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Home: Where New Products Come From?


Wondering where new home products come from? Some are driven by goverment standards like higher efficiency for windows and doors based on European standards that through the US industry into an uproar. Many come from commercial construction, ultimately working their way into residential construction. Times Magazines 50 Best Inventions of 2009 (Here’s what’s coming for [...]

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Home Ownership: Who’s On Your Team?


My plumber taught me an important lesson years ago, before I started my handyman business. My family was in the middle of a huge remodeling project on our 100 year Victorian home. A neighbor stopped by and asked him to look at her heating system. He went over to her home and gave his opinion [...]

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EPA Lead Safe Certification


My Handyman of Lower Bucks County received their EPA certification to perform lead safe Renovation, Repair and Painting (RPP) projects in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 must be certified and must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination. Effective April 22, 2010, anyone performing work for pay must be certified. [...]

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Home Inspections: Even New Homes Need An Inspection


One of the challenges of owning a handyman business is dealing with a home owner’s anger over builder short cuts that cost money to upgrade or repair, sometimes when the home is just a few years old.  I’m working on an estimate for some quick repairs, for an out-of-town landlord who now wants to sell [...]

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