AsktheBuilder Number 3 Blog
TotallyHomeImprovement.com selected AsktheBuilder.com the #3 home improvement blog in the world for 2014.
It's a big honor. It's a huge honor if you want to know the truth.
The trouble is the list of blogs is like comparing apples next to zucchini.
Realize the #1 and #2 blogs are run by folks that have no or extremely limited hands-on experience working for real paying customers.
That's a fact for the #1 blog.
As for the #2 blog, you do realize that Bob Vila became a huge full-time TV star by age 28 or so. After getting out of college, he did a two-year stint for the Peace Corps. Do the math.
Once he got back stateside from the Peace Corps gig, he started a tiny remodeling business in Columbus, OH. A few years later, he landed in Beantown (Boston) and came up with an idea for a show for the local PBS TV station.
Then it happened. Overnight Bob became a full-time TV star/host, not a contractor working for paying customers. He became an expert at interviewing contractors that did work for paying customers. I give him all the credit in the world for becoming the face of home improvement on TV. Kudos to that indeed!
And now you have the rest of the story - as Paul Harvey would say.
AsktheBuilder.com - that's me - has content produced by a guy that walked the walk for over 20 years working to satisfy paying customers. That's the real hallmark of a professional.
Thanks Jason Horton, from TotallyHomeImprovement.com, for the #3 spot - I do appreciate it!
You can see the #1 and #2 guys right on top of me.
Tim built custom homes and did ultra-custom remodeling for 20+ years before launching his Ask the Builder media presence. He was selected as one of the Big 50 by Remodeling magazine in 1993. This award gave birth to Ask the Builder in October 1993. Tim also operates https://DrawPlumbingPlans.com. His @askthebuilder YouTube channel was the first home improvement channel on YouTube.