Finding an easy to install molding to add flair to a home project has been a difficult challenge for me in the past. While most of the molding products available on the market today can add that "custom touch" clients are looking for, the arduous installation process typically takes several days to complete and requires a great deal of manpower.
In part one of this series, we took a look at the mixed results when agricultural fibers were substituted for wood fibers in the manufacture of composite wood panel products, such as particleboard and medium-density fiberboard.
Right after Thanksgiving of last year, I was giving a conference for some business owners in Arizona and this Anglo gentleman approached me with the following statement: "Why are some of my Hispanics so ungrateful?"
The number of inquires to the Gypsum Association about water-damaged gypsum board always increases during the winter and early spring. What is interesting is how answers to many of these questions can be found in the content of one of the first columns we wrote for Walls and Ceilings and in an association document last revised in 2003.
I recently returned from the International Builders' Show and easily walked 10 miles per day. What an event. Each year, it seems to grow exponentially to where its slated four-day exhibit floor just isn't enough time for those that want to take it all in.
There is a big difference between thinking we know and knowing. For example, we may think our kids are not using drugs. However, many parents are horrified to learn their son or daughter is not only using drugs but has a serious addiction and has been supporting their habit by stealing.
"Communication failure" is a catch-all term that describes the cause of probably 90 percent of all business problems. Failures to communicate happen in many ways, for many reasons. Let's examine some of these and what can be done to correct them.
The year was 1977 and yours' truly was trying desperately to hold the end of a 12-foot sheet up while trying to finger a nail into the edge of the board and hit the nail instead of my fingers with a roofing hatchet. If memory serves, back then we were using blue ring shank nails. The heads were barely larger than the circumference of the rings, so it was virtually impossible to drive one without ripping the face paper under ideal conditions, and these were not ideal conditions.
Helping you learn the fine art of plastering is one of the main goals of this column. Included in that is the skill of how to estimate projects. It's the profits from plastering that pay the bills and keep things going. With this in mind, last month we started talking about what I consider eight important factors that are involved in estimating jobs. We used the acronym "ESTIMATE" to outline the eight points.
I received an odd email the other day from a company located in a town whose name I can't pronounce-somewhere in India. They had found me through Walls & Ceilings. The e-mail was an order for what looked like enough EIFS panels to cover the Pentagon.
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