ANOTHER WAY OF INSTALLING A DOUBLE SWING DOOR

By Victor Rossi

In many kitchens and other doorways throughout the house or apartment there is sometimes the need for the convenience of a double swing door. The type I'm referring to is the door hung on the double acting pivot hinge.  This hinge is mounted in the top and bottom edge of the door and the door is usually hung in the center of the jamb. There are several styles on the market but the principal is the same.

The one drawback I have found is the rounding over of the back edge of the door to clear the jamb on the hinge side. This is considered acceptable for this type of installation situation and even recommended by the manufactures of the hinge.  When making a custom door, especially a veneered door, I find it unsightly and interferes with clean even spacing between door and jamb.

 

Rossi Brothers Cabinet Makers, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Here at my shop (Rossi Brothers Cabinet Makers), since we package our doors and jambs, we have an alternative. We route the jamb to receive the swing of the back edge of the door. This is a much cleaner look and the door does not appear different from the other doors in the house.

The way this is done is to make a full scale drawing of the hinge side of the door with reference to the jamb allowing a 1/8" space between the door and the jamb.

 

 

You locate the pivot point of the hinge in the door then with a compass swing an arch that just clears the corners of the back edge of the door. The arch marked on the jamb section of the drawing is the area to be routed out of the jamb. You could allow a bit more clearance in depth and width just to be safe, but don't make the width wider than the thickness of the door. The depth can be much deeper than needed.

On a double swing door the pivot point must be in the center of the thickness of the door. The distance of the pivot point must be at least the same distance from the back edge of the door, but can be greater. The farther from the back edge of the door the less of a rout needed in the jamb. 

 

Some hinge manufactures limit the distance their hinge can be set from the back edge of the door. (With a single direction swing there is no limit but that is for a different situation than being described here) We set the door members and the jamb head member of the hinges in the shop but the floor member needs to be set in place on site, unless we are using a threshold. The floor member is set in relation to the location of the pivot point in the head by using a plumb bob, or these days a laser. Most finish carpenters I've worked with have no problem with this method of installation. They almost always complement the results and I've been asked to repeat it for them on some of their other installations.

 This is only one use of this principle of installation. It is my intention to explain how to execute the various uses of this principle and of course it's limitations.

Pivot Hinges and Secret Panels

A situation where the pivot hinge also works well is the secret panel.  I was given a situation where the architect wanted the center panel to open as a door to access a hidden cabinet. The problem was the panel was a recessed panel with a raised moulding where the panel meets the stiles and rails. The architect didn't want just the recessed section of the panel to open but the panel with the moulding. In other words he wanted the whole panel to open at the point where the panel and its moulding meet the stiles and rails. A soss hinge was spec’ed, but anyone who is familiar with a soss hinges and looking at the drawing will see that a soss hinge won't work for that application.

 

 

The position of the pivot point is determined by the clearance need for the door to operate. The pivot point distance from the face has to be equal or less than the distance from the back edge.  A little trial and error is sometimes needed to get the best pivot point and achieve the proper end result. In some case the pivot point distance from the edge can be great enough to eliminate any removal of material from the stile. Keeping in mind the farther the distance from the edge, when opened, the deeper the door moves into the cabinet and the farther the open door moves into the opening space.

 Straight Pivot or Knife Hinge

 I have been explaining the principle of the straight pivot or knife hinge. There is another type of pivot hinge, the offset pivot hinge which I intend to discuss later.

The pivot hinge is also is used in many cabinet situations where a concealed hinge is wanted.  This was the original concealed method used in most antique furniture. Today in cabinetry this concealed method has been more commonly replaced by the European style hinge and in some instances the "soss" hinge.

 The advantage of the European style hinge is its ease of installation and it is not limited to an inset installation but can be used for complete overlay. Its disadvantage is thick doors, heavy doors and doors that are wider than they are high. In all three of these disadvantages mentioned the doors will sag and tend to not stay in proper alignment. If you are reproducing an antique or a piece of furniture from the Deco period the only method of a concealed hinge then was the pivot. To use a "soss" or European style hinge would not be proper for a reproduction.

