Ready, Set, Renovate!

What would life without utility bills be like? Maybe you’ve heard legend of these "off-grid" people and their homes, but do that actually exist? And if they do exist, what modern conveniences are they sacrificing to achieve this feat? In this episode of Ready, Set, Renovate! our guest Derek Zearley discusses his modern “off grid” home, which he and his family have been living in since 20...

Why are custom windows taking months to arrive on the job site? Who knows?  And when you're able to make them yourself, who cares? In this episode of Ready, Set, Renovate! we speak with a contractor who wasn't about to wait around on his windows, and be at the mercy of supply chain chaos.  He found a way to get exactly the windows he needed, exactly when he needed them.  You can hear his...

You can't mess up demo, right?  Wrong!  Doing demo poorly can absolutely cause substantial collateral damage.  Contrary to HGTV’s portrayal (i.e. young couple gleefully wielding a sledgehammer), demo actually requires serious forethought.  Recently, we recorded a podcast with, Sam Parkinson of Daniel Builders and Ezra Green of Ezra Construction, two people who know demo.  Listen as they discu...

You've likely heard the phrase "Design-Build".  It's a time tested process for getting architect and builder on the same page so the finished product is built efficiently.  At Daniel Builders we've taken the Design-Build process and enhanced it by adding a preliminary phase referred to as the Guide Phase.  We're calling our process "Guide-Design-Build".  In...

Daniel Builders was honored to have 3  well respected guests on this first episode.  These local industry leaders include Taylor Lyles, CEO of the Home Builders Association of Greenville; Greg Gambrell, VP-Sales GBS Building Supply; Dustin Hughes, Corporate Sales Director for Jeff Lynch Appliance.  You’ll get a "30,000 ft view" of the housing market in upstate South Carolina - a truly wo...