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Alec Caldwell

How can you compete against this? — Comments (6)
Being a MOL — Comments (0)
A close shave — Comments (0)
Ontario WSIB truth — Comments (2)
Working for a pay cheque or building a business? — Comments (0)
Getting the pulse from Home Renovation Contractors in 2012 — Comments (0)
The Great Untouched Renovation Market! — Comments (1)
On losing fingers and staying safe — Comments (3)
Everything was going fine, until… — Comments (0)
Got a plan? — Comments (0)
Disability plans Part 2: Accident-Only Plans — Comments (0)
Disability Plans Part 3: What is best for you — Comments (0)
Call backs an opportunity to prove your worth — Comments (0)
Cats on a hot tin roof — Comments (0)
What to do when the homeowner wants to hire their own subtrade to work on your jobsite — Comments (2)
Eyewitness to a tragedy — Comments (0)
A thought on roofing safety — Comments (1)
Fall Protection Awareness training: Like it or not, you’ve got to offer it — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades: meet the chair Oct. 18 — Comments (0)
Building permit or not? — Comments (0)
Asbestos: the nearly invisible killer — Comments (0)
Three in the bed — Comments (0)
Lurking in the shadows — Comments (0)
Canada gets Square — Comments (0)
Moving faster than cracking an egg! — Comments (1)
The unexpected ripple effect of mandatory WSIB in Ontario — Comments (19)
Trying to evade mandatory WSIB in Ontario can have tragic consequences — Comments (17)
Hanging on with your nails! — Comments (2)
Occupational Safety Act in Ontario: you can’t claim ignorance of it in court — Comments (0)
Firefighters in construction — Comments (42)
Only the lonely — Comments (2)
Killer asbestos: Where it’s hiding — Comments (7)
Working for cash, some thoughts — Comments (7)
Mandatory WSIB in Ontario: more fuel for the underground economy — Comments (7)
What’s really behind No Trespassing signs? — Comments (0)
Smaller-sized builders feeling the squeeze around the GTA — Comments (1)
When your phone stops ringing, try this… — Comments (0)
Rob Ford’s latest controversy: What if it happened to you? — Comments (2)
What’s your ultimate tool or asset? — Comments (6)
Deadbeat homeowners who refuse to pay — Comments (4)
Hardhats on renovation jobsites: Money to be made? — Comments (2)
The culture of silence in construction! — Comments (1)
Mold and contractor liability — Comments (2)
Negative online reviews: fair or unfair, you can’t ignore them — Comments (11)
VIDEO: TV renovation gurus breaking safety rules again — Comments (0)

Build

Stairway to Heavenly Design — Comments (0)
Maxwell’s magnificent 7 — Comments (1)
HurriQuake Nails — Comments (0)
Contractor Roundtable, Part 2: Regulations and the underground — Comments (2)
Tanks tank in study comparing them to tankless — Comments (0)
Reliable Dry: Best practices for keeping water out of basements — Comments (2)
The death of home heating — Comments (13)
The Passive House continued — Comments (2)
Nice bits! — Comments (1)
The shower that does everything — Comments (2)
IBS Orlando, 2012. Design that makes you look up — Comments (0)
Revolution software — Comments (1)
Why Velux stays on top — Comments (0)
Super smart home — Comments (1)
The perfect porch for a scary client — Comments (0)
Hilti Brushless Power — Comments (0)
Hanging Fire — Comments (0)
The “little black dress” of kitchen products — Comments (0)
Laneway houses — Comments (0)
Getting into a Froth — Comments (1)
Marketplace kicks contractor butt — Comments (2)
Footings done different — Comments (0)
The ABCs of ICFs — Comments (2)
No-VOC Flooring Adhesive — Comments (0)
Cleaning and servicing the macerator — Comments (0)
Install once and you will hate all others — Comments (12)
Broken? Or just an R9 super efficient French door — Comments (0)
Why ‘R value’ is not accurate — Comments (3)
Milwaukee Compact Bandsaw — Comments (0)
The White Knight’s triumph — Comments (0)
The White Knight — Comments (2)
Bad insulation — Comments (0)
The house with no furnace — Comments (6)
Contracting in the City of Canals — Comments (0)
Craftsmanship in Venice — Comments (0)
Reiner’s letter from Germany — Comments (1)
Craftsmanship Time Warp — Comments (0)
Accent the Old with a Little New — Comments (4)
Can-saving your butt — Comments (0)
Building permits at highest in five years — Comments (0)
Almost Free Shades from Randy — Comments (0)
BC inspectors cracking down hard — Comments (0)
Cats on a hot tin roof — Comments (0)
Two new social media sites reno contractors need to know about — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
Flooring is Canada’s favourite reno project — Comments (0)
Lowes appreciates you — Comments (0)
Maxwell’s classics — Comments (0)
R Values: Often misleading, sometimes useless — Comments (0)
A Passive House in Quebec — Comments (0)
Should contractors use Build.com to buy home improvement products online? — Comments (2)
Window R values. What’s the truth? — Comments (1)
Real world options for streamlining drywall work — Comments (0)
The product that keeps basement floor installations dry — Comments (0)
How your moulding is made: VIDEO — Comments (0)

Contractor U

Need more sales? Act like it! — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 4: $3 million and beyond — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 3: Beyond your first million — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 2: Along the $3 million road — Comments (2)
The 3 million dollar road Part 1: The eight steps to growth — Comments (0)
To Systemize or Not To Systemize — Comments (0)
Trouble Implementing Contractor U Ideas? — Comments (0)
Working too many hours at the moment? — Comments (0)
Always Be Marketing — Comments (0)
To Blog or Not to Blog? — Comments (3)
Build Your Brand Part 2: Target your market — Comments (0)
Hand Deliver Your Quotes — Comments (0)
Build Your Brand Part 3: Now build the brand! — Comments (0)
Need more sales? — Comments (0)
Are you running your reno business, or is it running you? — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
Negotiate twice, not three times — Comments (0)
A contractor’s guide to getting found on the Internet — Comments (0)
Social media what? — Comments (1)
Gross versus net profit — Comments (0)
Markup versus margin: Do you know the difference? — Comments (5)
5 steps to a 3 Year Plan for your reno business — Comments (0)
Holiday rush renos: risk and opportunity — Comments (0)
Margin versus Markup: One more time on this critical lesson — Comments (2)
Can you sell your renovation business? — Comments (1)
How he sold his renovation business — Comments (1)
Four steps to problem solving — Comments (0)
Free: a ‘sales process’ document to help you get more work — Comments (0)
What are you going to do for your clients this holiday season? — Comments (0)
Make more money in 2013 — Comments (5)
Son wants to help his father to systematize their contracting firm — Comments (0)
The last payment — Comments (0)
Join this renovator group on LinkedIn — Comments (0)
Why are so many homeowners holding up that last cheque? — Comments (3)
The next issue of Canadian Contractor — Comments (0)
Training, time-management and your contracting firm — Comments (0)
Are you on the first page of Google? (VIDEO) — Comments (0)
Closing the sale: The Bracket Close — Comments (0)
Contractor U – The assumptive sales close — Comments (1)
Contractor U – The Upfront Contract — Comments (0)
Contractor U: Learning to be a bottom-line thinker — Comments (0)
Contractor U: Bottom line thinking — Comments (2)
It’s still about the lawn sign — Comments (0)
RenoSummit is BACK! Mark your calendars – Nov 5 Barrie, ON; Nov 6 Toronto; Nov 8 London, ON — Comments (0)

