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The latest (4th) edition of The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home has finally hit the bookshelves. It represents four years of research and a complete upgrade in content and presentation. This edition is the first to be printed in full color, providing a wealth of new illustrations and photographs. Here is a short list of enhancements and improvements:
We'll be providing live coverage from the 2010 International Builder's Show in Las Vegas, NV. The construction industry is still reeling from the effects of the Mortgage Crisis, but this year's Builder's Show should signal a mini-comeback for builders nationwide. Home prices have stabilized in recent months and the entire industry is eager to crank things back up this summer. Unlike prior years, this year's show is targeted toward more cost effective and green construction. Gone are the show homes that highlighted the spectacular luxury approach so prized by the builder's prior to the mortgage meltdown.
The house is moving along. I got the outside graded, seed planted, and house painted. The inside has primer on the walls, insulation, drywall, mantels, stone and trim is going in.
Going crazy is more like it. I wish I had batteries that lasted a long time. I am so tired. There has been someone on the lot every day. I have not had a day off and have worked most Saturdays and Sunday I worked four hours. When I mean worked I mean putting in insulation, sweeping floors, picking up trash and vacuuming up all the junk the contractors left behind.
I have been working hard to pass my last big inspection. The framing inspection with all the things that can go wrong. They inspect all your big trade rough ins like electrical, plumbing and HVAC. Well the day of inspection guess who shows up to inspect the house? The chief inspector. Oh dear, I thought. He only found two small things wrong. I needed to put a tube around the electrical lines coming out of the house to ensure that the brick did not damage it and I needed to seal up one chase. This took all of five minutes each then I called for a reinspection and passed.
The latest (4th) edition of The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home has finally hit the bookshelves. It represents four years of research and a complete upgrade in content and presentation. This edition is the first to be printed in full color, providing a wealth of new illustrations and photographs. Here is a short list of enhancements and improvements:.midsize.JPG "Stone work")
