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...
For most homeowners roofing projects are treated like a necessary evil. But in recent years, householders have been putting more thought into the performance an...
While visitors these days may be few, exterior doors are often the first impression of a home and has a significant impact on its look and feel, and ultimately ...
Builders and contractors coming out of an unprecedented year may still find positive demand for windows in 2021, as many homeowners in various stages of lockdow...
Lumber market experts predicted volatility in 2020, but the year was more chaotic than anyone could have expected.
Fears of curtailments due to parasitic epi...
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.