To use a pivot hinge you must understand what is necessary for its installation.  Since the hinge is mounted at the top and the bottom of the door it needs a place to mount the cabinet member of the hinge. It needs a rail or top above the door and a rail below the door. The straight pivot hinge can only work in a inset situation.  It will function in a flush or set back position. The point of pivot determines the clearance needed for the door. This principle is one of the few that can be used for a Bombay shaped door.

 

Victor Rossi

Rossi Brothers Cabinet Makers

Philadelphia, PA.






 

CALL IT WHAT YOU WISH, I CALL IT A DOUBLE STANDARD

By Spencer K. Smartt

I read a post the other day by one of the three Amigos where he was touting the virtues of Integrity. After I read his post I had to respond then realized that this post would never see the light of day due to the forum I had posted it on. Right from the beginning I knew the censor “Victoria” would never let it out of the pending submissions box. So this prompted me to once again venture into philosophical territory.

When one is in the state of pretending to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he does not actually have, you have to consider that person nothing more than a hypocrite.   Plain and simple hypocrisy is the deception of others and thus nothing more than a flat out lie. It is not simply failing to practice those virtues that one preaches; it goes even further by creating a double standard by which we must now all live with.

The word hypocrisy comes from the Greek word which means "jealous", "play-acting", "acting out", "coward" or "dissembling". Which means the person that thinks he is the big shot doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground? Because he doesn’t know the difference between his own beliefs or his feelings he is doomed believe his own crap!

As to the actions of the actors in our drama our players want to believe they were “public figures” who were putting on a show of how smart they really were. In the 4^th Century BC a Greek big shot whose was a Politian who had been a actor before becoming a Politian, was ridiculed by his friend because he could not be trusted because of his previous position as an actor. They want you to believe in them no matter the cost. Destroy what you can before you get found out as a counterfeit persona that gives the modern word hypocrisy its negative connotation.

Some call it the “the tribute that vice pays to virtue", which of course certainly greases the wheels of social exchange, at the expense  of those people who are continually made and forced to make use of it. Their abundance of hypocrisy, of course leads to excessive tolerance of deceit and destructive behavior that they have more than they even realize
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A famed social scientist one referred to the “hypocrisy of people” as where they are not aware of the dark or shady-side of their nature.

As a kid I grew up learning that there were different sets of principles for similar situations. For example let’s take two different people in the same situation A double standard could take the form of an instance in which certain examples, a word, a phrase, a social norm, or rule are perceived to be  acceptable when applied by one group of people, but are considered unacceptable or taboo, when applied by another group. That’ a double standard.

This double standard can be described as a biased or morally unfair application of the principle that all are equal in their freedoms. One such case we see abundantly clear today is the Trevon Martin case in Florida. Such double standards are seen as unjustified because they violate a basic maxim of modern legal jurisprudence: that all parties should stand equal before the law, apparently not in this case.

Double standards also violate the principle of justice known as impartiality, which is based on the assumption that the same standards should be applied to all people, without regard to subjective bias or favoritism based on social class, rank, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or other distinctions. It is quite obvious that the defendant in the Martin case doesn’t stand a chance.

We can even go back to the O.J. Simpson case and see this double standard being applied. A double standard violates this principle by holding different people accountable according to different standards. The phrase "life is not fair" may be invoked in order to mollify concerns over double standards but in the O.J.s case some decided that O.J. was going to jail one way or the other no matter what.

When it come to the LinkedIn forums and their moderators this is a despicable display of double standards if I ever have seen any at work before. The “Pending Submissions” box on every forum is a disgrace to the entire concept of “FREE SPEECH”.  Posts and comments that I posted to the NARI forum still languish there 8 months after I had written them in conjunction with the ongoing conversation. The moderator because he or she doesn’t agree with my comments just lets them sit! Who gave this individual the right to censor any part of the conversation?

Take yourself to the forums and just read some of the comments, it will not take you long to figure out if of the conversation is being monitored or censored. I just want to know what is so important to cover up that the moderator has to ignore people’s postings. Apply a double standard to some but not all and just flat our censor those that they disagree with!

