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Check out what’s happening with Myers Constructs as well as the latest news and trends in home renovation.
When There Is No GC All Hell Can Break Loose
Some folks don’t know what a residential general contractor (GC) does. The great Tom Silva on “This Old House” says it best: “A GC is a lot like a baseball coach. He or she puts the right player in the right position at the right time.” A great GC will also make sure that you are getting the best quality for your money and the right solution for a particular problem your home is having. […]
How Do You Know When “It’s Time”?
We meet folks who have put off a major renovation, sometimes for perhaps too long. They are suffering! We sympathize because we know these projects are expensive. After all, you saved and waited, and then called us, which we are thrilled about! You know “When It’s Time” when: ... It looks like this: ... It’s to the point where it can’t be cleaned any longer. ... You have more than one or two layers of materials on the walls, floors, counters, cabinets. ... Only one burner works on the range, or other similar malfunctions occur with the equipment. ... The fridge uses more energy than all the other appliances in your kitchen put together. ... The room doesn’t work for you anymore, even though you can still make toast. ... The layout is bad. ... There isn’t any countertop. ... You hate using the room.
Where Is the Lead?
Today I met the Certified Lead Inspector at our RDA/NSP House. Here are some photos of him and his fancy $15,000 “ray gun” in action. His gun shoots and captures reflected X rays off the lead content inside the layers of paint to create a lead level reading for that surface. Readings are taken for each surface in every room of the house and outside the house as well. These readings are recorded in the gun, and then downloaded into our project home’s digital file. […]
After the Reno: Finishing Touches of Design
As you already know, Myers Constructs, Inc., can assist you with a full spectrum of design-to-build services, taking your project from concept through to completion. But what you may not know is that we can also assist with interior design and decorating – the finishing touches of your project. Typically, we finish a project, leaving it freshly painted, and you have a new room to decorate. […]
Our Incentive Program Remains in Effect Through March 30th.
First introduced last Fall, we're extending our incentive program: book a home-improvement project now, worth at least $12,000, and we'll give you eight hours of complimentary (design or construction) labor. It's a limited-time offer, so act now. Contact us for details.
Dueling Dishwashers
dueling dishwashers Sexy. You bet. They save water too.
Your Fantasy Home Projects … We Want to Know!
All of us have home reno projects or "honey do" list items we fantasize about completing. We want to know what yours are. We invite our readers to share their wishes, dreams, and renovation fantasies here on our website. Some fantasy projects will be huge glamorous and "money is no object" in scope. Some dream projects may be an incredibly small thing you have "lived with" for too darn long. We'd like to know about the projects and project features that interest you most. Our blogging staffers will read your Fantasy Home Project ideas and stories. The best stories will be added to the blog roll and their authors will receive recognition and an Official Myers Constructs, Inc., long-sleeve t-shirt! Send stories to info@myersconstructs.com
We Know Windows
Tamara, our windows expert, interviewed for HGTV Pro! windows article
Get the Lead Out!
The entire Myers Constructs, Inc. Production Team will spend the day on Wednesday taking an EPA certification class regarding the new lead laws that go into effect in April. All contractors of any discipline that disturb more than six square feet of area in your home, are required to be certified in the new regulations. They must take new precautions on projects in homes and other buildings built before 1978. In addition, all construction and contracting companies must be registered with the Feds for lead certification. Homeowners: Make sure the contractors you hire are compliant with this new law, especially if you live in an older home! More details to come on this topic...
Construction Pros Who Study/Think
At our company, we are curious. We are always on the lookout for new and better ways of doing things. In the modern world, many of the old ways of building no longer work. The building materials of old are no longer available. People live in their homes now very differently than they did 20 to 50 years ago. These changes are even more apparent when we work on an 80 – 100-year-old home. Kitchens are no longer in the shed out back to prevent fires from consuming the whole home. Bathrooms have moved from the back yard or back porch into the sleeping quarters and near new kitchen locations inside, thanks to indoor plumbing technology — which is amazing if you think about it. […]
