I grew up in the 1970's and 80's. My father and grandfather owned a family business that provided plumbing, electric and HVAC services. I worked summers and weekends as a teenager and young adult digging ditches, threading pipe, running air ducts and whatever else my dad told me to do. After high school I met a commercial flooring contractor that was partnered with a gymnasium hardwood flooring contractor. They shared labor resources, so I learned how to do both trades. I became proficient in commercial flooring, sheet goods and vinyl tile installation and at the same time I also learned to install, paint, stripe and finish gymnasium hardwood floors. Some of those floors are still in use today! After working in these trades for a couple years I decided it was time to start my own business and did so in 1988. I expanded on that skillset over the years and began to offer ceramic tile, porcelain, granite, marble and natural stone installation in addition to the commercial flooring. In 1998 we moved to Loveland Colorado and began to offer Northern Colorado homeowners' kitchen and bathroom remodeling services and basement finishes. In 2003 I obtained my general contractors license in Loveland Colorado and built several homes from the ground up through 2008 when the recession forced us out of new home builing.