Creative Eye

The Creative Eye: Life On Site — Comments (1)
Tattoowall technology: instant mural art for professional painters and decor contractors — Comments (1)

Design Build

Stairway to Heavenly Design — Comments (0)
IBS Orlando, 2012. Design that makes you look up — Comments (0)
Revolution software — Comments (1)
Laneway houses — Comments (0)
The house with no furnace — Comments (6)
Window R values. What’s the truth? — Comments (1)

Distractions

A Canadian View of the American Housing Industry — Comments (0)
Your Leadership Style — Comments (0)
A hand up, not a hand out — Comments (0)
Greek Lesson — Comments (0)
A new way of selling to homeowners arrives — Comments (0)
What Your Parents Never Taught You About Business — Comments (0)
Canadian Contractor Salary Survey is LIVE — Comments (0)
Need more sales? Act like it! — Comments (0)
The right price — Comments (0)
Illegal immigrants in construction need a break — Comments (0)
To profit, specialize — Comments (0)
Reiner’s House — Comments (2)
The 3 million dollar road Part 4: $3 million and beyond — Comments (0)
Profit is not a dirty word — Comments (1)
The 3 million dollar road Part 3: Beyond your first million — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 2: Along the $3 million road — Comments (2)
The 3 million dollar road Part 1: The eight steps to growth — Comments (0)
Cost-side smarts — Comments (0)
Does it matter to renovators when housing slows? — Comments (2)
One contractor’s opinion on home sales and renos — Comments (0)
Showing off — Comments (0)
Bad Santa — Comments (3)
Underground truths — Comments (1)
How unions encourage the cash economy — Comments (7)
The Johnny Cash School of Decor — Comments (0)
Reliable Dry: Best practices for keeping water out of basements — Comments (2)
Crash! — Comments (0)
The death of home heating — Comments (13)
Meetings…what a waste!! — Comments (1)
What you need to think — Comments (1)
Health as a profit strategy — Comments (0)
The Passive House continued — Comments (2)
Union bully boys — Comments (0)
Salary Survey: What you earn — Comments (0)
Decorenza — Comments (0)
How do you fire a client? — Comments (4)
Who attracts the most attention at Orlando’s IBS? — Comments (0)
The IBS show in three minutes — Comments (0)
Why Velux stays on top — Comments (0)
Battery life learning for reno geeks — Comments (0)
What’s the ROI on this excavation? — Comments (0)
Home show strategies — Comments (3)
Multiple Trades On Site at the Same Time — Comments (3)
How can you compete against this? — Comments (6)
The Profit Series Part 1: Why Profit? — Comments (2)
The Profit Series Part 2: Markup and Margin — Comments (3)
Marketplace kicks contractor butt — Comments (2)
Win more business — Comments (0)
Contractor Shorts 1 — Comments (0)
Being a MOL — Comments (0)
Are you conservative? — Comments (0)
Best Way to Profit — Comments (0)
A Thousand Decisions — Comments (5)
WSIB’s unfunded liability more than reported, says C.D. Howe — Comments (0)
A close shave — Comments (0)
Contractor Shorts 2 — Comments (2)
Sell More at Trade Shows — Comments (1)
The Federal budget for renovators — Comments (0)
Men At Work Win — Comments (0)
Ontario WSIB truth — Comments (2)
The Creative Eye: Life On Site — Comments (1)
Good news from RBC for renovators — Comments (0)
Contractor Shorts 3 — Comments (1)
Tired of working 60 hours plus a week? — Comments (0)
Where’s Personal Responsibility? — Comments (0)
Why ‘R value’ is not accurate — Comments (3)
Hiring slaves — Comments (2)
Contractor Shorts 4 — Comments (0)
Working for a pay cheque or building a business? — Comments (0)
This is cool — Comments (0)
Lead Follow-Up — Comments (0)
Visit us April 19 — Comments (0)
Contractor Shorts 5 — Comments (0)
Getting the pulse from Home Renovation Contractors in 2012 — Comments (0)
Maybe You Need a Different Perspective. — Comments (0)
Help a food bank. It will take one minute — Comments (2)
The Home Depot Appreciates YOU! — Comments (0)
Contractor shorts 6 — Comments (0)
It’s All In The Presentation — Comments (0)
Will getting three quotes find the bad banana? — Comments (3)
Stop trying to be a business — Comments (0)
It’s definitely about the lawn sign — Comments (0)
The Great Untouched Renovation Market! — Comments (1)
Contracting in the City of Canals — Comments (0)
Craftsmanship in Venice — Comments (0)
To Systemize or Not To Systemize — Comments (0)
Craftsmanship Time Warp — Comments (0)
Females hammering away — Comments (0)
A Contractor Joke — Comments (0)
On losing fingers and staying safe — Comments (3)
Trouble Implementing Contractor U Ideas? — Comments (0)
My House — Comments (0)
Who wood have thought — Comments (0)
The “Safety and Compliance” Seminar – Part 5 — Comments (0)
Wainscot who? — Comments (0)
Edgy E-Newsletters — Comments (0)
Brushless is Better — Comments (0)
The “Safe and Compliant” Seminar – Part 1 — Comments (1)
Working too many hours at the moment? — Comments (0)
Three reasons this guy is not your enemy — Comments (0)
Everything was going fine, until… — Comments (0)
The “Safety and Compliance” Seminar – Part 2 — Comments (0)
Always Be Marketing — Comments (0)
I Need to Charge My Car — Comments (0)
The Troops Are Among Us — Comments (0)
McGuilty — Comments (2)
The “Safety and Compliance” Seminar – Part 3 — Comments (0)
Tree-hugging contractor — Comments (1)
Got a plan? — Comments (0)
To Blog or Not to Blog? — Comments (3)
Do we need energy audits? — Comments (9)
How to criticize constructively — Comments (0)
The “Safety and Compliance” Seminar – Part 4 — Comments (0)
Disability plans Part 2: Accident-Only Plans — Comments (0)
Build Your Brand Part 2: Target your market — Comments (0)
Disability Plans Part 3: What is best for you — Comments (0)
Hand Deliver Your Quotes — Comments (0)
Homecare Renovations: Where are you? — Comments (0)
Homecare seminar, Part 2: I am part of the problem — Comments (0)
Homecare seminar, Part 3: The March of Dimes — Comments (0)
Homecare seminar, Part 4: A pinpoint of light — Comments (0)
Build Your Brand Part 3: Now build the brand! — Comments (0)
Need more sales? — Comments (0)
The Marvin story: Part 1 — Comments (0)
Opinion: Unions destroy jobs — Comments (12)
Electricians tops in hourly pay — Comments (4)
Radon gas spurs basement repairs — Comments (0)
Seminar will teach “accessibility” reno skills — Comments (0)
Ontario PCs want to weaken unions — Comments (0)
Building permits at highest in five years — Comments (0)
Maxwell’s Rant — Comments (0)
Opinion: A failure of regulation? Or just a fail. — Comments (1)
Are you running your reno business, or is it running you? — Comments (0)
Alberta homebuilders shortlisted for awards — Comments (0)
Swing-stage tragedy firm fined $200,000 — Comments (5)
Call backs an opportunity to prove your worth — Comments (0)
The Hammerati guys — Comments (0)
Breaking my nails — Comments (2)
BC inspectors cracking down hard — Comments (0)
Cats on a hot tin roof — Comments (0)
Lowe’s bid for RONA prompts Quebec government response — Comments (0)
Two new social media sites reno contractors need to know about — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
An Olympic diversion — Comments (1)
