While no one likes working in crawl spaces, attics and other confined spaces, it is necessary to do on nearly every building site. Now the US Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has new rules for safety in confined spaces. While these rules are designed to make the work environment safer, they will usher in major changes to the way construction workers do their jobs.
Construction professionals with experience may be finding the new home-building landscape challenging. Innovation and sustainability can be achieved with relatively little disruption to the way you build, using those tried and tested methods that you know work.
Using expansion joints allows your flooring and sub-flooring to expand without affecting the look and feel of your floors.
Taking time to clean your jobsite every day and investing in equipment to help you with that is one of the best investments you can make in your business.
Compressing fiberglass provides more R-value per inch, but reduces the overall R-value.
If you live in an area that is prone to wind events, you can build to mitigate damage to property and risk of injury.
Ever noticed the little black diamonds or triangles on your tape measure?
Discovering gaps in your knowledge is great as it helps you to improve and research areas that will make you a better builder and a better construction manager.
Often builders will use a propane heater to dry paint, drywall mud, etc. but what happens when hardwood is installed right after with no time to allow the house to dry?
During the winter months, the relative humidity (RH) in our homes drop, causing wood floors to dry out. When that happens, the wood shrinks and small gaps form between the floorboards. There are a number of ways to mitigate this problem and help to preserve the look of your flooring while adding to it’s longevity.
