The demand for outdoor building projects has soared over the past two years with homeowners facing an array of public health restrictions and work-from-home req...
With no slow down in sight in renovations and new builds, the demand for new garage doors and their installation, like many building products, shows no signs of...
As with many home building and improvement product categories, growth in door hardware was no exception in 2021, and experts say 2022 and the years ahead will s...
Last year saw lumber prices soar to record heights due to reduced production, supply chain challenges, and the increased demand from new home construction and R...
Sometimes innovation is literally found in the designs of those belts and boxes, and other times it’s about what goes inside them. Whether it’s the latest power...
Faucets and Fixture Design Innovations
Kitchens and bathrooms are perennial home improvement favourites but sprucing them up doesn’t always demand bank-break...
Flooring has been seeing major price increases in the past year, primarily due to supply chain and logistics, according to industry watchers, but homeowners are...
Railings, like many building products, are in high demand this year, say manufacturers and distributors, as a population working from home seeks the refuge of t...
After a surprisingly banner year of popularity in outdoor building projects in 2020, this year is poised to be even busier for contractors — if they can find th...
Garages have moved steadily away from merely being a home for one’s car into an extension of the home. With that move, of course, garage door design and perform...
Lawrence (“Law”) Cummer is a freelance writer and editor and has been a frequent contributor to Contractor Advantage, Ideas and Rough Construction for nearly a decade. Over his more than 20-year career, Law has written about contracting and construction, general business, information technology, health and safety, personal finance and almost every topic in between. He has a passion for storytelling and sharing how people can work better, easier — and “smarter” — from contractors to technologists to business executives.