RONA takeover not imminent, Lowe’s says — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts — Comments (29)
What to do when the homeowner wants to hire their own subtrade to work on your jobsite — Comments (2)
5 common mistakes contractors make — Comments (3)
Flooring is Canada’s favourite reno project — Comments (0)
Drop your lumber package on the dumpster? Yes! — Comments (2)
NYC carpenters to make $200,000 a year — Comments (0)
Apprentice carpenters test skills in Edmonton — Comments (0)
Residential investment up in Q2 — Comments (0)
Lowes appreciates you — Comments (0)
Maxwell’s classics — Comments (0)
Building permits, July — Comments (0)
Lowe’s bid for RONA still a chess game — Comments (0)
Five easy ways for tech-savvy contractors and subtrades to find each other — Comments (3)
Eyewitness to a tragedy — Comments (0)
CSA to take control of home inspectors? — Comments (3)
National Tradesmen Day approaching fast — Comments (0)
Lost a job over price? Here’s why — Comments (1)
A thought on roofing safety — Comments (1)
CBC Vancouver uses hidden camera to expose permit-shy contractors — Comments (0)
Helmets to Hardhats program helps put Canadian Forces veterans on the tools — Comments (0)
Fall Protection Awareness training: Like it or not, you’ve got to offer it — Comments (0)
Green is dead — Comments (9)
Green is dead…again — Comments (0)
New boss for Vancouver Home Builders’ Association — Comments (0)
What contractors know — Comments (0)
Simpson remembers — Comments (1)
Ontario College of Trades: meet the chair Oct. 18 — Comments (0)
Should contractors use Build.com to buy home improvement products online? — Comments (2)
One way to stop “cash only” clients in their tracks — Comments (17)
Where is the Mike Holmes TV show on dentists? Teachers? Cops? — Comments (11)
Social media what? — Comments (1)
Building permit or not? — Comments (0)
Window R values. What’s the truth? — Comments (1)
Calgary renovator knows how to sell his value to homeowners — Comments (1)
Is Canada headed for a housing “correction?” — Comments (0)
Gross versus net profit — Comments (0)
Opinion: Why going solo is better — Comments (0)
And now, Mike Holmes reconsidered… — Comments (28)
Battening down your jobsite for “Frankenstorm”? Share your tips — Comments (0)
Renos 2013 by the numbers — Comments (2)
Asbestos: the nearly invisible killer — Comments (0)
5 steps to a 3 Year Plan for your reno business — Comments (0)
Your personal invitation to RenoSummit — Comments (0)
Dick’s Lumber, Vancouver, wins Outstanding Retailer Award — Comments (1)
Why wood is better for building everything — Comments (0)
Building your employee loyalty: lessons from WestJet — Comments (1)
It’s Facebook time!! — Comments (0)
Readers respond to Mike Holmes’ comment that 70% of contractors are “bad” and 10% “ugly” — Comments (48)
Three in the bed — Comments (0)
Epic fails in construction — Comments (0)
Margin versus Markup: One more time on this critical lesson — Comments (2)
30 great renovation tips in 30 minutes — Comments (0)
Are you the next Bryan Baeumler? — Comments (0)
Lurking in the shadows — Comments (0)
China hold-out house — Comments (0)
Canada gets Square — Comments (0)
Tree protection, good and bad — Comments (0)
Maxwell’s pick for cordless drills — Comments (0)
Four steps to problem solving — Comments (0)
College of ‘Idiocracy’: Opinion — Comments (1)
Moving faster than cracking an egg! — Comments (1)
Leadership in 21 points — Comments (0)
Free: a ‘sales process’ document to help you get more work — Comments (0)
What are you going to do for your clients this holiday season? — Comments (0)
The unexpected ripple effect of mandatory WSIB in Ontario — Comments (19)
Three sales techniques you can learn from Santa — Comments (0)
Renovators in Canada: Happy New Year!! — Comments (0)
Make more money in 2013 — Comments (5)
Union pulls back from Ontario College of Trades — Comments (2)
Trying to evade mandatory WSIB in Ontario can have tragic consequences — Comments (17)
Hanging on with your nails! — Comments (2)
Occupational Safety Act in Ontario: you can’t claim ignorance of it in court — Comments (0)
Son wants to help his father to systematize their contracting firm — Comments (0)
The last payment — Comments (0)
Firefighters in construction — Comments (42)
Flying back to Saskatoon — Comments (0)
A conversation with contractor success — Comments (0)
Polling all contractors — Comments (3)
Mike Holmes responds — Comments (11)
Join this renovator group on LinkedIn — Comments (0)
Are we here to “convince” customers to buy what they don’t want? — Comments (3)
Only the lonely — Comments (2)
The Road to $3million Seminar — Comments (0)
Rob and Steve VIDEO: Moonlighting firefighters. Mike Holmes answers his critics. — Comments (11)
Join the Ontario WSIB protest Feb. 12 in Ottawa and Hamilton — Comments (42)
Tattoowall technology: instant mural art for professional painters and decor contractors — Comments (1)
Killer asbestos: Where it’s hiding — Comments (7)
Mike Holmes Interview Part 1 — Comments (26)
Protesting Bill 119 in Hamilton, Ontario — Comments (10)
Working for cash, some thoughts — Comments (7)
Why are so many homeowners holding up that last cheque? — Comments (3)
Frank and me: Touring the Darwin Martin House in Buffalo, NY — Comments (2)
Mandatory WSIB in Ontario: more fuel for the underground economy — Comments (7)
Mike Holmes interview Part 2 — Comments (0)
The real battle we face: Keynes vs Hayak — Comments (0)
The next issue of Canadian Contractor — Comments (0)
What’s really behind No Trespassing signs? — Comments (0)
Training, time-management and your contracting firm — Comments (0)
Mike Holmes interview Part 3 — Comments (8)
Smaller-sized builders feeling the squeeze around the GTA — Comments (1)
When your phone stops ringing, try this… — Comments (0)
Rob Ford’s latest controversy: What if it happened to you? — Comments (2)
What’s your ultimate tool or asset? — Comments (6)
Closing the sale: The Bracket Close — Comments (0)
Keeping the river of education flowing — Comments (0)
Deadbeat homeowners who refuse to pay — Comments (4)
Contractor U – The assumptive sales close — Comments (1)
Small contractors get Ontario association to represent them — Comments (0)
Contractor U – The Upfront Contract — Comments (0)
Hardhats on renovation jobsites: Money to be made? — Comments (2)
The Mike interviews: Part 6 — Comments (12)
Unions lobby for CPP increase across Canada — Comments (5)
A Canadian Contractor pub night — Comments (12)
The culture of silence in construction! — Comments (1)
Contractor U: Learning to be a bottom-line thinker — Comments (0)
Want to work in construction? Don’t go to Texas — Comments (0)
Contractor U: Bottom line thinking — Comments (2)
Mold and contractor liability — Comments (2)
Engineer charged as Algo Mall collapse enquiry continues — Comments (1)
Negative online reviews: fair or unfair, you can’t ignore them — Comments (11)
It’s still about the lawn sign — Comments (0)
VIDEO: The final segment of our interview with Mike Holmes (Part 9) — Comments (3)
VIDEO: TV renovation gurus breaking safety rules again — Comments (0)
CPP premiums going up 60 per cent… unless you speak up now — Comments (1)
Build-it-Yourself Learning Centres opening at Lowes — Comments (0)

