Ready, Set, Go!!

When a remodel starts up, we always have what we call "site prep". I guess that's the PC word for demolition, right? Well, that's what it is really, however we do a few things that set us apart. I say "we" loosely - it's really our field guys. They rock and I'm not one of them - I'm a designer . . . you don't want me swinging a hammer in your house!

Some of the stuff they do is build temporary walls, temporary kitchens, and visqueen walls with zipper doors (think back to the movie ET). Check it out:

Nice clean white "Strite" truck and site sign - always the sign of something good! :) Ok, enough of that - this next picture is of the "ET" zipper door stuff and temporary doors/walls we build out.

Now for the really cool stuff - tearing things out. I use the term "tear" very loosely though - they guys in the field don't just start busting out jack hammers and going hog wild. As you'll see in the next photos, they're very careful in what, when and how they dig in.

And to end this post, I have to give a little "behind the scenes" stuff. The first photo is one of the reasons I love being at SDR. It's a shot of Bob and Mark packing up the cabinets we pulled out of the client's kitchen. Instead of trashing them or going to landfill - they carefully pulled everything out and are taking it to an underprivileged family. How freaking cool is that? Sorry, but that's just awesome. Here is what I "caught" them doing:


And the very last picture is absolutely useless but still worth posting - if nothing else than for blackmail purposes.

I know what you're thinking . . . "No way!!!! Tim Conway is in construction now!!" Believe it or not, that's not "Dorf on Construction", it's actually one of our crazy project managers. Ed's going to kill me, but hey it's funny, right? Oh well, I hope you all enjoyed.