Ways to Save During a Remodel Pt. 2

Ways to Save During a Remodel Pt. 2
thisoldhouse.com- Like we said before, any home remodel can take a toll on a homeowner. It requires long hours- even late nights after working a full day, and can take a toll on your finances. This Old House has a few more tips to help you save and little and a lot of money and make better choices on projects.

Just a Few More Tips

Make sweat equity count by handling your own demolition, or at the back end, by doing some of the finish work yourself. "If you want to save money, dig in and start helping out," says Tom Silva. "You can insulate, you can paint, you can sand." Helping with the cleanup every day instead of paying someone can save you hundreds of dollars.
Do your own schlepping- in other words, nix the delivery fees and do it yourself. No pickup truck? For a few hundred dollars, you can purchase a nearly new single–axle utility trailer online, which you can tow behind your SUV. Use it for a few hundred trips, and it's paid for itself. Multiple deliveries can cost almost $1,000 whereas a trailer could cost you a few hundred.

Demolish the whole house and start from scratch. "It really needs to be considered on major remodels," says Paul Irwin, design director with Landis Construction. One example is when a remodel revealed the foundation in one a home was not up to code and needed to be replaced. I would have cost upwards to $30,000, the owners concluded that it would cost as much to update the house, as it would to reproduce it new.
Skip the foundation, if local code allows. It’s possible that you may be able to support a small addition on posts and beams, as you would a deck, explains contractor Dennis Gavin, of Gavin Design–Build, in Media, Pennsylvania.
Make decisions early on. Peruse the aisles at the hardware store to get a feeling for what you want in fixtures and appliances and what they cost. If you aren't absolutely specific upfront about what you want, you'll have to rely on your contractor's estimate, called an allowance, and his notion of what is acceptable may be quite different from yours.

United Rentals in Abilene

This is all great advice. Everyone wants to save money throughout a remodel, but they don’t want to sacrifice quality. At United Rentals you can expect reliable, affordable, and quality equipment. COme by and see us or visit us at www.unitedrentals.com for all your construction equipment rentals in Abilene.

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