Spencer K. Smartt

Founder and Charter Member

National Association of Contractors and Remodelers of America



The Four Cardinal Virtues of Man

By Spencer K. Smartt

In my previous posts I have covered a wide variety of subject matter dealing with what I felt was important to the development of our organization (the National Association of Contractors & Remodelers of America) such as credibility, integrity, veracity and or course responsibility in relationship to one’s duty.

In this piece I want to discuss the “cardinal virtues” of man and how they should be perceived by our membership. These are a set of four virtues recognized in the writings of “Classical Antiquity” and, along with the religious virtues of our traditional Christian values which are “faith, hope and charity”.

Thse four basic virtues consist of; Prudence – the ability to judge between actions with regard to appropriate actions at a given time. Justice - the perpetual and constant will of rendering to each one his right. Temperance or Restraint - practicing self-control, abstention, and moderation and last but not least Fortitude or Courage – having forbearance, endurance, and ability to confront fear, uncertainty and intimidation. These so called “cardinal virtues” are the basic virtues required for a virtuous life.

The four cardinal virtues appear as a group long before they are later given this title. In Plato’s “The Republic” he identifies the four cardinal virtues with the classes of the city described in his book and with the faculties of man. Plato narrates a discussion of the character of a good city where the following is agreed upon. “Clearly, then, it will be wise, brave, temperate [literally: healthy-minded], and just.”  

Prudence, Justice, Temerance and Fortitude painted by Sir James Thornhill 1676-1734

Prudence

The word Prudence is derived from the Latin word “prudentia” meaning foresight and is most often associated with wisdom, insight and knowledge. Being prudent means that one that has the ability to judge between “virtuous and vicious actions, not only in a general sense, but with regard to appropriate actions at a given time and place”. Being prudent doesn’t necessarily mean that one must perform any type of action, but merely having the knowledge to act in a virtuous manner.

The mere act of being prudent when being applied to any judgment goes to show for example, the more difficult the task the more the importance of being prudent. When a distinguished person acts prudent, those in which various “goods” have to be weighed against each other, as when a person is determining what would be best to give charitable donations, or how to punish a child so as to prevent it from repeating the same offense, then prudence becomes all that more important.

Today however, the word has become increasingly synonymous with cautiousness. In other words prudence now takes on a muck darker meaning than was intended such as to take risks, which remains a virtue with respect to unnecessary risks, but when unreasonably extended (i.e. over-cautiousness) it can become the “vice of cowardice”.
It is my humble opinion that as a result of the prudence shown on the part of those of you that stood your ground during the initial days of the despicable acts when our so called brothers tried to ruin what we all were pursuing goes to show just some of the virtues that this association harbors.

Justice

Justice is a concept of moral rightness which stands outside the class system and the divisions of man! It is based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, equity and fairness, as well as the administration of the law, taking into account the inalienable and inborn rights of all human beings and citizens, the right of all people and individuals to equal protection before the law of their civil rights, without discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, age, or other characteristics, and is further regarded as being inclusive of social justice, and rules the proper relationship among the four of them. Nothing more need be said, as it alone amongst all of the four virtues, stands paramount!

Temperance

For ions of time “Temperance” was commonly applied to all classes, but primarily with the producing classes, the farmers and craftsmen, and with the animal appetites, to which no special virtue was assigned;

Temperance in today’s vernacular is defined as "moderation in action, thought, or feeling; restraint" and has been studied by religious thinkers, philosophers, and more recently, psychologists, particularly in the “positive psychology” movement.
This virtue is considered a “core value” that can be seen consistently across time and cultures. It is considered one of the four cardinal virtues, because it is believed that no virtue could be sustained in the face of the inability to control oneself, if the virtue was opposed to some desire.

Fortitude

Throughout history Fortitude and Courage were assigned to the warrior class and to the spirited element in mankind. Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. It is this “Physical” courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, which allows “moral” courage to exist and it is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement. These were and are the attributes that allowed us to survive and to now to strive to meet our goals. It will be fortitude that will carry us forward to become the organization that we all believed that we could become.

 

 

Spencer K. Smartt

Founder and Charter Member

National Association of Contractors & Remodelers of America

Dallas, TX.

WHAT IF ANY DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY?



