One of the persistent issues we have found that our clients need help with is cracked and peeling drywall in exterior spaces or ceilings. Exposed exterior drywall in Florida is never a good bet with our never-ending humidity. Yet, it continues to be installed outdoors...
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Growing Family = Beautiful New Master Suite
With one child already and another new arrival these clients found that their current three bedroom, one bath house was not providing enough space to accommodate their growing family. Since moving was not an option, the family decided to expand their 1400 square foot...
Have Your Tampa Bay Flooring Contractor Rip Up Your Old Carpet and Modernize
Photo by Jake Sutton via cc As you may have noticed, a major home flooring trend over the past few years has been the move away from carpeting and into more modern surfaces such as wood flooring and tile floors. There are many reasons this has become so popular in...
DIY: How to Install Your Own Wood Flooring
So you have decided to renovate your home by installing real wood flooring, and you are wondering what it would take to do so without the help of a Tampa Bay wood flooring contractor. You consider yourself pretty handy, and the money you think you will save by doing...

Understanding the Estimate Your Tampa Bay Residential Contractor May Present You With
As a state licensed residential contractor, the management team here at Jack O’ Trades has always taken the decision of how to present estimates to our clients very seriously. To us, clarity, transparency, and protection are always the goals with both estimates and...

Want Your Rectified Travertine Tile to Look Great? The Contractor is Key
Poor installation of rectified travertine tile There is nothing worse than spending your hard earned money to buy a product, then receiving it and finding out it’s not up to the standards that you expected. And when you are talking about a home remodeling service such...

Job Site Challenges and Delays Your Tampa Bay Contractor May Encounter
Whether it’s a product you ordered online, a plane flight, or a new tile flooring job you purchased from a Tampa Bay contractor, there is nothing worse than paying for something and having it arrive late or be delayed. Sometimes these delays are the fault of the...

The Top 5 Kitchen Remodeling Trends of 2013
Each year, thousands of kitchens are remodeled all across the United States. And each year, the products, themes, and styles that homeowners want put into their new kitchen design change in many ways. That’s because just like with any other industry, new kitchen...

Gas Powered Appliances: The New Tampa Bay Home Remodeling Trend
Photo by Nancy Hugo via cc When it comes to home remodeling, every year seems to bring different trends. From modernized kitchen styles, to this year’s most “in” color choices, to popular flooring types for your home remodeling project, being up-to-date and in-style...