Reprint from American Fastener Journal, September/October 2018

In 2005, my bride of several years and I entered into an adventure and decided that rather than buying an existing home, we would build our first new home together. For many, entering into such a project is likely to test the mettle of their relationship, but my love for building projects made this an easy decision, and thus, I was not intimidated to act as my own General Contractor. So, we hunkered down, began working with an architect friend, and soon had a plan ready to go. Next came the arduous process of finding and hiring subcontractors.