What Tzedakah Means to Levco Tzedakah צְדָקָה means charity in Hebrew, Pronounced ṣədāqā. The concept of charity and giving is embedded in my DNA. Plenty of examples of giving can be plucked from my childhood. So it is no surprise that this form of giving is being...
NARI Award I was recently sent by our local chapter to the NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) Spring business meeting in Scottsdale Arizona. While there, I caught up with some old friends and made several new ones. I was especially pleased to learn...
Spring 2015 As you may recall, Levco deconstructed a few homes in Garden City, Idaho several months ago for NHS (Neighborhood Housing Services). During this project we did all sorts of cool things to keep materials out of the landfill and be good stewards of the...
Levco has been so enamored with helping folks and the "Pay it forward' mentality that I was asked and agreed to join the Wish Granters Board of directors. It turns out that there are tin woodsmen all over . Wish Granters is a local organization that grants wishes for...
As a member of a professional remodeling organization called NARI, there are occasionally calls that come in for help. We have traditionally worked with the community to do all sorts of great projects through our Contractors Who Care volunteer program. Lately the ones...
"I get by with a little help from my friends" go the lyrics of the classic Beatles song. Levco takes them to heart. We were asked though our NARI chapter and our “Contractors Who Care” program to help a fellow in need of a wheelchair ramp so that he could have his...
Master Suite AdditionThe Challenge They came up with a plan drawn by others with several significant errors. One was the size of the addition, and the other was the angle of the trusses. The clients who work remotely turned out to be excellent communicators and...
Dining Room Addition and Kitchen RemodelThe Challenge The home had an odd entry room with a coat closet and partition wall in the way. This room was pretty useless and annoying to the client. Then, the kitchen was blocked from the activity in the living room, and the...
Primary Suite Remodel & DeckThe Challenge Inaccurate plans were provided that had to get updated over the course of the project. The project is on a creek so lots of precautions were needed to keep erosion out of it. The Idea Create a primary suite that is...
Whole House RemodelThe Challenge The home was in the hillside district and in the WUI which means that the home has some extra requirements as far as firesafe and extra structural requirements. There had been an addition done to the house years prior that was not...
