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A match made in heaven?

Happy April 1st AKA April Fool’s Day — You know when someone told me about this program; I thought they were trying to play an early April Fool’s Day joke on me. They then faxed me the letter & I could not help but laugh. TREX and ServiceMagic join forces, oh boy, what a match […]

April – Spring Cleaning / Maintenance Checklist

April is the first full month of spring, and shortly the kids will be getting out of school, everyone will be heading out on vacation, and it seems like our weekends will be filled with mowing the lawns and trying to get out of the dreaded honey-do lists. This is also the month that causes […]

25 Days to Go: RRP Work Practices – Clearing up some misconceptions

I happen to be a member of quite a few Contractor forums. Needless to say that this is one of the hottest topics on these boards as it affects almost every contractor out there. As I have mentioned in other articles there are plenty of “grey” area’s with the new regulation, followed up by individuals […]

30 Days to go – a quick look at the numbers

As many may recall in the 67 days & counting article I referenced the EPA’s original study found here: . In it, they had four options for a 2-phase rollout. One option does come close to what we are looking at & it is called Option A. “All renter-occupied target housing units built before 1978, […]

Cleaning your deck – Common issues and prevention

Ahhh, spring is in the air and everything looks nice and fresh outside except for your deck. In this article, we are going to cover the basic steps for keeping your deck clean. While many people like to pressure wash their deck, we do not recommend it in most cases. While pressure washing your deck […]

35 Days to go – the EPA & Alabama Public Comment Meeting

Needless to say, even though I had to shuffle some jobs around, I managed to make it to the Alabama’s Public Comment Meeting today. I had emailed all the Certified Firms in Alabama (12 currently) and two of them actually showed up (Champion Windows of Birmingham and Huntsville). John from the Alabama Homebuilders Association was […]

38 days to go – Some good news & then the Alabama RRP issues

First the good news: The EPA has apparently reversed course and actually made the Certified Firm Database online. List of all EPA Certified Lead RRP Firms Perform a search based on your zip code I do see one big issue – they calculated 215,000 firms would be impacted by this regulation, but right now there are only 1806 […]

40 Days & Counting: RRP in the news / updates

My oh my, as we start getting closer to the deadline, it is amazing how many groups are now scrambling, political games are getting played out across the country, and unfortunately some contractors have been forced to make a tough decision. Alabama Politics – 41 Days to go article Alabama RRP Public Comment – Meeting […]

41 Days to go – Alabama RRP Update

Follow up on the 65 days to go article – Alabama Remodeling Contractors get the shaft, and oh boy are we getting shafted… The Public Notice Period has already started & ends on April 2nd. On top of that, there is only ONE scheduled meeting, which is to be held on Thursday, March 18th @ 201 Monroe […]

Cleaning your wood deck – Primer on using a Pressure Washer

Ahhh, spring is in the air and everything looks nice and fresh outside except for your wood deck. In most cases with routine maintenance and a little elbow grease, you will never need to pressure wash your deck. Granted, pressure washing your deck maybe the fastest way to clean it, but it can also do […]