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April 16, 2006 &$151 The problem with jobsites is that they’re dirty. It’s everywhere: on the ground, in the air, on every horizontal surface. That’s no big deal at frame stage, but the closer you get to the homeowners moving in, the more dirt that evades clean-up, particularly airborne dirt, the bigger a headache it becomes. And if you’re remodeling an occupied home, the dirt creates problems both for the people living in it and the people working on it.
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