Drywall & Insulation

The death of home heating — Comments (13)
Getting into a Froth — Comments (1)
The ABCs of ICFs — Comments (2)
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts — Comments (29)
Real world options for streamlining drywall work — Comments (0)
Drywall supply a problem in Saskatchewan, CBC reports — Comments (0)

dynamic

For Painters Only — Comments (3)

Electrical

Electricians tops in hourly pay — Comments (4)
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts — Comments (29)

Estimating

CMHC Housing Report Q4, 2011 — Comments (0)
The case for flat-rate pricing for service and repair work — Comments (2)
VIDEO: Mike Holmes interview part 8: Educating your customer — Comments (2)

Faucets

Should contractors use Build.com to buy home improvement products online? — Comments (2)

Finances

CMHC Housing Report Q4, 2011 — Comments (0)
What friends are NOT for — Comments (4)
Keep this link — Comments (0)
Got a plan? — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
Negotiate twice, not three times — Comments (0)
Lost a job over price? Here’s why — Comments (1)
Getting paid — Comments (5)
Markup versus margin: Do you know the difference? — Comments (5)
5 steps to a 3 Year Plan for your reno business — Comments (0)
What will it take to beat the cash economy? — Comments (4)
Home inspection: a new revenue stream for you? — Comments (0)
VIDEO: What contractors earn – Outrank Salary Survey — Comments (0)

Grow

Your Leadership Style — Comments (0)
CMHC Housing Report Q4, 2011 — Comments (0)
Contractor Roundtable, Part 2: Regulations and the underground — Comments (2)
The 3 million dollar road Part 4: $3 million and beyond — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 3: Beyond your first million — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 2: Along the $3 million road — Comments (2)
The 3 million dollar road Part 1: The eight steps to growth — Comments (0)
Meetings…what a waste!! — Comments (1)
What you need to think — Comments (1)
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 1 — Comments (3)
Survey your customers — Comments (1)
Decorenza — Comments (0)
Revolution software — Comments (1)
And you said social media would never work in construction — Comments (2)
Stop trying to be a business — Comments (0)
CARAHS chapter meeting: Five proven ways to grow your business — Comments (1)
Homeowners will pack seminar in Vancouver — Comments (0)
Trouble Implementing Contractor U Ideas? — Comments (0)
Working too many hours at the moment? — Comments (0)
Welcome to your new, untapped market — Comments (1)
Seminar will teach “accessibility” reno skills — Comments (0)
Two new social media sites reno contractors need to know about — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
Rob’s Radio Reno Report — Comments (0)
What to do when the homeowner wants to hire their own subtrade to work on your jobsite — Comments (2)
5 common mistakes contractors make — Comments (3)
Flooring is Canada’s favourite reno project — Comments (0)
Five ways to increase your referral business — Comments (0)
Five easy ways for tech-savvy contractors and subtrades to find each other — Comments (3)
“Aging in place” a new buzzword for accessibility renos — Comments (0)
Renovators in Canada: Happy New Year!! — Comments (0)
Rob’s 3 biggest mistakes as a renovation contractor (VIDEO) — Comments (0)
Home inspection: a new revenue stream for you? — Comments (0)
VIDEO: What contractors earn – Outrank Salary Survey — Comments (0)

Guests

Your Leadership Style — Comments (0)
To profit, specialize — Comments (0)

HVAC

Install once and you will hate all others — Comments (12)
Milwaukee Compact Bandsaw — Comments (0)
Dewalt’s shrouding protection — Comments (0)
Radon gas spurs basement repairs — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts — Comments (29)
Bathroom ventilation: Fact and fiction — Comments (0)
PEX well on the way to overtaking copper pipe — Comments (0)

Ian Szabo

The right price — Comments (0)

