Feeling safer already?

The management at Wallace Remodeling is one crack team! Keeping in tradition with our long list of awards and affiliations, project manager Jön boasts OSHA certification for Construction Safety and Health.

The New Rules of Remodeling, from the Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal reports on how homeowners are getting maximum value for their remodeling projects. Plus there's good news for the industry:

According to an April 15 report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, annual spending on remodeling is expected to accelerate this year, with nearly 5% growth over 2009. "This year could produce the first annual spending increase for the industry since 2006," the peak of the housing boom, says center director Nicolas P. Retsinas.

Read the full article here.

Kevin's EPA certification card has arrived

Remember our news the other day about the new EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule? Here is Kevin's RRP certification card. Double click for a close up of the great photo!

April 22 is upon us! The new EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule

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Our good friends at NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry, the Bay Area chapter of which Kevin Wallace was the founding president) bring us the following news: 

It is April 22, 2010 -- not only the 40th anniversary of Earth Day-- but for the remodeling industry, the implementation date of the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule. Please comply with all requirements of the rule; effective today, the rule is the law.

More information is available on the EPA website here and here. 

And in the meantime, the good news is that Wallace Remodeling has completed the course and is fully certified! If you have any questions regarding the new law, please do not hesitate to contact us! Our email is still info@wallaceremodeling.com and our phone number is still 415-550-1993.

Update: More information on fines from the Contractors State Licensing Board. 

Farewell to Sherrill!

After an eternity spent with Wallace Remodeling (well, at
least 26 years of it) as our chief estimator and occasional project
manager, Sherrill Yurth decided to leave San Francisco behind and
dedicate his time solely to sunny Petaluma. We wish him the best at
his new business venture: http://www.aceshirt.com/