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Tips for Reopening Your Kitchen & Bath Remodel Business

5/15/2020

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As states around the nation are setting timelines to restart life and reopen economies, businesses are now contemplating what these orders will mean for their operations. It’s becoming a new challenge to bring back the employees and maintain their safety as well.

Different states will have different safety guidelines, so the businesses will have to stay updated on those guidelines to abide by the law. However, how dramatic the effect of the virus will be on the businesses depends on the nature of the work involved and the location of the business.

Many organizations that are able to work online can manage their employees remotely but the other businesses that involve social interaction are still in flux.

As you know, in the kitchen and bath remodeling industry, you have to interact with the clients, visit their homes, and complete your projects there. It involves a lot of social interaction and exposure. So, this made us ponder on how to reopen a kitchen and bath remodel business after the quarantine period is over.

After much reflection, speaking with clients and other professionals, we have come up with some useful tips on how you can restart your kitchen and bath remodeling business. Here they are:

4 Ways to Restart Your Kitchen and Bath Remodel Business


1. Maintain Engineering Controls

Engineering controls include the practices where you isolate your employees from work-related hazards. These types of controls do not rely on the worker’s behavior and use cost-effective solutions to reduce exposure to hazards.
 
Here are some engineering controls you can implement in your companies for COVID-19:
 

  • Increase the ventilation rate in the work environment.
  • Install air-filters having the capacity to work with high-efficiency
  • Introduce physical barriers to minimize contact by using plastic sneeze guards.
 
2. Practice Administrative Controls

Administrative controls are the ones that require prompt action by an employer or an administrator. These controls refer to some changes in the work procedures or policies to reduce exposure.
 
Some of the examples of administrative controls include:
 

  • Check your employee’s temperature daily if possible, to make sure they are not showing signs of illness.
  • Ask your employee’s that are sick to work from home and devise a policy to treat all your employees fairly in this case.
  • Replace face-to-face meetings with virtual meetings to reduce contact among your staff.
  • Setup extra shifts or alternating days to reduce the total number of people under one roof at a given time. This will allow your staff to maintain distance while doing full-time onsite work.
  • Use office corridors for one-way traffic only.
  • Stop unnecessary travel to different locations for promoting your business.
  • Provide employees with up-to-date information about the COVID-19 situation and risk factors. Post safety guidelines around the office in clear eyesight, and email any new information as soon as possible.
 
3. Follow Safe Work Practices

In this area of practice, employees are equally involved in maintaining a healthy and safe work environment.
 
Here’s what employees and employers can do to maintain hygiene in their offices:
 

  • Never forget to wear masks while working.
  • Strictly practice ‘No hug, no handshake’ precaution in the office.
  • Wash hands frequently for 20-30 seconds.
  • Cover your mouth and nose with an elbow when coughing or sneezing.
  • Dispose of all the used tissues immediately.
  • Maintain a social distance your co-workers (check the latest guidelines from your specific state).
  • Don’t touch your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.
  • Keep your desks or workspaces clean.
  • Avoid touching your worker’s accessories like mobile, pens, or other tools.
 
4. Reschedule Appointments with Medically Serious Clients

Hold all client meetings by video conference that can be done that way and if in person meetings are necessary install hand sanitizer at the door for the clients who visit your office. Make sure to maintain safe distance from all clients and encourage them to wear mask when visiting your office. Consider doing some E-design with clients that prefer video conferencing meetings.
 
If you have clients with a compromised immune system and serious medical conditions, send emails to them requesting to reschedule the appointments. Avoid visiting or meeting clients that show signs of cold or fever. Instead, talk to them by video conference or on the phone and ask them to delay their project for a while for the safety of your employees. This will slow down your business process for a few weeks but it’s always better to be safe than sorry.

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Is E-Design Right for You?

5/1/2020

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What is E-Design?
 
E-Design is exactly what it sounds like… providing interior design services online. It is an affordable alternative to hiring an interior designer for full-service.
 
E-Designers never actually come to your home they meet with your virtually. Instead, e-designers are decorators, stylists, and interior designers who create a beautiful and functional custom design plan for your space based on the information you provide.
 
E-Design is a great way for you to get design expertise and design direction for your home that you can later DIY (do-it-yourself) or hire a local contractor to implement. It is a collaboration between designer and client where both of them work to create a perfect interior layout for a client’s space.
 
How E-Design Works
 
The process of working with an E-Designer is simple:
 
  • You contact an E-Designer online through their website or social media channel.
  • An E-Designer sends you a questionnaire to figure out your style and how you want to use a particular room.
  • Once the E-Designer knows your requirements, he/she asks you to send the exact measurements and good-quality photographs of your space.
  • You select a package depending on your budget and sign an agreement so that the E-Designer can start working on your project.
  • E-Designers use all the information that you provide about your space to decide color pallets, create space plans, and select furniture that can fit the aesthetic as well as functional needs of your home.
  • Lastly, they organize everything into a detailed design plan with step-by-step instructions that serve as your DIY guide to implement the design yourself.

Is E-Design Right for Kitchen and Bath Remodel Services
 
Let’s be honest! Getting an E-Design service is not for everyone. It requires some work on the homeowner's end and some people are not willing to put in that effort. From the designer's perspective it requires them to ensure they have all the right technology in order to make the process efficient. Both the home owner and the designer need to determine if this service is right for them. 
 
When to Hire an E-Designer
 
If you are thinking of remodeling your kitchen and bath, hire an E-Design service only if:
 
  • You are good at DIY projects.
  • You can take good photographs and measurements of your space.
  • You are able to explain what kind of products and designs you are looking for.
  • You can hire a tradesman like technicians, installers, and painters, etc.
  • You want a perfectly-designed kitchen at a lower cost as compared to full-service kitchen and bath remodeling contractors.
 
When to Hire a Local Contractor
 
Hire local kitchen and bath remodeling contractor if:
 
  • You want all the things to be handled by the contractors.
  • You want in-home consultations.
  • You want all the measurements and photographs done for you.
  • You want multiple types of flooring, cabinets, countertops, vanity, or custom design for your kitchen or bathroom.
  • You prefer a turnkey process where the designer is there to hold your hand and assist you in every decision during design, construction and close out. 

​Now many of the eDesign services have evolved and with the current situation are improving since meeting in person may take some months before people are comfortable again. As the designer you must decide if this process is right for you and how to best implement it to augment what you are already doing.

To learn more about eDesign listen to the webinar the NKBA  (National Kitchen and Bath Association) did on Harnessing the Potential of E-Design. 
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