Months ago an enormous conflict erupted on dozens of LinkedIn forums nationwide in which hundreds and even thousands of individuals became enthralled over several controversial issues concerning the construction industry. Out of that controversy raised the dreaded subject of “censorship” and what it has done to the conversation. Needless to say as a result of the censorship button being forcibly applied by the moderators of these collective forums, discussion of vitally all important issues have been stifled and for all intents and purposes have been quelled and pushed to the bottom by a few to quite the “many”.

Why was this allowed to happen and who is responsible for allowing it to happen? Was it the “Collective responsibility” of all that were involved or was it simply the concept or doctrine, which according to certain individuals that all must be held responsible for other people's actions by tolerating, ignoring, or harboring them, without actively collaborating in these actions. This is a shameful attitude to let happen because the “many” have now become so passive as to allow the few to dictate and control the conversation at hand.

Where this “Collective responsibility” has been widely applied in many large corporations, the entire workforce has been held responsible for failure to achieve corporate targets such as profits, irrespective of the performance of individuals or teams which may have achieved or overachieved within their areas of responsibility!



As a result “Collective punishment” including measures that actually do extreme harm to the prospect of achieving future targets are being applied as a measure to 'teach' the workforce to conform or pay the price. When these corporate targets are achieved it is not the “many” that reap the rewards, but are those that have been carefully targeted as perceived by management to have contributed the most which is often disproportionate to the many. It is at these senior management levels that are primarily those in control of the “Censor” button that have the most to gain. The impact on the morale of the many by the use of this practice is commonly ignored as it is not measurable on balance sheets.

The question then becomes one of “Moral” responsibility? Is it the individual’s position on morality that deserves of praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission, in accordance with one's moral obligations or that of deciding what, if anything is morally obligatory when it becomes the principle concern of ethics?

What we have is a Duty (something "due" or "that which owed to others"; a "debt") that conveys a sense of moral commitment or obligation to someone or something. This moral commitment should result in sort of action, not some sort of passive feeling or mere recognition, but a duty to take action, something that a person theoretically commits them to its fulfillment without considering their own self-interest.

With this “Duty” comes an obligation, a course of action that someone is required to take, whether legally or morally. Other obligations also exist, obligations such as etiquette, social obligations, and even politically, where these obligations are requirements which must be fulfilled for the good of the many. Normally these legal obligations incur penalties for non-fulfillment for those who are obliged to carry out certain actions for other reasons.

Obligations vary from person to person: for example, a person holding a political office will generally have far more obligations than an average member of the many, who themselves will have more obligations than those not associated with the group as such. Obligations are generally granted in return for an increase in an individual's rights or power. For the many the obligation is participation and in return the many receive the benefits derived or achieved by the many!

Spencer K. Smartt

Founder and Charter Member

Dallas, TX.

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO VERACITY

La Vérité "Truth" by Jules Joseph Lefebvre

With all the controversy over the formation of the National Association of Contractors and Remodelers of America which was formed on the 29th of October, 2012 in Dallas, Texas it has been discussed and debated ad Nauseum concerning the facts of who has done what and who is who amongst the various players and the “interlopers”. You certainly know the one that we are discussing here that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler. It all comes down to the conformity to facts; accuracy: "the veracity of the story". It is the habitual truthfulness or in fact of "his veracity and character" that is really what is at issue.

Truth is most often used to mean in accord with fact or reality, or fidelity to an original or to a standard or ideal. The opposite of truth is falsehood, which, correspondingly, can also take on a logical, factual, or ethical meaning of its own. This friend is what our fair group of interlopers has attempted to feed to us over the last couple of months.

The concept of the truth can be discussed and debated in several contexts, including philosophy and religion, but pure facts seem to be better understood within the realm of our industry. You know the saying “believe what you see not what you hear”. Those that were involved saw and believe what transpired and made their decisions to stay the course rather than let these “Interlopers” destroy all that had been accomplished.

We can continue to discuss the various issues and theories but in the end it is the views of the truth that will continue to be debated among the membership that will finally prevail.

