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Oftentimes it it the little changes that have the biggest and most far-reaching impact when renovating. Moving walls, adding a room to the back of the house and finishing the basement are each important and significant, but small changes to your plumbing can have a positive impact as well. Your showerhead may be the same one that came with your house. If so, it may be time for a change and one yielding a luxurious, highly useful shower head.

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Youre starting to put the plants in your yard into hibernation, and before long you may have to dig out that snow shovel. But what else do you really need to do before winter arrives?

Its likely that there are many little maintenance projects youve contemplated performingthe tasks you know conscientious homeowners should perform. But in this economy, its certainly easy to ask Do I really need to have that inspected or fixed, or can it wait? And with winter coming, that question has probably become ever more disconcerting.

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Volunteers almost finished remodeling home of Navy commander left paralyzed after motorcycle crash
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Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) October 31, 2013

Phoenix home remodeling company, Republic West Remodeling, announced it has developed a new guide titled Top 10 Considerations for Hiring a Home Remodeling Contractor. The documents goal is to educate homeowners on the contractor selection process in order to improve a remodeling projects end result.

Similar to previous released resources, this guide uses easy-to-follow steps according to each consideration in selecting a home remodeling contractor. Specifically, homeowners will learn about:

This is the most comprehensive document weve ever created on a remodeling topic, said Jim Weisman, owner of Republic West Remodeling, a leading Phoenix home remodeling company. Since a contractor can make or break a project, we believe strongly in helping homeowners know how to select the most qualified remodeling contractor, so their project ends successfully and delivers to their expectations.

Interested homeowners can download the guide by clicking here. They can also request a complimentary design consultation by calling 480-428-2695 or visiting http://www.RepublicWestRemodeling.com/.

About Republic West Remodeling

Republic West Remodeling is a leading specialist of home improvement in Phoenix, offers the highest quality home remodeling services including kitchens, bathrooms, room additions and outdoor living spaces. Jim Weisman founded the company in 2011 after co-founding Republic West in 1995. The belief from the beginning was that ethical standards, honest communication, quality work performed by company employees and a low key education and design driven sales approach was what the customer yearned for.

Republic West Remodeling is an operationally driven company that utilizes various disciplines, processes and procedures to help insure that it can deliver what is promised and is careful to only promise what it can control.

Learn more about Republic West Remodelings home remodeling services in Arizona and the Phoenix Metro area by visiting the companys website.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Bolster (www.getbolster.com) announces today the launch of the company, which simplifies the chaos of the home remodeling process by providing home remodeling insurance that guarantees the outcome of every project. For the first time, homeowners are protected against common nightmare scenarios such as unjustified price increases, shoddy workmanship, and project delays. Bolster is a software application available on the web and any mobile device. The service is now available in the State of New York and will continue to roll out in cities across the US in the coming months.

Bolster helps homeowners learn the true cost of their project in advance, vets and underwrites their contractor of choice, and provides expert project-management advice. By offering insurance coupled with robust content, homeowners can feel empowered to eliminate the financial risks associated with remodeling.

Bolster also announces a first-of-its-kind discovery partnership with the American Institute of Architects (AIA). As discovery partners, the AIA and Bolster combine their strengths and expertise to the benefit of homeowners, contractors and architects operating in the remodeling industry.

Remodeling is like marriage; finding a great contractor is just the beginning, said Fraser Patterson, founder and CEO of Bolster. The real challenge begins once the project actually starts. Homeowners have a huge learning curve when it comes to home remodeling, and find it hard to compare bids, access contracts, or even know the right questions to ask. Remodeling is also stressful because it is likely to be a persons second largest investment next to buying a home and without remodeling insurance, this large amount of money is unnecessarily at risk. Bolster provides peace of mind for homeowners.

At the core of Bolsters remodeling insurance is a custom bid, performance, payment and warranty bond, which is brokered and underwritten by independent insurance partners including National Financial Partners (broker) and Capitol Insurance Companies (underwriter).

Bolster provides a real solution to a real problem that has been sorely needed by consumers, said Timothy Gardner, Global Leader of Risk Management, Marsh. Bolster built a new insurance product thats never existed for a market that really needed it. Their insurance, platform and expertise enable homeowners to feel like an expert is on their side and looking out for them during one of the largest financial commitments theyll make in their lives.

