Ask the Builder: Building and Remodeling Mistake Stories

Building and remodeling can quickly become nightmares when mistakes are made but not corrected.
Ask the Builder: Building and Remodeling Mistake Stories
I see no fewer than three mistakes in this job. I was standing 50 feet away. A close inspection might reveal more. Tim Carter/Tribune Content Agency
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Were you 100 percent satisfied with all of the work done on your last large project? I’m talking about near perfection. If you did an autopsy of all the problems, errors, and delays on the big job, what do you think would be the top causes? How do you prevent problems? The answers may surprise you.

I was recently hired by a young couple in Denver to be their virtual general contractor. They’re building a new home up in the high desert west of the metropolis. The magic of modern technology makes it possible for me to help them in this way. Routine video calls from the job site allow me to be there even though I’m 2,000 miles away.

Tim Carter
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Tim Carter is the founder of AsktheBuilder.com. He's an amateur radio operator and enjoys sending Morse code sitting at an actual telegrapher's desk. Carter lives in central New Hampshire with his wife, Kathy, and their dog, Willow. Subscribe to his FREE newsletter at AsktheBuilder.com. He now does livestreaming video M-F at 4 PM Eastern Time at youtube.com/askthebuilder. (C)2022 Tim Carter. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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