Mark Wedel
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I do think paying attention and making improvements to ones workflow is worth the effort. Also, things just change over time. I'm just starting a...

This will vary state by state. For some locations (even within a state it can vary), you may end up waiting 2 hours in line to take care of this, in...

Permit requirements vary location to location. But a lot of people do minor stuff that technically require permits, but almost no one ever files a...

Even for in stock items, at $90K, I think I'd want to see it in person and not just go on photos on a website. So I could see that adding photos on...

Extended warranties are something of a gamble. Some people will come out ahead by buying one (an expensive repair covered by it which would...

Given those prices, I wonder if each piece is custom built, so the customer can specific the wood, finish, and other details.

I know that offshoring of the production is what has resulted in a lot of lumbermills on the west coast shutting down. Instead of the material being...

Several years ago I refreshed my mulch, and rather than pay money for it, I used getchipdrop. I think I estimated that it was close to 30 yards -...

When I bought a bunch of baltic birch ~4 years ago, it was in 4x8 sheets and from Russia (Cyrillic writing on it) More recently I've bought some,...

Most of my yard has a thick layer of mulch, which I'll hand weed. The mulch keeps most of the weeds down, but for those that do sprout up, they are...