Posts tagged working
For Pros Only. The Organized Truck Is the Organized Professional
0May 7, 2013
It’s 6:00 pm Friday night, the crew is picking up trash and cleaning the site as the last piece of aluminum is bent and installed on the 15 replacement windows we installed today. As we began to clean up, I walk to the cardboard box holding the white caulk we ordered for the job. I pick it up. Empty. What?! ... All that stands between me and a nice pay day, my weekend and my good profit margin is one lousy tube of caulk. [...]
Building a First Aid Kit You Can Use
1April 26, 2013
There is no fully-comprehensive checklist for building a first aid kit because no one location has exactly the same set of hazards. You'll always want to be well-stocked with the basics, but there will be some additional tweaking needed to tailor your first aid kit to your particular home or office. [...]
Building Moxie’s 2012 Parade of … Tool Belts
21December 14, 2012
by jb bartkowiak
in tools
Then ... a kinda strange thing started to happen. Just as these same guys have, in the past, been just so willing to share images of their (tool) storage and transportation solutions - a handful began posting, well, their tool belts. A sort of Parade of Tool Belts if you will. And over the next couple of days, it became clear to me that they (tool belts) are actually a little bit like a calling card or a *ahem* welcoming holiday front door. ha! A little bit of an indication of the gentlemen that wear them, or what they are working on, and I figured perhaps it would fun to share them up to you, well, now. [...]
Listening to the Past :: How Architectural Details Inform Our Work
3October 22, 2012
If you have an old house to work on, do some homework before you start your project. It can be as simple as looking the house over for details that give the house its style. It may be obvious (or subtle) clues that can guide new work so it “fits” the home. [...]
The Home Depot FIRST for Pro Program … Part 2
3June 25, 2012
by Barry
in On the Job
The Home Depot, First for Pro program was first rolled out about a year ago and as Bill Krum put it: "We keep building on it as we go." Bill's official title is Pro Account Representative and he called FIRST For Pro a "dramatic step" in the evolution of how the Home Depot handles business with the various professional building trades. [...]
