Assisting contractors is what we do. While many questions have a simple and direct answer to provide a solution that’s not always the case. It’s one of the reasons this column is a resource and a place to start unraveling…
What you know and what is written in contractor rules sometimes aren’t the same thing, but not always! However, it might take an expert to know the difference. While work experience counts, rolling it over from your ‘minor’ years might…
While all contractors may find the work a ‘grind’ at times, yes, there is a license for that too! How long does it take to obtain a license to ‘sink’ wells in two states at once? The ‘suspense’ is nail-biting,…
A corporate entity learns that ‘one for all, all for one’ may not be good license policy! We present a quality answer for a ‘qualifier’ question. Unfortunately, even ‘sprinkles’ won’t sweeten the answer we have to serve for a General’s…
I will ‘fence’ with a General in battling our way to answers for our contractor readers. We ‘short shunt’ an electrical question about working in Nevada, but still can help make the ‘connection’. As we often advise here, an example…
What we ‘know’ and what’s actually ‘correct’ don’t always jibe and for contractors that can be a problem. It’s why we answer questions here and have assisted contractors in Sacramento for more than 30 years in negotiating these complex rules.…
Our first contractor gets a ‘green’ light before I take on a ‘bigger’ question from Texas! Yes. An answer that likely results in time off for another ‘contractor’. With a nod to our pending season for the ‘boys of summer’…
What type of contractor takes down ‘art’? I will remove some ‘artificial’ notions on ‘cutting’ turf, share some ‘ink’ on a fingerprint question. I also have the unfortunate duty to let a ‘former’ contractor know that too much time…
At CSLB rules are rules and deadlines serious, so it’s up to contractors to plan ahead. We suggest a ‘detour’ but you have to follow through to make it work. Ironically, a specialty contractor in Nevada learns that he can…
While we have previously mentioned that contractor’s law in written in black and white, as readers know, there is a middle ground. This is one reason expert opinions are required, as the ‘gray’ areas can be loopholes or quicksand for…