Low Cost Marketing

By Robert Robillard

Image Simple Marketing Strategies You Can Employ: Not all of us have a marketing or advertising budget. Many times it’s tough to make your small business stand out, here are a few low cost marketing tips you can employ. I always tell my fellow contractors that it’s super important to get face time with customers.…

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Installing Kitchen Pantry Cabinets

By Robert Robillard

      How To Install Kitchen Pantry Cabinets Today’s project was to install pantry cabinets made by Bertch Legacy. The cabinets that the customer chose is called Royale Birch with white paint & brown glaze and will fill the recessed area shown below. The homeowner decided that adding cabinets to this unused wall would…

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Lead EPA Record Keeping Rule

By Robert Robillard

New Lead EPA Rule – Contractors will also need to keep the necessary records: The new EPA Rule (40 CFR Part 745), commonly referred to as Renovation, Repair and Painting, went into effect on April 22nd, 2010. If you’re a homeowner having work performed on your home please read this. The new rule from the…

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Business Referral Tips

By Robert Robillard

3 Referral Tips To Grow Business Getting good referrals always begin with providing your customer with timely, reliable, trustworthy and quality service.   This article will focus on three major business referral tips. A happy customer will tell others the good word on your behalf—often without you having to ask. Business Referral Tips: 1. Ask your…

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Fathers Day Gift Ideas

By Robert Robillard

Image: http://www.sewcreativeexpressions.com/images/Product%20images/dads%20gear%20-%20tools.jpg This year Fathers Day falls on Sunday June 20th. If your dad is like me and enjoys DIY and remodeling projects or just enjoys working with tool than I have a few gift suggestions for you. If you have been following my blog you’re aware that I review tools. Here are a few…

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Plywood Rot

By Robert Robillard

Hi Robert, Plywood Rot and Copper Flashing Question I saw your deck flashing “how to” on your blog. Thanks for the tutorial, it has been very helpful. I’m in the process of doing something similar on the deck of 1920 cedar shingled four square in Dorchester. I have two questions for you: 1) Where did…

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Half Wall Bookcase

By Robert Robillard

Adding A Bookcase To A Half Wall This is a job that I had worked on this past October. At the time we were renovating this home we removed the carpet in this room and on the 1/2 wall and installed hardwood flooring.  The plan was to install a 27″ high bookcase on this Half…

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Final Cut Saw Blades

By Robert Robillard

Final Cut Saw Blades Review   Final Cut sent me two of their saw blades, a 10″ and 12″ saw blade to evaluate. The interesting thing about these final cut blades is both sides of the blade have sanding disks glued to them.  2. Kick-back is greatly reduced 3. Eliminates binding of saw blade 4.…

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