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Milwaukee’s newest NITRUS Carbide blade is built to go straight from demo back to clean cuts without swapping blades, Home Depot is giving kids as young as 11 hands-on experience with the trades, and Daikin is recalling five Amana AC and heat pump models over a fire risk.
Plus: Milwaukee, DEWALT, and CRAFTSMAN deals, Trades Thursday hits next week, the Pro behind the Top 50 Unforgettable Business Names winner, and Kobalt’s new NFL toolboxes.
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Milwaukee says this blade can chew through 400+ nails
Milwaukee just expanded its NITRUS Carbide lineup with a 6-1/2″ 24T Framing & Demolition Circular Saw Blade built to go from demo back to clean cuts without swapping blades.
Milwaukee says it can handle 400+ nails, 50 screws, and 120 feet of shingles while cutting softwood, hardwood, nail- and screw-embedded wood, shingles, wet and treated lumber, and engineered wood.
Home Depot starts recruiting Pros early. Like, middle-school early.
Home Depot’s new Path to Pro: Skills Explorers gives kids ages 11–17 free online lessons and hands-on projects covering woodworking, plumbing, electrical work, construction safety, and more. Home Depot and its foundation wants to deliver 15 million introductions to skilled construction careers by 2032.
Sure, you can’t fix the labor pipeline overnight. But getting a wrench into more kids’ hands isn’t a bad place to start.
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Amana recalls wall ACs over fire risk
Daikin is recalling about 4,633 Amana through-the-wall AC and heat-pump units after two reports of a control-board component shorting. The issue: a snubber circuit can emit flames if it shorts. No injuries have been reported.
Five models are affected: PBC092J00AA, PBC093J00AA, PBC122J00AA, PBC123J00AA, and PBH092J12AA. Owners should stop using affected units immediately. Daikin is offering a full refund.
Trades Thursday countdown: 6 days
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There can only be Juan
Out of 1,300+ submissions, Juan and Only Plumber in Austin, TX, just took the top spot on Housecall Pro’s Top 50 Unforgettable Home Service Brand Names list. Owner Juan Martinez wanted a name that would make people laugh. Mission accomplished.
And the bathroom humor doesn’t stop at the name: “I am known as #Juan In The #2 Business,” he said.
A few other stand out names that made the list:
- Ashbusters
- Dam Right Plumbing & Drain
- Motherflushers
- Dirty Deeds Maid Service
- Wet Willies Sprinkler Repair
Congrats to Juan and all 50 Pros who proved a great business name can do some heavy lifting.
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Pro Perks
- Lowes > Save $100 on a DEWALT Brushless 4-Tool Combo Kit.
- Home Depot > Score $160 off a Milwaukee M18 FUEL Impact Wrench Kit.
- Amazon > Get $70 off a CRAFTSMAN 230 Piece Mechanics Tool Set.
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- For the toolbox and the tailgate > Lowe’s dropped Kobalt NFL mini toolboxes for all 32 teams. Real steel, two drawers, ball-bearing slides, just shrunk down.
- Tools down. Crocs on. > CRAFTSMAN and Crocs teamed up to give away limited-edition red slides plus haul of CRAFTSMAN gear. Because work boots need a day off, too.
- Take notes from a cleaning Pro > Watch one house cleaner share the rules she sticks to on every job. Clean bathroom? Yes. Toilet paper origami? Hard pass.
Job size snapshot
How are tickets trending in the trades? Watch this spot for how average job sizes compare to last year—what’s up, what’s down, and where the money’s moving.
- Carpet Cleaning: 7%
- Electrical: 4%
- Garage: 3%
- Handyman: 7%
- Home Cleaning: 8%
- HVAC: 2%
- Landscaping & Lawn: 4%
- Plumbing: 6%
- Other: 6%
This chart tracks average revenue per job across key trades using data from Housecall Pro businesses. We compare the past 28 days to the same period last year to spot trends in job size. Data includes all payment types (credit card, ACH, loans, cash, etc.), excluding service agreements.
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