At Levco Builders, we are not just another remodeling firm. We rarely get an opportunity to measure ourselves up against the other remodelers in the area let alone the western hemisphere but that opportunity made itself available to me and I feel obligated to share...
Who can red tag / red flag a furnace?
As many of you are aware, I am often called upon to reconstruct structures after a fire. I came across a situation where a set of furnaces that were on the roof of a commercial structure that had been involved in a fire were obviously compromised when fire entered the...
Going technology free
Flashing back to my early years at Flying Pie Pizza I recall using a Commodore 64 computer to compile the first list of Flying Pie Customers when it became obvious that we had a large number of regulars we wanted to treat like family. I also remember back when a good...
Some Like It Hot
Remodeling is an exhilarating time of life, renovating a home to make it transform into what you have always wanted is a very cool thing to do. Remodeling is not for everyone, try a small project like a bathroom or an addition before you go whole hog. I liken your...
Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way
It was getting down to crunch time and we had still not been able to get trusses designed for my project. Our garage looked good on paper but the math just wasn't working. Construction was starting; we needed to solve this problem quickly. Building a set of stairs...
Too Much Negativity is Toxic
I ran into an old friend at the Boise Co-Op that liberal bastion of all things "granolaesque". As we bumped into each other and hugged (as if we were trees) in the bagel and cheese isle. We easily blocked out the background noise and started to jabber, anxious to...