Your roof can be a very dangerous place. Whether you’re cleaning the gutters, checking for damaged shingles, or repairing your roof, it’s imperative to take precautions to ensure your safety. The number of workers that fall off residential roofs each year are staggering…and these are people who are familiar with being up there. Let’s take […]
Final Inspections for Your New Home
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How to Build a Home, Step 53 The final step in your dream home creation involves the final inspections and quality checks. These final checks are extremely important to help minimize future problems and resulting headaches. Let’s take a look at the major checks required. Final Punchlist Your or your builder consultant will perform one […]
How to Build a Home, Step 52 Today we continue our series of articles that take you step-by-step through the process of building a new home. Step 52 is to establish a final grade around your dream home. By establishing a proper grade you will prevent standing water, foundation issues, and protect new landscaping. Let’s […]
Driveway Paving
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How to Build a Home, Step 51 Driveway paving begins once all of the major work is completed on a new home. It’s a good idea to get the driveway installed just after carpet installation to prevent any mud from being tracked in and ruining the new carpet. Yes, everyone should remove their shoes […]
How to Build a Home, Step 50 Carpet installation is the next step in our blog series, “How to Build a Home”. Although it may seem like a simple process, there are some builder secrets for avoiding problems and saving money. Do you know what a seam layout is? How about subfloor preparation? Let’s take […]
DIY Home Projects – Do Savings Outweigh Risks?
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We regularly share builder tips and resources for managing the construction of your own building and remodeling projects. So it’s definitely possible to take on the general contractor/owner builder role…but how do physical DIY home projects fit in? Is it a good idea to take on a project by doing the actual work yourself? Let’s […]
How to Build a Home, Step 49 The HVAC final is next in your schedule to build your new home. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning, also called HVAC, needs to be buttoned up once the plumbing trim and electrical trim are complete. Here we talk about the scope of work and quality checks for the […]
How to Build a Home, Step 48 The electrical trim is the next step in our “How to Build a Home” blog series. Over the past several months we’ve taken you through the first 47 steps to building your own home. Now we will be sharing some of the fine points associated with the electrical […]
How to Build a Home, Step 47 The next step in the process to build a new home is the plumbing trim. Because the countertops and flooring are installed, we can now have the plumbing contractor back to the home to install the plumbing finishes. Let’s take a look at some of the more […]
How Long to Build a Home?
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One of the common questions asked by those looking for a new place is…How long to build a home? The average home in the U.S. takes anywhere from four to six months to build. But according to the latest U.S. Census Permit Survey numbers, twenty-six percent of all owner built homes in 2012 took longer […]
