck today and install it tomorrow. A year after launch, this remodeler’s sale-to-install cycle is down to seven days and counting. 

A cantilever over glass drawers creates a dramatic floating effect in this stone countertop. Here’s how it’s done.

This work of functional art was a collaboration involving an imaginative design team, a well-organized remodeler, and a master stonemason

The star-based incentive program used by Tundraland for its craftsmen engages employees and customers

With the Go Figure app and a laser measurer, you can make a proposal using an iPad touch screen and a few photos

A step-by-step guide for the right way to make kickout flashing from a piece of step flashing

Code, safety, and performance considerations