Who can be ‘over the moon’ about a safe (and simple to maintain) age in place or accessible bathroom which still looks institutional?

Sure – making a bathroom someone can bathe safely (and independently) in can be life-altering.

And making it simple to maintain can save time and reduce the risk of injury while cleaning.

However, should that be ‘the best you can do’ to make your clients and customers ‘bathrooms great again’ (OK – sorry…

Two months ago, I moderated a panel titled How to Make Accessible Bathroom Remodeling Work for You at the Building Opportunities Summit. This conference was hosted by VGM Live at Home (which is a member services group of accessible remodeling contractors and their suppliers).

Since the largest number of falls occur in the bathroom, and given that this group of contractors (which also includes companies who sell and rent medical supplies and…

Is it becoming harder than ever to make a buck in your remodeling business?

Is finding talented (or even semi-talented) labor (or a warm body for that matter) harder than finding a needle in a haystack?

Are your prospects getting more value-conscious (and yes, that’s the P.C. term for cheap)? Are they saying your custom tile jobs are too expensive, yet your profit margins aren’t making you jump for joy either?

And now that people have escaped…

Chris and I talked in depth about our laminated shower wall panel dealership opportunity (note: these laminate covered bathroom and kitchen backsplash panels look like tile and stone and install like laminate flooring with a simple click system).

I was impressed with his understanding of kitchen and bathroom remodeling, how he’d built his team, his position in the market and how he uses digital technology to grow. Chris is rockin’ it in his…

“I’ve eliminated tile in my homes (even in the bathrooms). My building process has been revolutionized with laminated wall panels and flooring.
If you’re still using tile; you need to stop right now!”

This quote from David Profenno, President of Home Town Builders (a production builder in Central Florida) may shock you. Eliminating tile in your bathrooms, may seem as sacrilegious as skipping a roof to new home builders and remodelers.

This…

Have you ever had a moment in your life (or in your business) where you’ve felt behind the times?

I can remember when I was a 25-year-old guy trying to sell my blue pearl Slingerland drum set (which I still assumed was hot). I remember a younger guy on the other end of the phone asked me what color it was. I said, “blue pearl.” He said, “Dude, you’ve got be kidding me, right?”

Reality slapped me in the face. The times, styles and popular…