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equipment for sale . . . Houston / Sugar Land Area
Combo deals available if you want multiple items . . .and if you think I’m asking too much on any item, make an offer . . . Wheelbarrows – take one or the other, I need to keep one . . . asking $85 or best offer, metal one is a vintage 50 year plus, [...]
V-Seal Concrete Sealers
We are proud to sell and install V-Seal Concrete Sealers . . . V-Seal was our first product line when we started our business back in 2001. I first heard about them from another contractor. I was pleasantly surprised to learn about them as I was very distrusting of, and uncomfortable with, harsh chemicals and [...]
Want to know how to keep your concrete cool?
Hot concrete burning your feet? Concrete absorbs heat and it can get very hot, dangerously hot, especially in Texas . . . add dark colors to it gets hotter. We are proud to announce on of our new product lines from New Look International . . . it’s called: CoolStain™ ~ Patent-Pending, Infrared Heat Reflective [...]
Effloresence or Snow (in Houston) ???
I took this picture at a building that used to be retail space in Houston near the Galleria shopping center. It is one of the best specimens of Efflorescence that I have ever seen. It is powdery and almost looks like snow . . . It looks like someone dropped it on the ground, the [...]
This guy hates digging holes…
Even college students can be P.H.D.’s . . . http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtlm401/4491717742/
Beware of Contractors with PhD’s . . .
When you have a PhD you already know most, if not all, there is to know about your profession right? Not if your PhD stands for Post Hole Digger . . . which is what most contractors are addicted to doing. They aren’t bad people, they just don’t know that there is a better way. [...]
All Holes are Created Equal, Right? WRONG!!!
If contractor A prefers to dig 16 inch deep holes and contractor B digs 36 inch holes, both are skilled hole diggers . . . who are you to say what is sufficient or adequate? Unless you are the customer. But what if you don’t know what you really need and you’re depending on your [...]
ALERT: Hole Digging Addicts Are Everywhere
Beware of installers and contractors who dig holes for fences, signs and decks. Digging a hole is a subjective task . . . one contractor thinks a 16″ hole works just as good as a 36″ one . . . another thinks that 1/3 of a bag of concrete fluffed up around the top of [...]
Oz-Post: Where To Buy?
Inventory Clearance SALE!!! Inventory Clearance SALE!!! Need to know where to buy some Oz-Posts? . . . . Well, from us of course! We are the Houston Dealer for Oz-Post and we are clearing out some inventory . . . we can ship anywhere . . . unfortunately, we don’t have an online shopping cart [...]
Fence Gates: beautiful, hand made, professional quality
A homeowner in the Sugar Land / Missouri City area, recently hired me to replace this gate to his backyard. His dogs had ravaged the bottom half of the gate as you can see. I forgot to take a picture of the backside before I took it down, but it had boards bolted up and [...]