Industry

A Canadian View of the American Housing Industry — Comments (0)
Your Leadership Style — Comments (0)
US housing industry trends for 2012 — Comments (0)
Greek Lesson — Comments (0)
A new way of selling to homeowners arrives — Comments (0)
Canadian Contractor Salary Survey is LIVE — Comments (0)
Contractor Roundtable, Part 2: Regulations and the underground — Comments (2)
Illegal immigrants in construction need a break — Comments (0)
Does it matter to renovators when housing slows? — Comments (2)
One contractor’s opinion on home sales and renos — Comments (0)
Underground truths — Comments (1)
How unions encourage the cash economy — Comments (7)
How house sales affect renovations — Comments (0)
Red Tape Awareness Week — Comments (0)
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 2 — Comments (1)
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 3 — Comments (0)
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 4 — Comments (0)
Union bully boys — Comments (0)
Salary Survey: What you earn — Comments (0)
Decorenza — Comments (0)
Salary Survey: What reduces profit? — Comments (0)
Salary Survey preview: What you are doing online — Comments (0)
The IBS show in three minutes — Comments (0)
The new rules for WSIB in Ontario — Comments (9)
The Anti-Angie’s List — Comments (10)
2012 Salary Survey — Comments (2)
Building permits down for January — Comments (0)
Starts break 200,000 in February — Comments (0)
New Housing Price Index Up — Comments (0)
Marketplace kicks contractor butt — Comments (2)
Conference Board says renos gain in importance — Comments (0)
Construction union wage rates — Comments (0)
WSIB’s unfunded liability more than reported, says C.D. Howe — Comments (0)
Another contractor enters WSIB hell — Comments (34)
The Federal budget for renovators — Comments (0)
Men At Work Win — Comments (0)
Keep this link — Comments (0)
Good news from RBC for renovators — Comments (0)
WSIB responds — Comments (0)
Hiring slaves — Comments (2)
ACCESS! You need to know what it means — Comments (0)
Bad insulation — Comments (0)
Benny’s a charm, says J.D. Power — Comments (0)
CARAHS chapter meeting: Five proven ways to grow your business — Comments (1)
Permits up (commercial) and down (residential) — Comments (0)
Rotating skyscrapers — Comments (0)
A pocketful of natural gas — Comments (0)
My House — Comments (0)
McGuilty — Comments (2)
Do we need energy audits? — Comments (9)
A contractor asks a question — Comments (1)
Is your business running you? — Comments (0)
Owner of killer scaffold company won’t face jail — Comments (3)
Ontario Grants Fund Residential Rehab Assistance Renovations — Comments (1)
Radon gas spurs basement repairs — Comments (0)
Ontario PCs want to weaken unions — Comments (0)
Building permits at highest in five years — Comments (0)
Renos push consumer spending, make BOC nervous — Comments (0)
Alberta homebuilders shortlisted for awards — Comments (0)
Swing-stage tragedy firm fined $200,000 — Comments (5)
Stopping the tax in Ontario — Comments (4)
BC inspectors cracking down hard — Comments (0)
Cats on a hot tin roof — Comments (0)
Lowe’s bid for RONA prompts Quebec government response — Comments (0)
Permits down in June as West slows — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
RONA takeover not imminent, Lowe’s says — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts — Comments (29)
Flooring is Canada’s favourite reno project — Comments (0)
Slamming the Ontario College of Trades: VIDEO — Comments (1)
CMHC discontinues Renovation and Home Purchase Survey Survey — Comments (0)
NYC carpenters to make $200,000 a year — Comments (0)
Apprentice carpenters test skills in Edmonton — Comments (0)
Residential investment up in Q2 — Comments (0)
Building permits, July — Comments (0)
Lowe’s bid for RONA still a chess game — Comments (0)
CSA to take control of home inspectors? — Comments (3)
National Tradesmen Day approaching fast — Comments (0)
Canadian house prices dropped 2 per cent in past year: Scotiabank — Comments (0)
Lowe’s withdraws “friendly” offer to buy RONA — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades “not ready” for Jan. 1 launch, opponents say — Comments (3)
RONA share price suffers after Lowe’s walks away — Comments (0)
CBC Vancouver uses hidden camera to expose permit-shy contractors — Comments (0)
Helmets to Hardhats program helps put Canadian Forces veterans on the tools — Comments (0)
Fall Protection Awareness training: Like it or not, you’ve got to offer it — Comments (0)
New boss for Vancouver Home Builders’ Association — Comments (0)
Simpson remembers — Comments (1)
Another group protests the Ontario College of Trades, saying it will lead to a “Quebec-style” industry — Comments (1)
Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association awards: winners — Comments (0)
55% of Canadians would prefer to pay contractors cash: survey — Comments (3)
Ontario government to regulate home inspectors — Comments (1)
How to get BC homeowners to start their renos now — Comments (1)
The Mike Holmes Nausea Monitor: This week’s winner — Comments (18)
Will YOU have to pay fees to the new Ontario College of Trades? Here’s the answer. — Comments (12)
Dick’s Lumber, Vancouver, wins Outstanding Retailer Award — Comments (1)
Hate big box stores? Home Depot wants you to feel the love — Comments (14)
RONA’s president steps down — Comments (0)
Are you the next Bryan Baeumler? — Comments (0)
Don’t be fooled by R Values: see the live presentation — Comments (0)
Remembering Randell Morris: Saskatchewan skilled trades visionary — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades compulsory trades fees announced: Opponents respond — Comments (21)
How one contractor helped a homeowner when others wouldn’t return her call — Comments (0)
Video: Rob, Steve and readers weigh in on the Ontario College of Trades’ fees for “compulsory” trades — Comments (9)
Contractor says Ontario College of Trades the last straw: “Guess I’ll… get out of business.” — Comments (1)
Accessibility renovations: tax credit available in Ontario — Comments (0)
What will it take to beat the cash economy? — Comments (4)
Housing starts down for third consecutive month — Comments (0)
Drywall supply a problem in Saskatchewan, CBC reports — Comments (0)
Our thoughts are with our publishing colleagues in Newtown, Connecticut — Comments (0)
Happy Holidays: Next newsletter publishes January 8th — Comments (0)
Calling all superhero contractors — Comments (0)
How your moulding is made: VIDEO — Comments (0)
Union pulls back from Ontario College of Trades — Comments (2)
What was on contractors’ minds in 2012: Our top 6 stories of the year — Comments (1)
Occupational Safety Act in Ontario: you can’t claim ignorance of it in court — Comments (0)
Home Hardware rolling out its contractor trade shows — Comments (0)
2013 resolutions for the tech-savvy contractor — Comments (0)
Reno contractors in B.C. to get boost from HST dismantling — Comments (2)
Mike Holmes responds — Comments (11)
Ontario WSIB shakedown: Self-employed contractors mad as hell — Comments (23)
Contractors protest Ontario WSIB Bill 119 — Comments (3)
Mike Holmes interview Part 3 — Comments (8)
Bill 119 will help WSIB boss towards $400,000 bonus — Comments (8)
Smaller-sized builders feeling the squeeze around the GTA — Comments (1)
Apprenticeship ratios making the trades shortage worse — Comments (2)
Renovators staying busy across Canada, CHBA Pulse Survey says — Comments (0)
Looking for a terrazzo tile or marble installer? — Comments (0)
Alberta electrician says Ontario College of Trades wants his cash, too — Comments (10)
A Lifetime Contractor named renovator of the year by BILD — Comments (2)
Keeping the river of education flowing — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades undermines federal government’s funding of skilled trades, Stop the Trades Tax lobby group says — Comments (9)
Ontario College of Trades is a good thing, trades union spokesman says — Comments (8)
Unions lobby for CPP increase across Canada — Comments (5)
Want to work in construction? Don’t go to Texas — Comments (0)
That housing market crash everyone’s been worrying about? Looking less likely. — Comments (0)
RONA wraps up its spring contractor trade shows — Comments (0)
Home inspection: a new revenue stream for you? — Comments (0)
Provinces needlessly limiting apprenticeship opportunities, report says — Comments (0)
VIDEO: The final segment of our interview with Mike Holmes (Part 9) — Comments (3)
CPP premiums going up 60 per cent… unless you speak up now — Comments (1)
“Is your plumber certified? Check with College of Trades!” – Toronto Star spouts the propaganda — Comments (4)

