Installing a Manufactured Rain Barrel and Kit
As you know, your landscape constantly demands water. A rain barrel is a great way to collect water that would be otherwise wasted. It helps fulfill for those lawn and landscape watering...
The Best Way to Remove Plaster from a Wall or Ceiling
As your pile of crumbled plaster starts to grow to about shin height, you pull out a snow or other shovel. Which you begin transferring to contractor bag. ...We’ve all done it...
Strong Screws :: The Story with Simpson Strong-Tie Structural Screws
I will set instead to look solely at the Simpson Strong-Tie® fastener options. And I don’t know about you, but it was kinda news to me. I mean - beyond joist hanger...
What Causes a Damp Basement? How to Fix Water Problems at Foundations
In many cases, rising ground water either due to snowmelt or fed by an underground spring accumulates around the foundation and works its way through cracks, joints and porous material. Before you...
How to Achieve a Long-Lasting and Beautiful Wood Floor :: Wood Flooring Care Best Practices
Wood floors do not require meticulous maintenance, but they cannot take care of themselves. You need to be careful and avoid damaging friction, and also adopt wood-safe cleaning practices. Wood floors are...
The Benefits of New Roofing :: GAF Roofing’s Website Makes It Easy Like a Click of the Heels
There are few projects that are more undervalued. When installing a new roof, the benefits in terms of added security, piece of mind, aesthetics and value are almost immediately felt.
The Scoop on Shovels :: A Visual Guide to Shovels
Since the beginning of time man has been working in the dirt. From the earliest cave-types, man has been digging holes. Our structures, houses, too maybe only a manipulation of our landscape...
Pro Tips and Tricks for Taking Out a Wall. Oh! & Removing a Pocket Door
While rare in these parts, I happen to know quite a lot about them. One of the nice items for many of them including this one is that none of the interior...
Irrigation 101: A Guide to the Basics of a Residential Irrigation System
With the summer heat closing in on us, your lawn and landscape may need some extra TLC to stay both healthy and thrive throughout the season. Having an irrigation system can give...
Put A Cork In It! :: Using Cork Flooring in a Bathroom || The Blah to Spa Bathroom Makeover
Look no further than the nearest wine bottle. Wine producers have been using cork for thousands of years as their bottle stops because of durability and cork's ability to hold up to...
Installing a Gutter (Half Round) :: Video: Raise the Roof 3
Without this gutter on the low hanging roof and with the water just rolling off of it, I’ll admit that my basement, my cellar would take on water in occasional heavy rains....
Replacing Roof Flashing at a SideWall :: Raise the Roof 2
Ironically, when I cut open my ceiling, again earlier in the process of jacking up the roof, there were definitely signs of a roof leak/water damage on the porch's roof deck. So...