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09/29/2024

REMODELING ISNT A SKILL.

It’s about 10 trades, dozens of skills, and a whole lot of experiences. You don’t learn remodeling, you learn skills and use them to react to problems. You learn a process. Remodeling is a challenge and constant problem solving upon discovery. You are at the mercy of existing conditions and must figure out how to get the end results you want. Don’t believe us, read these brief overviews of each phase of remodeling.

Demolition isn’t just swinging sledge hammers. Demo for remodeling requires planning and preparedness. It’s identifying what’s inside a wall cavity. It’s disconnecting plumbing and electrical so demolition can be done safely. It’s knowing how things go together and common building practices so you can disassemble things. It’s dust control for people living in the home.

Framing isn’t just for entire houses. Remodeling requires framing knowledge. It’s crowning studs all the same way. It’s understanding blocking, load bearing wall sections, headers, footings, posts, trusses, joists, wall layout, and terminology, etc. It’s ensuring things are flat, square, level, and plumb.

Plumbing isn’t just water running down hill and things not leaking. It’s supply water, pressure and balancing, filtering, and fixture units. It’s venting, pipe size, slope, and traps. Remodeling can require a lot of plumbing, especially when adding, expanding, or rearranging fixtures.

HVAC isn’t just supply air to a room. It’s air returns, supply air, air exchanging, air quality, make up air, ventilation, etc. Remodeling doesn’t always require this, but a lot of it still has to be known for when it arises.

Electrical is almost always encountered when remodeling. New switches, lights, receptacles, etc. Floor heat systems, new circuits, loads, amperage, wattage, volts, line drop, wire size, etc. Wiring is often in the way or needs moved or extended. This can be tricky when access is minimal.

Trim carpentry should be a major skill of remodeling. From installing cabinets to baseboard, casing, coping, s

03/16/2024

12/12/2023

“Just pour it in dry and mix it in the hole” ya, I took this photo on a sales call of a deck that a fence builder took on with that same mentality 3 years ago. Just mix the concrete guys. 🫶

07/11/2023

It’s that time of the year again when many people decide to have work done on their homes.

02/26/2023

12/26/2022

Did you receive a drone as a gift this holiday season? Be sure to check out these safety guidelines from the Federal Aviation Administration http://ow.ly/1EUG50Mas0q

12/04/2022

The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, in conjunction with various local, state, and federal law enforcement and emergency management agencies will be hosting, free of charge, a Drone Public Awareness Brief at Memorial Stadium in Savannah, Georgia, on December 7, 2022, at 6:30 PM. Partnering agencies include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Georgia Air National Guard 165th Airlift Wing, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA), and the Chatham County Emergency Management Agency (CEMA).

Drone Public Awareness Brief
December 7, 2022, at 6:30 PM
Memorial Stadium Banquet Room
101 John J. Scott Dr
Savannah, Georgia 31406
Event Information: http://ow.ly/OJqJ50LRlVQ

02/15/2021

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