Marketing

Showing off — Comments (0)
Bad Santa — Comments (3)
Tanks tank in study comparing them to tankless — Comments (0)
The Johnny Cash School of Decor — Comments (0)
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 1 — Comments (3)
Survey your customers — Comments (1)
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 2 — Comments (1)
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 3 — Comments (0)
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 4 — Comments (0)
Decorenza — Comments (0)
Liar, liar pants on fire. Misleading proposals and how to avoid them — Comments (0)
Ottawa firm gets in front of the curve — Comments (0)
Word-of-mouth marketing is not just on the street — Comments (7)
What does this woman have to say about your reno business? — Comments (0)
And you said social media would never work in construction — Comments (2)
How can you compete against this? — Comments (6)
Keep this link — Comments (0)
A four letter word for success — Comments (0)
Homeowners will pack seminar in Vancouver — Comments (0)
The HomeStars way — Comments (3)
Always Be Marketing — Comments (0)
To Blog or Not to Blog? — Comments (3)
Welcome to your new, untapped market — Comments (1)
Build Your Brand Part 1: Know your target client — Comments (0)
Two new social media sites reno contractors need to know about — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
5 common mistakes contractors make — Comments (3)
A contractor’s guide to getting found on the Internet — Comments (0)
Social media what? — Comments (1)
Social media contest recognizes “Hero Builders” — Comments (0)
Hero Builders contest: a Mike Holmes antidote? — Comments (2)
Holiday rush renos: risk and opportunity — Comments (0)
Tree protection, good and bad — Comments (0)
A little known way to reach potential customers — Comments (0)
What are you going to do for your clients this holiday season? — Comments (0)
Calling all superhero contractors — Comments (0)
Canada’s ‘largest home improvement centre’ launches inspirational publication — Comments (5)
Join this renovator group on LinkedIn — Comments (0)

Mike Draper

The 3 million dollar road Part 3: Beyond your first million — Comments (0)
Home show strategies — Comments (3)
Sell More at Trade Shows — Comments (1)
Tired of working 60 hours plus a week? — Comments (0)
Lead Follow-Up — Comments (0)
Maybe You Need a Different Perspective. — Comments (0)
To Systemize or Not To Systemize — Comments (0)
Trouble Implementing Contractor U Ideas? — Comments (0)
Working too many hours at the moment? — Comments (0)
Always Be Marketing — Comments (0)
To Blog or Not to Blog? — Comments (3)
Is your business running you? — Comments (0)
Need more sales? — Comments (0)
Negotiate twice, not three times — Comments (0)
Markup versus margin: Do you know the difference? — Comments (5)
Holiday rush renos: risk and opportunity — Comments (0)
Free: a ‘sales process’ document to help you get more work — Comments (0)
What are you going to do for your clients this holiday season? — Comments (0)
Make more money in 2013 — Comments (5)
The last payment — Comments (0)
The Road to $3million Seminar — Comments (0)
Dreaming of making more money from contracting? Start acting… — Comments (0)
Why are so many homeowners holding up that last cheque? — Comments (3)
Training, time-management and your contracting firm — Comments (0)
Closing the sale: The Bracket Close — Comments (0)
Contractor U – The assumptive sales close — Comments (1)
Contractor U – The Upfront Contract — Comments (0)

Mike Draper

Need more sales? Act like it! — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 4: $3 million and beyond — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 3: Beyond your first million — Comments (0)
The 3 million dollar road Part 2: Along the $3 million road — Comments (2)
The 3 million dollar road Part 1: The eight steps to growth — Comments (0)
Home show strategies — Comments (3)
The Profit Series Part 1: Why Profit? — Comments (2)
The Profit Series Part 2: Markup and Margin — Comments (3)
Win more business — Comments (0)
Best Way to Profit — Comments (0)
Sell More at Trade Shows — Comments (1)
Tired of working 60 hours plus a week? — Comments (0)
Lead Follow-Up — Comments (0)
Maybe You Need a Different Perspective. — Comments (0)
It’s All In The Presentation — Comments (0)
It’s definitely about the lawn sign — Comments (0)
To Systemize or Not To Systemize — Comments (0)
Trouble Implementing Contractor U Ideas? — Comments (0)
Working too many hours at the moment? — Comments (0)
Always Be Marketing — Comments (0)
To Blog or Not to Blog? — Comments (3)
Build Your Brand Part 2: Target your market — Comments (0)
Hand Deliver Your Quotes — Comments (0)
Build Your Brand Part 3: Now build the brand! — Comments (0)
Need more sales? — Comments (0)
Are you running your reno business, or is it running you? — Comments (0)
Lost a job over price? Here’s why — Comments (1)
Social media what? — Comments (1)
Gross versus net profit — Comments (0)
5 steps to a 3 Year Plan for your reno business — Comments (0)
Margin versus Markup: One more time on this critical lesson — Comments (2)
Four steps to problem solving — Comments (0)
Free: a ‘sales process’ document to help you get more work — Comments (0)
What are you going to do for your clients this holiday season? — Comments (0)
Make more money in 2013 — Comments (5)
Son wants to help his father to systematize their contracting firm — Comments (0)
The last payment — Comments (0)
Join this renovator group on LinkedIn — Comments (0)
Why are so many homeowners holding up that last cheque? — Comments (3)
Training, time-management and your contracting firm — Comments (0)
Closing the sale: The Bracket Close — Comments (0)
Contractor U – The assumptive sales close — Comments (1)
Contractor U – The Upfront Contract — Comments (0)
Contractor U: Learning to be a bottom-line thinker — Comments (0)
Contractor U: Bottom line thinking — Comments (2)
It’s still about the lawn sign — Comments (0)

Plumbing

The shower that does everything — Comments (2)
Ottawa firm gets in front of the curve — Comments (0)
The “little black dress” of kitchen products — Comments (0)
Cleaning and servicing the macerator — Comments (0)
Install once and you will hate all others — Comments (12)
Milwaukee Compact Bandsaw — Comments (0)
Dewalt’s shrouding protection — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts — Comments (29)

Pro Painter

Pro Painter magazine — Comments (3)
For Painters Only — Comments (3)

