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Home » contractor advice

Articles Tagged with ''contractor advice''

Tool Tips: Toilet water removal, basin wrench usage, location positioning

June 24, 2016
No mess toilet water removal, basin wrench, steel roods
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Tool Tips: Long pipe runs, easy patching, recycling water heater boxes

June 3, 2016
Long wire and pipe runs, plaster of Paris, clean jobsite
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Tool Tips: easy pipe solder, cutting toilet bolts, lubricating hole saws

April 29, 2016

Duct tape to the rescue, no more glitter, cut more holes


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Tool Tips: Raising equipment, radiator spud wrench, faucet cartridge removal

February 25, 2016

Raising commercial equipment, improvised radiator spud wrench, removal of faucet cartridge


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Al Levi

Real goal or fantasy? — Part 1

7 Power Blog
Al Levi
February 15, 2016

I would tell myself, “If I could just find good people. Things would be less stressful.”


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Tool Tips: Circulator pumps, sump pump cords, spotty fixtures

January 20, 2016

Installing circulator pumps, sump pumps, water spots


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Tool Tips: Expansion tanks, pipe clamps and nylon adapters

December 23, 2015

Expansion tank removal, reinforcing plastic pipe clamps, nylon adapters


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What your messy contractor truck is saying

7 Power Blog
Al Levi
December 11, 2015

It’s saying tons! And it’s saying all the wrong things.


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Tool Tips: drain fittings, faucet washers, DIY gasket

November 18, 2015

Five great steps to get your business headed in the right direction

7 Power Blog
Al Levi
November 13, 2015

Why some contractor’s aren’t successful.


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