The collaboration with the AIA covers a wide range of educational, research, and promotional activities; principle among them, the AIA will be promoting Bolster through various channels to their member base of 80,000 architects.

Our calling as architects is to help design a better world starting with well-designed homes that contribute to a familys well-being, said AIA CEO Robert Ivy, FAIA. Bolsters home remodeling insurance program is a significant innovation that helps more homeowners benefit from the expertise AIA member architects can bring to their remodeling project.

Bolster helps homeowners avoid many common home remodeling pitfalls through a simple process that follows:

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Arterial Remodeling Technologies (ART) reported from the podium yesterday at TCT 2013 that the Company has successfully completed the 30-day milestone portion of the ARTDIVA (Arterial Remodeling Transient DIsmantling Vascular Angioplasty) clinical trial of its novel bioresorbable stent. ARTs next-generation bioresorbable stent is designed to promote positive arterial remodeling and then bioresorb (i.e., disappear).

Presentation of the ART data was made from the podium yesterday afternoon at TCT 2013 by principal investigator of the ongoing ARTDIVA study, Jean Fajadet, M.D., Co-Director of the Interventional Cardiology Unit, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France; and, a member of ARTs Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Fajadet presented the ART data in the following scientific sessionNEXT GENERATION DES AND BIORESORBABLE SCAFFOLDS, Session V. Fully Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds (BRS).

I am very pleased with the event-free results we have seen at 30 days with the ART stent. In particular, I am impressed by the simplicity of the deliverability of the stent, as well as its excellent apposition to vessel walls as validated by OCT (optical coherence tomography), said Dr. Fajadet.

The independent measurement of acute angiographic recoil for the ART stent by quantitative angiography at just 4.0% confirms the metallicstentlike scaffolding performance of ARTs bioresorbable stent, added Jeffrey J. Popma, M.D., Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Angiographic Core Laboratory and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

We are pleased with these positive clinical results at 30-day follow-up, and we now look forward to reporting additional data at the all-important 12-month angiographic follow-up milestone, said Antoine LaFont, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Head Interventional Cardiology Department, Georges Pompidou Hospital (Paris); and, Past Chairman, Interventional Cardiology Working Group, European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Pr. LaFont is a co-founder of ART.

Investigators at the five ARTDIVA clinical trial sites are enthusiastic about using our next-generation bioresorbable stent for three important reasons: (1) it is made of a biocompatible material and (2) is designed to have a programmed transitory presence in order to (3) facilitate natural remodeling, and is thus unique among bioresorbable stents on the market and in development, added Machiel van der Leest, CEO of ART.

ARTs bioresorbable stent is designed to provide a transient effective scaffold that dismantles and relinquishes its primary mechanical scaffolding function after three months. A three-month scaffolding period is commonly recognized by experts as the requisite length of time necessary to allow the healing process to stabilize the artery following trauma generated by angioplasty, and to avoid recoil and constrictive remodeling. Our stent, or bioresorbable scaffold, is designed to perform as effectively as a conventional metallic stent, but with the significant advantage of relinquishing its scaffolding function when the stent is no longer necessary to maintain the shape of the vessel, van der Leest said.

As previously reported by ART in a news release on April 4, 2012: Our analysis of ARTs in vivo data confirms that stent dismantling is occurring at around three months, and the overall safety data look encouraging thus far, said Renu Virmani, MD, Medical Director/President, CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Virmani also is Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology at Georgetown University, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Uniform University of Health Sciences, and Vanderbilt University.

ARTDIVA is a 30-patient, prospective, first-in-man interventional clinical investigation at five medical centers to evaluate the ART bioresorbable stent for the treatment of patients with de novo lesions. The primary endpoint is six months MACE rate; and the key secondary endpoint is the artery lumen evolution over the first 12 months as validated via QCA (quantitative coronary angiography) and OCT (optical coherence tomography).

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Cincinnati, Ohio (PRWEB) October 28, 2013

The Remodeling Market Index (RMI) continued to climb in the third quarter of 2013 rising another two points. This is the highest reading since the first quarter of 2004, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Jim Hunter President of handyman and remodeling company House Doctors believes this is another sign of a strengthening economy.

The RMI's current market conditions index rose from 54 in the previous quarter to 58.This is the highest reading since the creation of the RMI in 2001. An RMI above 50 indicates that more remodelers report market activity is higher as opposed to reporting it lower.

