New Book – Old Minnesota

by Nace on December 29, 2011

My new book about Minnesota if finally done and available on Amazon!

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Happy Holidays !

by Nace on December 4, 2011

Thanks to everyone we worked for this year ! 2011 was another great year working in Grand Marais and on the Gunflint Trail !

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Merry Christmas !

December 4, 2011
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Merry Christmas !

December 4, 2011
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Metal stove pipe

May 16, 2011

I know I have written before about how I am not a big fan of metal roofs on cabins.  The biggest reason I’m not a fan of them is because of the power of the snow/ice when it does finally let go and shed off of the roof.  A place I worked on as an [...]

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Thank You !

April 21, 2011

Many times at the end of a project, when I get the final payment for the work we did,  there is a note in with the check saying how happy people are with their finished project.
   I have always enjoyed reading those type of notes and I often share them with the guys working with [...]

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Merry Christmas 2010 !

December 19, 2010

It’s been a busy year!   I meant to spend more time on here, giving more tips, advice, and showing what not to do.  In 2011 I’ll keep up with it better.  One of the first things I put up to offer advice and information was this Youtube video of a simple way to texture small [...]

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Fall 2010 and projects that still pay back

November 14, 2010

This has been another busy fall for us, and Thank You to everyone we have worked for and worked with. 
  I just found this link. A short article about a few projects that still make financial sense even in the hardest hit economic areas.  http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/111220/home-upgrades-more-cost-than-value?mod=realestate-homeimprove
  Here is a direct quote from the article:
“The most valuable [...]

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10 Things You Should Know About Your Roof

September 23, 2010

10  Things You Should Know About Your Roof     
Here are a few things I have learned, seen, and experienced through my last 6 years of being a Building Contractor in Cook County.  We do a lot of remodeling and re-roofing.  I have seen roofs in almost every condition imaginable – some so bad that I’ve even [...]

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Remodeling

September 2, 2010

One thing I have learned is to expect the unexpected when remodeling.  Here are a few photo’s of a recent job.  There originally was a deck built on top of an almost flat rubber roof, on an old log cabin.  We took off the existing deck, rubber roof, rolled shingle roof that we found undernieth, [...]

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