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Building Your Dream Home: The Importance of Choosing the Right General Contractor
There are 1.92 million houses in the state of Minnesota. Many of them are very nice, but none of them are your dream home. That's because the perfect house for you and your family hasn't been built yet – hence your search for custom home building specialists. Custom...
Preparing for the Storm: Partner With Angell’s Construction to Fortify Your Southern Minnesota Home
Sweet home, Minnesota Where the skies are so blue – and occasionally hostile It's a good thing Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't from Southern Minnesota, or else their lyrics wouldn't have been quite as catchy! But if you call the lower half of Minnesota home, then you are no...
How to Choose the Right Finish Carpenter
Finish carpentry isn't just a trade. It is the art of completing interior spaces with attractive, long-lasting and perfectly fitted trim and millwork. It requires incredible finesse to create baseboards, railings, crown molding and door and window casings that truly...
The Benefits of Hiring a Finish Carpenter
There are two types of carpentry: rough, and finish. Rough carpentry is practical, and includes the construction of frames, scaffolding, and other wooden structures that are meant to provide support instead of pleasing the human eye. Finish carpentry, which includes...
8 Common Finish Carpentry Mistakes to Avoid
Finish carpentry is not a type of woodworking that is exclusively practiced in Finland. It is the art of creating and installing the intricate details which bring a home's interior to perfection. Unlike rough carpentry which focuses on utilitarian walls, roofs and...
What are Common Types of Storm Damage and Repair?
Heavy rain, pounding hail, driving wind and massive blizzards – these are all the realities of life in Central Minnesota and the Twin Cities Metro. As a general contractor serving those areas, Angell's Construction is no stranger to storm damage repair. If the weather...
5 Reasons to Finish Your Basement And How to Get Started
Is your basement nothing more than concrete block walls, exposed plumbing, dust, and several boxes of Christmas decorations? Don't think of your basement as a place you only want to visit during a tornado warning. Think of it as buried treasure! With a few...
Why Should I Clear Snow off My Roof?
If you've ever lived in an apartment, you probably miss how convenient your life used to be. Whenever something in your apartment broke, all you had to do was inform the landlord and then hope he would get around to fixing it before the next papal election. Now that...
Top 5 Home Renovation Projects for Winter
A true Minnesotan contractor doesn't fear the cold. When their client needs exterior renovations in freezing temperatures, they put on their thickest long johns, fill their thermos with coffee that's hot enough to melt iron, and they get to work. If you are a...
10 Must-Haves for Your 2023 Kitchen Remodel
Remodeling your kitchen is an exciting phase of your journey as a homeowner. It allows you to create your dream kitchen and make it more inviting, streamlined and functional. But as exciting as planning a kitchen remodel can be, it can also be an overwhelming...