Although it has been a slow Summer for me and every contractor I know, we somehow managed to keep our heads above water and make it through to Fall. I have bid a tremendous amount of projects this year, but contracts are few as financing falls through or projects are canceled altogether.  On the commercial side most companies are not  ready to take many chances with a new contractor (new to them that is, we’ve been around since 1991) there are still some opportunities out there for those who work hard and beat the streets.

The public works sector seems to be doing okay as all that federal money starts to trickle down, but the projects are hard to qualify for and are mostly given to long time government contractors or W/MBE. The Cowboys stadium was a prime example, it would have cost me almost $25,000 just to bid on that project. This keeps smaller bidders out of the mix and gives them no chance to grow. None of the companies that won the contracts would sub work out either, they used all in house employees to keep control of their expenses.

Not much new housing, especially spec homes, being built by anyone. The housing boom of the 90s where we could never keep up with the building is long gone and sorely missed. While nationally TX markets are faring well they are still way down from just 3 yrs ago. I see no resurgence in this coming soon. Everyone is just to scared to spend what they may never get back.

We continue to stay busy with some smaller bathroom remodels and floors, but long for the days of the big projects providing months of work for everyone involved. While recessions usually last 10 yrs. we hope this one ends sooner for all of America.

I have several projects suppose to start next week, keep your fingers crossed that they don’t get canceled too. Good luck to you and yours, have a great weekend, enjoy TX-OU and eat some bbq for me. Until next time, hang in there.

We just recently(in the last 2 months) completed several big remodel projects around the Metroplex

area. Check out pics of the last few job entries for more info and to look at some great looking Kitchens and Bathrooms. We begin work on a flooring project next Monday with a siding job and full Bathroom remodel to follow later in the month and in to next year. Check back often to see the finished work or check us out at twitter.com/randrtile for more timely updates of ongoing projects.

As I said earlier I know some of you in the industry are checking us out here and on twitter as my followers continue to grow. To my knowledge I am the only contractor in America posting work updates and timely job pics from current and past projects. We’re not afraid to put our work out there every day because we do such quality work. Not to say we’re perfect, but we do whatever it takes to satisfy our clients and the amount of repeat customers we have speaks for itself.  Hope you all enjoy these updates and feel free to put my pics on your site as long as you give us credit for the work. They might inspire your customers to copy some of these design ideas or change them up to suit their tastes.

Happy Holidays to all, and may all your remodeling dreams come true.

Rollin Kearley-Owner and Master Tile/Stone Setter