5 Tips to a Happier Office Job

Good morning friends! I used to get the privilege of sweating like crazy all day, getting covered in saw dust, ripping my Jeans, scraping my knuckles and exhausting every joint. I developed a lot of good habits, lifting with my knees, sweeping up every day after work...

Designing Your Best Home

How can Dueck Builders help to design  and built the home that is best for you? The design / build journey can be a confusing one. There are so many choices and no clear-cut answer to questions such as: what is the best siding, or flooring, or window option. All these...

And now for something completely different…

Seven years ago I drove a 2006 Mustang (that I was about to crash and then trade for a truck). I didn’t own a house, I was living at home at that point. I had no idea that in one short month True North Sports and Entertainment (TNSE) would make a city changing...

“Summer”izing Your Home

Good morning! A few months back (feels like years since winter started!) we did a little blog post on winterizing your home. It got a whole bunch of views so we decided let’s do one now to prepare for summer! So for those of you who are as optimistic as I am...

Why Do We Do What We Do? (Cal Episode)

Building “green”  for me has to do with integrity. I believe that as creatures on this planet we are all related to, and affect, all other aspects of our world. The butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world may have helped shape a hurricane in...