Products

Maxwell’s magnificent 7 — Comments (1)
HurriQuake Nails — Comments (0)
Tanks tank in study comparing them to tankless — Comments (0)
Nice bits! — Comments (1)
Why Velux stays on top — Comments (0)
Hilti Brushless Power — Comments (0)
Hanging Fire — Comments (0)
The “little black dress” of kitchen products — Comments (0)
Getting into a Froth — Comments (1)
The ABCs of ICFs — Comments (2)
No-VOC Flooring Adhesive — Comments (0)
Cleaning and servicing the macerator — Comments (0)
Broken? Or just an R9 super efficient French door — Comments (0)
Milwaukee Compact Bandsaw — Comments (0)
Reiner’s letter from Germany — Comments (1)
Accent the Old with a Little New — Comments (4)
Can-saving your butt — Comments (0)
Almost Free Shades from Randy — Comments (0)
Lowes appreciates you — Comments (0)
R Values: Often misleading, sometimes useless — Comments (0)
Should contractors use Build.com to buy home improvement products online? — Comments (2)
Real world options for streamlining drywall work — Comments (0)
The product that keeps basement floor installations dry — Comments (0)
How your moulding is made: VIDEO — Comments (0)

Profit

Motivating your staff without money — Comments (3)
To profit, specialize — Comments (0)
Profit is not a dirty word — Comments (1)
What you need to think — Comments (1)
Health as a profit strategy — Comments (0)
The Profit Series Part 1: Why Profit? — Comments (2)
The Profit Series Part 2: Markup and Margin — Comments (3)
Two new social media sites reno contractors need to know about — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
What to do when the homeowner wants to hire their own subtrade to work on your jobsite — Comments (2)
5 common mistakes contractors make — Comments (3)
Who’s responsible when a flood occurs on the job? — Comments (0)
Lost a job over price? Here’s why — Comments (1)
Gross versus net profit — Comments (0)
Markup versus margin: Do you know the difference? — Comments (5)
11 renovation business tips from RenoSummit, Vancouver — Comments (0)
Make more money in 2013 — Comments (5)
2013 resolutions for the tech-savvy contractor — Comments (0)
Unions lobby for CPP increase across Canada — Comments (5)
April 30 tax filing deadline: Who can claim self-employment — Comments (3)

Robert Koci

A Canadian View of the American Housing Industry — Comments (0)
A hand up, not a hand out — Comments (0)
Greek Lesson — Comments (0)
Illegal immigrants in construction need a break — Comments (0)
Reiner’s House — Comments (2)
Profit is not a dirty word — Comments (1)
Cost-side smarts — Comments (0)
Does it matter to renovators when housing slows? — Comments (2)
One contractor’s opinion on home sales and renos — Comments (0)
Showing off — Comments (0)
Bad Santa — Comments (3)
Underground truths — Comments (1)
The Johnny Cash School of Decor — Comments (0)
Crash! — Comments (0)
The death of home heating — Comments (13)
What you need to think — Comments (1)
Health as a profit strategy — Comments (0)
Union bully boys — Comments (0)
Salary Survey: What you earn — Comments (0)
Decorenza — Comments (0)
How do you fire a client? — Comments (4)
The IBS show in three minutes — Comments (0)
Why Velux stays on top — Comments (0)
Are you conservative? — Comments (0)
The Federal budget for renovators — Comments (0)
Stop trying to be a business — Comments (0)
Homecare Renovations: Where are you? — Comments (0)
Homecare seminar, Part 2: I am part of the problem — Comments (0)
Homecare seminar, Part 3: The March of Dimes — Comments (0)
Homecare seminar, Part 4: A pinpoint of light — Comments (0)
The Marvin story: Part 1 — Comments (0)
Opinion: Unions destroy jobs — Comments (12)
Maxwell’s Rant — Comments (0)
Opinion: A failure of regulation? Or just a fail. — Comments (1)
The Hammerati guys — Comments (0)
Breaking my nails — Comments (2)
An Olympic diversion — Comments (1)
Drop your lumber package on the dumpster? Yes! — Comments (2)
Residential investment up in Q2 — Comments (0)
Lowes appreciates you — Comments (0)
Maxwell’s classics — Comments (0)
Building permits, July — Comments (0)
Green is dead — Comments (9)
Green is dead…again — Comments (0)
What contractors know — Comments (0)
Should contractors use Build.com to buy home improvement products online? — Comments (2)
Window R values. What’s the truth? — Comments (1)
Calgary renovator knows how to sell his value to homeowners — Comments (1)
Is Canada headed for a housing “correction?” — Comments (0)
Opinion: Why going solo is better — Comments (0)
And now, Mike Holmes reconsidered… — Comments (28)
Battening down your jobsite for “Frankenstorm”? Share your tips — Comments (0)
Renos 2013 by the numbers — Comments (2)
Your personal invitation to RenoSummit — Comments (0)
Why wood is better for building everything — Comments (0)
Building your employee loyalty: lessons from WestJet — Comments (1)
Epic fails in construction — Comments (0)
30 great renovation tips in 30 minutes — Comments (0)
Are you the next Bryan Baeumler? — Comments (0)
Tree protection, good and bad — Comments (0)
Renovators in Canada: Happy New Year!! — Comments (0)
Union pulls back from Ontario College of Trades — Comments (2)
Flying back to Saskatoon — Comments (0)
A conversation with contractor success — Comments (0)
Mike Holmes responds — Comments (11)
Are we here to “convince” customers to buy what they don’t want? — Comments (3)
The Road to $3million Seminar — Comments (0)
Rob and Steve VIDEO: Moonlighting firefighters. Mike Holmes answers his critics. — Comments (11)
Protesting Bill 119 in Hamilton, Ontario — Comments (10)
Frank and me: Touring the Darwin Martin House in Buffalo, NY — Comments (2)
Mike Holmes interview Part 2 — Comments (0)
The real battle we face: Keynes vs Hayak — Comments (0)
The Mike interviews: Part 6 — Comments (12)
A Canadian Contractor pub night — Comments (12)
Want to work in construction? Don’t go to Texas — Comments (0)
VIDEO: The final segment of our interview with Mike Holmes (Part 9) — Comments (3)
CPP premiums going up 60 per cent… unless you speak up now — Comments (1)