The method used to recognize a "truth" is termed a “criterion of truth” and it’s the language and the words that are the means by which humans convey information to one another. There are differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth: what things are truth bearers capable of being true or false; how to define and identify truth; the roles that revealed and acquired knowledge play; and whether truth is subjective or objective, relative or absolute. All this has to be taken into consideration when discussing the issues.

The interlopers have said they are in the right and only “they” have any “creditability” or “integrity” but as was said in the beginning it all boils down to “Veracity”.

Spencer K. Smartt
Founder and Charter Member
National Association of Contractors and Remodelers of America

INTEGRITY – SOMETHING THE “THREE AMIGOS”ASSOCIATION LACKS!

Integrity is a word often thrown about by many contractors in our industry but in reality do they really have any or do they really even understand what the word means? For most people the word “Integrity” is the concept of “consistency of one’s actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes”.

“Ethically speaking, integrity is regarded by most as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions and is usually regarded as the opposite of “hypocrisy”, in that integrity regards internal consistency as a “virtue”. With this concept in mind we wanted to assess whether or not the “Three Amigos” and their “bogus” group really have any integrity?

“Whole” or “Complete” are the words that this Latin adjective aspires to describe in the inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from qualities such as “honesty and consistency of character”. In as much, one may assume that others "have integrity" providing that they act according to the values, beliefs and principles that they claim to hold. Our friends at “NACRA.org” seem to think that only “They” have any “Integrity” and that everyone is to believe that just because “They” claim to have it, in reality “They” by their very actions prove otherwise!

What it boils down to is what is this group’s “Value” system and how can one judge for themselves whether or not they have any integrity or not. One can test a value system's integrity either: subjectively, by human constructs of accountability and internal consistency, or objectively, via the scientific method. We don’t have this “scientific” method available to us to make such an evaluation.

Integrity can also be referred to as having honor, being honest, being trustworthy and doing the right things. It is quite evident by the very comments made by our friends the “Three Amigos” where they brag about breaking away from the original group and forming their own group and by adopting the same acronym for the sole purpose of stealing from us our identity is “prima fascia” evidence that there is no honor, integrity or creditability within this group.

Now they have stooped so low as to copy almost verbatim our goals and mission as a group. The very ideas and objectives that we set out to achieve they are coping and adopting as their own. Creation of a new lead generation system now too seems worthy of consideration! Especially since it was part of our original goals that was considered nonsense when we were first discussing the formation of our association.

When discussing integrity one must take into consideration “behavior” and “morality” as part of the virtue of one’s actions when considering the very principles of integrity. We can describe a person as having ethical integrity to the extent that everything that the person does or believes, his actions and methods all derive from a single core value.

When evaluating integrity, accountability must be first and foremost as the measurement for which any value should be attached. The “Three Amigos” feel that they are accountable to no one and why should they have to answer for the dastardly deeds they have committed?

The bottom line is either you have integrity, which means you are honest and can be trusted by others, or you have no integrity and cannot be believed or trusted in what you say or do! Our friends the “Three Amigos” in my opinion cannot be believed and certainly cannot be trusted.

In the business world integrity must feature basic concepts of honesty and ethical behavior especially when marketing or branding one’s products or identity.  The "integrity" of a brand is regarded by most individuals as the most desirable outcome in the mind of their audience.  Having this brand taken by “dishonest means” thus becomes the pinnacle of hypocrisy!

Spencer K. Smartt
Founder and Charter Member
National Association of Contractors and Remodelers of America
Dallas, TX.

CREDIBILITY – CAN WE ACHIEVE IT?

According to the Society of Professional Journalists’ code of ethics, “professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist's credibility”. However in today’s highly charged political atmosphere that cornerstone seems to have crumbled and has thus weakened our entire national foundation. Our politicians and leaders blatantly lie and deceive us on such a regular basis that it has now become our national pastime to see who can tell the biggest lie and get away with it.

Accordingly when one uses the term “creditability” when speaking in terms of the quality of being trusted; we are actually referring to “the government’s loss of credibility”.

 Journalistic credibility is all but a memory from the past and institutions which reared up to become giant acropolises are now nothing more than vending machines to distribute coupons and advertisements for profit.

