New Article Is On The Way! DE Signs OFF on Rights to Edited Article

So here I am this morning, signing my publishers agreement with ????? (Hint, It's a surprise) and we are on track with final edits/illustrations/pics to bring to the world a great article on installing a deck coating system...

Can't wait til February!  Look for more news here later on...in the meantime, may we suggest a couple of good magazines to buy/subscribe to?

Architects Contractor & Engineers Guide To Construction CostsExterior Home Improvement Cost Guide

Quest Hosts a Great Demo on Their Metallic Epoxy's/Lava Flow and Polyaspartic Coatings

 Dave Ratliff instructs us                Particpants practice          Lave Flow Sample    
                                                         

So on Thursday I drove south to go to Quest Building Products demo and hands on training on their Kretus Group line of epoxy coatings, including Lava Flow, Polyaspartic Urethanes and Metallic Epoxy flooring.

I had a great time, learned a lot, met a few new folks and enjoyed a great BBQ hosted by Quest. I'm looking forward to bringing these flooring systems to SLO County!

Here's some good books and products to consider for your epoxy job...

ENDURO-KOTE MOVES INTO THEIR NEW CORPORATE OFFICES/WAREHOUSE

ENDURO-KOTE has moved their headquarters over to North Patt Street in Anaheim.

Chris Proulx, ceo of Enduro-kote gave me a tour earlier this week of their new building.

The new headquaters gives Enduro-Kote room to grow, with plenty of office and warehouse space to stock supplies and allow for future expansion.

See Enduro-Kote's website for more information on their line of waterproofing and deck coatings at www.enduro-kote.com.

Congrats to Enduro-Kote on their expansion and new building!

DeckExpert.com Revises Link Labels For Improved Navigation

 Hey Everyone, Check out www.deckexpert.com to see our revised navigation with tabs that are labeled with what I hope are more defined information...

Check it out and let me know what you think!

Here's a few Christmas present suggestions for every waterproofer on your gift list!

DeWalt's Trade/Code/Exam and Certification Series of Books Are a Great Tool!

A couple months ago I got an email from Bobby Person at VCengage Learning. They are the published of DeWalt's series of books-on Building Codes, Electrical Codes, etc.Construction Reference guides, exam guides etc. are all covered.
Cengage was looking for someone to write a book on building decks, which they thought I might be qualified and interested...sad to say I'm not a deck builder but as I posted a blog on the search, Bobby was good enough to mail me a couple of books to look at.

I asked for the Building Code Reference

and the Construction Professional Reference book

and got them shortly after our email exchange.
Reading through these 2 books, I am left with a very good impression...I especially like the Building Code Reference book, it's wire bound binding and heavy glossy pages look like they'll take a lot of abuse and use in the field which is where they should be used!

Take a look at the whole series, maybe one of their many available titles would interest you...here are a few I thought would be of interest. Disclosure-I received 2 books free from Dewalk/Cengage. No other compensation is expected.

QUEST BUILDING PRODUCTS/KRETUS ANNOUNCES Lava Flow Traing Class This Wednesday, December 16th in Anaheim!

Tell 'em Deck Expert sent ya...