The Dean’s List of Important Stuff You Really Need To Know

• Your project has a warranty whether the builder offered one or not.
• The Lutron Caséta system changes the game on wiring for additional switches.
• Laying out recessed lighting in a neat grid really doesn’t matter.

• Garbage disposals aren’t that great of an idea.
• Floor surfaces can and should be laid flush.
• Not all pocket doors suck. Just yours.
• Your tankless water heater needs more gas.
• Most bedroom windows should be doors.
• Your builders aren’t designers.
• Your builders aren’t engineers.
• Insulation is more important than pretty much everything. Insulation is pretty much the underlying theme of architecture.
• Construction is collaboration - generalists, specialists, artists, engineers, etc.
• Your baseboards are too short.

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