In his 1925 book “Mein Kampf” Adolph Hitler states in chapter six of volume one “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”. This factor played heavily in his ability to convince the German people to blindly follow him to their destruction. Therefore credibility refers to the “objective and subjective” components of the “believability” of a source or message.

Traditionally speaking especially in this modern sense, credibility has two key components: 1) trustworthiness and 2) expertise, both of course have “objective” and “subjective” components. It is how the message is conveyed that really makes the difference in how the message is received.

In the recent “Domain hijacking” by several so called members of this organization which were entrusted to act on behalf of the membership at large, this domain theft and the act of changing the registration of a domain name without the permission of its original registrant, that being this organization, will have far reaching consequences in our efforts to get this organization on its feet.

This can be financially devastating to the original domain name holder, US, who may have derived much needed membership income from a website hosted at the domain or conducted business through that domain's e-mail accounts.

Additionally, these hijackers can use the domain name to facilitate illegal activity such as phishing, where a website is replaced by an identical website that records private information such as log-in passwords etc. Thank God that these “Buffoons“ got the horse before the cart and jumped the gun, thereby shooting themselves in the foot!

Trustworthiness is based more on subjective factors, but can include objective measurements such as established reliability. These “Three Amigos” certainly exhibited their trustworthiness with their actions and are now exposed as the very type of individuals who are not reliable and who that have plagued our industry for decades and which were the very type of people for which we all wanted to organize to rid our industry of! Now is the time to take that action and throw the subject on the table for discussion! It’s time to put a stop to “Chuck and his Truck” and get unlicensed and uncertified contractors out of the marketplace so that we can gain the confidence of the public and our customers. In short we need to clean up our image.

Expertise can be similarly subjectively perceived, but also includes relatively objective characteristics of the source or message (e.g., credentials, certification or information quality). It is now up to us to grab hold of that golden ring and develop the proper credentials and certifications required to make this a viable and objective organization that we can all be proud. Please do not think in terms of awarded titles and acronyms that one must pay an annual fee for the right to use these “Phony” certifications.

Secondary components of credibility include source dynamism (charisma) and physical attractiveness. We have that! All its going to take is for those of you that believe in our original goals to stand up and take control. We need to show this industry that it is possible to have charisma and guts to fight for our causes both at the same time. For those of you that don’t think you have the intestinal fortitude to carry this banner maybe you might be better suited to join in with the Hijackers and hope for the best!

Credibility online has become an important topic since the mid-1990s. This is because the web has increasingly become an information resource. It has also become a double edged sword that if not used properly can be just as devastating!

Scientific credibility, unlike what has been described above  has been defined as the extent to which science in general is recognized as a source of reliable information about the world.

This term, scientific, has also been applied more narrowly, as an assessment of the credibility of the work of an individual scientist or a field of research. Here, the phrase refers to how closely the work in question adheres to scientific principles, such as the scientific method. The method most commonly used to assess the quality of science is peer review and then publication as part of the scientific literature. Unfortunately for us we don’t have the benefit of the “Scientific Method” at our disposal and use. It would make our jobs much easier in the long term.

What we do have available however, is the use of “Street credibility”. Of particular importance is the rise of this phenomenon in recent years with the advent of  popular “hip-hop” music and its sub-culture of “Gangsta-Rap” as one vehicle to gain some respectability. We certainly don’t need the negative consequences and baggage that goes along with this identity, but there is no reason why we cannot adopt the methods used to convey our message.

There is also another message and perhaps a lesson to be learned by the likes of those who had the audacity to stand up for a cause like the “TEA Party” that by their own efforts have made enormous strides in changing the political atmosphere in this county.

Think about what we set out to accomplish! What is at the very tips of our fingers? Is this something that you can take part in with the hope that someday it will benefit us all or is it just a pipe dream that we all had a glance at but can’t bring ourselves to become a member because we are no longer joiners?

I believe if enough people hear our message that it will become a reality and one day we will all look back and say “Thanks” to the “The Three Amigos” who got us stoked up enough to do something!

Spencer K. Smartt, Founder

The National Association of Contractors and Remodelers of America

March 10^th, 2013 – Dallas, TX.