Jim Hunter President of National Handyman and Remodeling Company House Doctors said, "Increasing home equity and home sales, and a strengthening economy, definitely has an impact. We see it in our own network. Across the country our franchisees are producing some great numbers."

All of the three major components of the RMI's market conditions index increased in the third quarter. Minor additions and repairs increased from 55 to 58 while maintenance and repairs increased from 57 to 59. Even major additions and alterations increased from 51 to 55.

Finally Hunter added, "The growth in home equity and home sales has given home owners confidence to remodel, repair and do handyman upgrades that they had put off during the tough times. We expect the demand for remodeling services to continue to increase however at a more gradual pace as the housing recovery makes progress."

About House Doctors: For more than 15 years, House Doctors, a 90-plus-unit professional handyman service, has brought commercial property owners and homeowners high standards of customer service, reliability, and quality workmanship. Every House Doctors handyman location is independently owned and operated. Today, House Doctors continues to expand throughout the United States by offering franchise opportunities. For more information on House Doctors, visit http://www.housedoctors.com.

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The Renaissance area is getting another big business, and this time its a local one even though you probably wont recognize the name.

Ground has been broken on a new, $4.5 million showroom/office building in the bustling Renaissance corridor that will combine nationally recognized home-products brands under the Albuquerque-based Dreamstyle Remodeling umbrella. (Courtesy of Dreamstyle)

Albuquerque-based Dreamstyle Remodeling has broken ground on a new, $4.5 million showroom/office building, joining the likes of Sams Club and Costco in the bustling corridor.

The 20,000-square-foot project will go in next to Sportsmans Warehouse. It should be completed by March.

The building is part of a larger rebranding effort for a longtime Albuquerque enterprise with a booming business but no clear-cut identity.

Dreamstyle Remodeling is actually the new umbrella name for the company that started selling and installing nationally recognized home products in Albuquerque in the 1990s and always has marketed itself under those brand names including Four Seasons Sunrooms, Renewal by Andersen and Cal Spas.

Founder and CEO Larry Chavez said the problem was that nobody really knew who we were on the whole they assumed they were separate companies.

Its one company, and a pretty large one at that.

Dreamstyle Remodeling employs more than 200 people across six offices in three states and is in the process of hiring 20 more. It expects to gross $28 million this year, up from $21 million in 2012 and $13.5 million in 2011.

Chavez said he started selling Four Seasons Sunrooms in the 1990s and gradually has added more products and services including Home Depot cabinet installation while expanding throughout the Southwest. Dreamstyle has locations in Santa Fe, El Paso, Texas, and three in Arizona (Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson).

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) October 26, 2013

The Federal Savings Bank informs readers that more homeowners able to get low mortgage refinance rates and higher property values, remodeling activity has surged in 2013. According to the latest Remodeling Market Index by the National Association of Home Builders, remodeling has climbed to its highest rating since 2004. Rising two points in the third quarter of 2013, the index reached a rating of 57, indicating market activity has increased.

The Remodeling Market Index takes an average of current and future remodeling activity in the housing market. Without considering future market conditions, the current remodel rate increased from 54 points in the second quarter to 58 in the third. Current conditions reached the highest level since the initiation of the index in 2001. Any score above 50 on the index is an indicator that more remodelers are increasing market activity.

Improved economic conditions have provided encouraging signs for homeowners who plan to remodel. The Remodeling Market Index report comes at the same time as interest rates fell to an average of 4.13 percent for a 30-year fixed mortgage, down from the previous week's average of 4.28 percent, Freddie Mac reported. With housing conditions looking better, projects that were put on hold during the recession are coming to fruition.

Home sales and price gains have given a major advantage to homeowners who have seen the value of their properties increase over the last year. Heading into the winter months, when sales typically dwindle, prices are expected to rise, though at a slightly lower rate. According to the latest Home Price Index by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, prices increased 0.3 percent in August, the 19th consecutive month of growth in the housing market. With higher home equity and low cost mortgages, homeowners feel more confident about remodeling.

"In addition to existing home sales, which support remodeling activity as owners fix up their homes before and after a move, remodeling has benefited from rising home values," said David Crowe, NAHB Chief Economist. "This boosts home equity that owners can tap to finance remodeling projects. We expect existing home sales and house prices to increase, but at a slower rate over the next year, so the demand for remodeling services should also increase, but more gradually over that period."

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