How to Hang a Picture – Perfect Pointers

December 27, 2007

How to hang a picture may not seem like a difficult question until you actually get started.  There’s more to displaying the picture in an appealing way than just putting a nail in the wall and placing the picture on the wall.
Actually, one of the first things I learned when I started hanging our family [...]

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Furnace Filters – Keeping Your Home Toasty All Winter

December 23, 2007

With winter approaching, our furnaces are about to start getting a work out.  The good news is that furnaces generally work pretty well and for a good long time but only if they are properly maintained.  The question is how to properly maintain them.
Changing Your Furnace Filters
The most frequent part of maintaining your furnace is [...]

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Hot Water Tank – Securing Your Safety

December 21, 2007

Properly securing your hot water tank is probably not something you’ve given much thought.  I know we didn’t.  Thankfully, we didn’t have to learn this lesson the hard way but a friend of ours did.  Our friend had just moved several years ago out west.  He did some of his own home repair, including replacing [...]

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Table Saw Blades – Keep It Low To Keep Your Fingers!

December 19, 2007

Table saw blades, while a totally necessary part of working with wood, can also pose quite a threat to our irreplaceable fingers. You hear about unfortunate accidents all the time – just one quick slip is about all it takes to do some permanent damage to fragile fingers.
And as clumsy as I can be at [...]

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Cordless Electric Drills – How to Get the Job Done

December 17, 2007

Before I bought my own home, I wasn’t one of those guys who’d spend hours gazing at the power tools at the local hardware store. In fact, I never thought I would be that kind of guy. Then I decided to do my first home repair. It wasn’t a big job, but it really required [...]

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Tips for Choosing Residential Exterior Doors

December 16, 2007

One of the improvements I wanted to make to my home immediately was to replace some of the residential exterior doors. When we went through our first walk through the property with our realtor, I had decided if my family bought that house then those doors would have to go. And I stuck to my [...]

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Important Home Insulation Tips – For Saving Money

December 13, 2007

My in-laws live in an old, but lovely, home that was built quite a long time before the 1970’s. Why is that important? Well, prior to that decade and the Energy Crisis that came along with it most families didn’t care about home insulation. That’s why my in-laws’ heating and cooling bills were always high [...]

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Repairing Drywall – Make It Easier By Avoiding It Altogether!

December 12, 2007

Repairing drywall is definitely an art. Sure, it’s always easy to cut through drywall to get access to a leaking pipe or run new wiring, perhaps for the new ceiling fan you’re getting ready to install. But repairing holes in drywall where access was made is a bit more difficult than making the hole in [...]

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Gutter Cleaning – A Messy Job Someone Has To Do

December 12, 2007

Most houses have gutters and that means most home owners need to be out there cleaning those gutters periodically.  Unfortunately, it’s not a pleasant job so most people let it go.  The results are usually clogged gutters and downspouts, foundation damage, and water damage to your home.  Plus, clogged gutters can become so heavy with [...]

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WD-40 – Lubricate Car Locks And Prevent From Freezing

December 7, 2007

Surely you’re familiar with WD-40. It’s lubrication in a can for all kinds of things from bicycle chains to squeaky door hinges to – well, just about anything imaginable. I guess you could say it’s like duct tape in a can, but only sort of the polar opposite.
I’ve used the product for just about as [...]

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