Construction Practices
Construction Practices
Articles, surveys, ideas, trends, and tips on best practices for residential builders, remodelers, and architects serving the residential construction industry.
How to Retrofit Foundation Footings
To make a low-height basement a more comfortable living space, this remodeler digs deeper but needs to add support to do so
Construction
6 Must-Knows for Installing Pocket Doors
Save your sanity: Do it right the first time
Construction Practices
Crawl Spaces to Basements: Proceed with Caution
Converting a crawl space to other uses can upgrade a home and add significant value, but when done incorrectly, it can also be disastrous
NAHB
Webinar: Project and Trade Management Musts—The New American Remodel 2023
Access the webinar here to learn project and trade management lessons from The New American Remodel 2023
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Project Spotlight: The Element of Surprise
mackmiller design+build capitalizes on surprises to make a successful remodel.
Corner Office: Online Project Management
HighCraft Builders is using technology to make sure the company, its clients and its trade partners are all communicating clearly.
Corner Office: HighCraft Builders stays strong with smart choices
Careful diversification has paid off for the Fort Collins remodeler.
NARI submits letter to Senate on lead rule
The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, which has called a hearing on regulatory issues small business face. The letter centers on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lead Renovation Repair and Painting rules (LRRP).
Energy Audits: Remodeling Profit Center vs. Loss Leader
Energy audits are one of the popular cure-alls in the remodeling industry these days as firms look for new ways to capture business.
Some remodelers are opting to use them as a loss leader, while others are finding the audits a way to generate profit and drive more work.
Preparing Your Remodeling Company for Sale
Coming up with an exit strategy is never easy. What do you need to do to successfully sell your business? Professional Remodeler’s Jud Mostenbocker (who sold his own company to his son) talked to radio host and former remodeler Rosie Romero, who sold his firm in 2002 to a group of employees, and Chuck Solomon, who is preparing to sell his company.
5 simple tips for boosting client satisfaction
For every dissatisfied customer you create, you need two satisfied customers just to offset the negative talk.
Employee benefit programs that work
Providing good benefits is an important way to keep the best employees, but at the same time it can be an expensive thing to do, especially for small companies. Professional Remodeler’s Tom Swartz talked to remodelers Greg Antonioli and Amie Riggs about crafting benefits programs.
Pattern sheets: What?s old is new
Pattern sheets let remodelers and builders offer design details to ensure a quality outcome
Make your advertising accountable with ?pay for performance?
The whole premise of pay-for-performance advertising is that you actually know what parts of your advertising are working. Even better, you only pay for it if it delivers.