Custom Woodwork – Easy to Find!
Custom millwork is often not that expensive. Custom woodwork price drops dramatically as you have more made. Order 100 more linear feet than your woodworking project needs...just in case of mistakes.
Author Archives: Tim Carter
Do It Yourself – Sweat Equity
If you can do it yourself -- add sweat equity to some of the projects in your new home, you can save money. Do it yourself projects while building a house require serious commitment, however, and the trick is to find a builder who will be your partner in the process.
Vinyl Tile Choices
Vinyl floor tile is waterproof, easy to care for, low-cost and a DIY'er can install it. Vinyl floor tiles now come looking like wood, wood strip and marble flooring. The colors and textures for vinyl tile flooring are very realistic.
Kitchen Lighting – Mix It Up
Kitchen lighting will meet all its challenges if you use an assortment of lighting types. Indirect lighting and direct lighting in conjunction can maximize the mood in your kitchen, even on a tight budget. A ceiling fan added in the kitchen will help make life there a breeze.
Retractable Window Screens
Window screens are hard to clean and can block your view. Replacement window screens have new technology that allows you to roll the screen up out of your way. Try the retractable screens.
Quality Dream Home Specifications
Dream home specifications should exceed building codes to assure your new home will be quality built. Building codes are minimum standards. New homes needn't cost dramatically more to upgrade some materials or labor techniques that will produce the dream home that won't disappoint.
Magnetic Water Softeners
Water softeners for hard water save you many problems. Home water treatment systems with magnetic water softeners has been studied.
Air and Water Infiltration Barriers
I have lost track of the number of room additions I have built. But each time we had to demolish the existing house wall where we connected the addition, there was asphalt felt paper under the outer skin of the house. Old builders knew that water could get behind every outer building material. Now builders can use high-tech house wraps. Is your builder choosing wisely?
Building Code Defects – Hiring Attorneys to Win Court Battles
Oh the misery. You have gotten into a dog fight with your builder and it is time to hire an attorney. Going to court is ugly, expensive and emotional. It is also a gamble, unless you happen to hold the winning hand.
Cabins
Cabins are cozy buildings. Cabin floor plans are only as limited as the number of people sleeping in the cabin at one time. The smallest workable footprint is one that is 16 feet wide and 12 feet deep. Take into design consideration room for skylights and a sleeping loft.