Sales

The art of starting over — Comments (0)
And you said social media would never work in construction — Comments (2)
Building permits down for January — Comments (0)
Win more business — Comments (0)
Sell on value, not price — Comments (0)
Lead Follow-Up — Comments (0)
Maybe You Need a Different Perspective. — Comments (0)
It’s All In The Presentation — Comments (0)
Hand Deliver Your Quotes — Comments (0)
Need more sales? — Comments (0)
Two new social media sites reno contractors need to know about — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
What to do when the homeowner wants to hire their own subtrade to work on your jobsite — Comments (2)
5 common mistakes contractors make — Comments (3)
Flooring is Canada’s favourite reno project — Comments (0)
What homeowners do when they check you out online — Comments (2)
How to get ahead of the competition with YouTube — Comments (1)
3 ways to finance a reno: Using a mobile device! — Comments (0)
It’s Facebook time!! — Comments (0)
Holiday rush renos: risk and opportunity — Comments (0)
How to “qualify” renovation prospects — Comments (0)
A little known way to reach potential customers — Comments (0)
Free: a ‘sales process’ document to help you get more work — Comments (0)
Three sales techniques you can learn from Santa — Comments (0)
Calling all superhero contractors — Comments (0)
What women want when you renovate for them — Comments (3)
Closing the sale: The Bracket Close — Comments (0)
Contractor U – The assumptive sales close — Comments (1)
Contractor U – The Upfront Contract — Comments (0)
RONA wraps up its spring contractor trade shows — Comments (0)

Site Notes

A Canadian View of the American Housing Industry — Comments (0)
Bad Santa — Comments (3)
Who attracts the most attention at Orlando’s IBS? — Comments (0)
Battery life learning for reno geeks — Comments (0)
What’s the ROI on this excavation? — Comments (0)
Marketplace kicks contractor butt — Comments (2)
Good news from RBC for renovators — Comments (0)
Females hammering away — Comments (0)
My House — Comments (0)
Who wood have thought — Comments (0)
The “Safety and Compliance” Seminar – Part 5 — Comments (0)
Wainscot who? — Comments (0)
Edgy E-Newsletters — Comments (0)
Brushless is Better — Comments (0)
The “Safe and Compliant” Seminar – Part 1 — Comments (1)
Three reasons this guy is not your enemy — Comments (0)
The “Safety and Compliance” Seminar – Part 2 — Comments (0)
I Need to Charge My Car — Comments (0)
The Troops Are Among Us — Comments (0)
McGuilty — Comments (2)
The “Safety and Compliance” Seminar – Part 3 — Comments (0)
Tree-hugging contractor — Comments (1)
Do we need energy audits? — Comments (9)
How to criticize constructively — Comments (0)
The “Safety and Compliance” Seminar – Part 4 — Comments (0)
Electricians tops in hourly pay — Comments (4)
Radon gas spurs basement repairs — Comments (0)
Seminar will teach “accessibility” reno skills — Comments (0)
Ontario PCs want to weaken unions — Comments (0)
Building permits at highest in five years — Comments (0)
Alberta homebuilders shortlisted for awards — Comments (0)
Swing-stage tragedy firm fined $200,000 — Comments (5)
BC inspectors cracking down hard — Comments (0)
Lowe’s bid for RONA prompts Quebec government response — Comments (0)
Two new social media sites reno contractors need to know about — Comments (0)
Jump start your reno business with seminars in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg — Comments (0)
RONA takeover not imminent, Lowe’s says — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts — Comments (29)
5 common mistakes contractors make — Comments (3)
Flooring is Canada’s favourite reno project — Comments (0)
NYC carpenters to make $200,000 a year — Comments (0)
Apprentice carpenters test skills in Edmonton — Comments (0)
Lowe’s bid for RONA still a chess game — Comments (0)
Five easy ways for tech-savvy contractors and subtrades to find each other — Comments (3)
CSA to take control of home inspectors? — Comments (3)
National Tradesmen Day approaching fast — Comments (0)
CBC Vancouver uses hidden camera to expose permit-shy contractors — Comments (0)
Helmets to Hardhats program helps put Canadian Forces veterans on the tools — Comments (0)
New boss for Vancouver Home Builders’ Association — Comments (0)
Simpson remembers — Comments (1)
Dick’s Lumber, Vancouver, wins Outstanding Retailer Award — Comments (1)
Small contractors get Ontario association to represent them — Comments (0)
Engineer charged as Algo Mall collapse enquiry continues — Comments (1)
Build-it-Yourself Learning Centres opening at Lowes — Comments (0)

Steve Maxwell

Reliable Dry: Best practices for keeping water out of basements — Comments (2)
The Passive House continued — Comments (2)
A Thousand Decisions — Comments (5)
Where’s Personal Responsibility? — Comments (0)
Why ‘R value’ is not accurate — Comments (3)
Contracting in the City of Canals — Comments (0)
Craftsmanship in Venice — Comments (0)
Craftsmanship Time Warp — Comments (0)
Who wood have thought — Comments (0)
Wainscot who? — Comments (0)
Brushless is Better — Comments (0)
Maxwell’s classics — Comments (0)
One way to stop “cash only” clients in their tracks — Comments (17)
Maxwell’s pick for cordless drills — Comments (0)

Stuff We Like

Maxwell’s magnificent 7 — Comments (1)
HurriQuake Nails — Comments (0)
The shower that does everything — Comments (2)
Ottawa firm gets in front of the curve — Comments (0)
Battery life learning for reno geeks — Comments (0)
Super smart home — Comments (1)
Hilti Brushless Power — Comments (0)
Hanging Fire — Comments (0)
Getting into a Froth — Comments (1)
Footings done different — Comments (0)
Cleaning and servicing the macerator — Comments (0)
Install once and you will hate all others — Comments (12)
Killer clothing, literally — Comments (0)
Broken? Or just an R9 super efficient French door — Comments (0)
Varrrooommm!! 1 — Comments (0)
Dewalt’s shrouding protection — Comments (0)
Varrrooommm!! 2 — Comments (0)
Varrrooommm!! 3 — Comments (0)
“Your tailgate just got ripped off, Ivan.” — Comments (0)
Varrrooommm!! 4 — Comments (0)
Varrrooommm!! 5 — Comments (0)
Marvelling at Marvin — Comments (0)
Brushless is Better — Comments (0)
We like this stuff — Comments (0)
The Marvin story: Part 1 — Comments (0)
Three contracting reasons to get your head in the cloud — Comments (0)
How your moulding is made: VIDEO — Comments (0)
Tattoowall technology: instant mural art for professional painters and decor contractors — Comments (1)
Hero Builders contest winner — Comments (1)
Build-it-Yourself Learning Centres opening at Lowes — Comments (0)

Trades

The death of home heating — Comments (13)
The shower that does everything — Comments (2)
Ottawa firm gets in front of the curve — Comments (0)
The “little black dress” of kitchen products — Comments (0)
Getting into a Froth — Comments (1)
The ABCs of ICFs — Comments (2)
Cleaning and servicing the macerator — Comments (0)
Pro Painter magazine — Comments (3)
Install once and you will hate all others — Comments (12)
Milwaukee Compact Bandsaw — Comments (0)
Dewalt’s shrouding protection — Comments (0)
For Painters Only — Comments (3)
Electricians tops in hourly pay — Comments (4)
Radon gas spurs basement repairs — Comments (0)
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts — Comments (29)
NYC carpenters to make $200,000 a year — Comments (0)
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