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March 1, 2019
Update on the client who claims their contractor has placed a fraudulent lien on her house

February 28, 2019
40/40/20 draw system for billing a basement reno customer?

February 22, 2019
Framing business kaput after arm injury, reader lowers boom on Ontario’s WSIB

February 22, 2019
The real asbestos risks were from the mines, not residential homes, he argues

February 15, 2019
Email to Editor: “Why don’t you rename your magazine Conservative Contractor?”

February 15, 2019
How to “dress” a room to mitigate noise

February 8, 2019
What to do about an unmotivated employee

February 8, 2019
He laments pending “wind down” of Ontario College of Trades

February 8, 2019
Comment on our recent A7+ adhesive video (“All About Fasteners”)

February 1, 2019
Today’s apprentices lacking in specialized training for industrial, commercial and residential

February 1, 2019
Window and door contractor laments poor installations by cash operators

January 24, 2019
Ottawa’s new small business tax rules just “another load placed on (our) backs”

January 21, 2019
Water is a contractor’s “greatest adversary”

January 21, 2019
More gripes about the Metric system, decades after Ottawa decided we should adopt it

January 11, 2019
Contractor needs guidance on sealing ICF exterior envelopes

January 11, 2019
Consumer closely studies technical specs for triple pane windows, claims to have been ripped off

January 4, 2019
Award-winning renovation firm looking to hire carpenters in Toronto

January 4, 2019
Plumber laments that he has to compete with unlicensed “butchers”

January 4, 2019
His mechanical company in Ontario was “unionized without a vote”

December 14, 2018
Ontario’s move to 1:1 apprenticeship ratios will NOT result in journeypersons being let go, he explains

December 14, 2018
He wonders why Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) don’t get more attention

December 14, 2018
Code decisions should be technical, not political

December 7, 2018
Interfering customer poured asphalt on fresh concrete, blames original contractor for the problem

December 7, 2018
PEI building instructor praises Ottawa’s move to make National Building Code free

November 30, 2018
Alec Caldwell is BACK! Read the latest comment from our favourite “Crazy Scot”!

November 30, 2018
Contractor worried he’s being stiffed for payment by condo corporation