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 [...]
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Furnace Filters – Keeping Your Home Toasty All Winter
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 [...]
Hot Water Tank – Securing Your Safety
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 [...]
Tips for Choosing Residential Exterior Doors
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 [...]
Important Home Insulation Tips – For Saving Money
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 [...]
Repairing Drywall – Make It Easier By Avoiding It Altogether!
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 [...]
Gutter Cleaning – A Messy Job Someone Has To Do
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 [...]
Home Improvement Projects – Second Opinions Always Save The Day!
I love tackling home improvement projects myself. The satisfaction and gratification of remodeling and completing projects is such a great feeling. However, if there’s one sure thing I’ve learned over the years in the process, it’s that it always pays to get a second opinion on your home projects before actually beginning the work. Simply [...]
How To Hire A Roofer – Questions You Need To Ask
Hiring a roofer is a challenging proposition. After a bad storm in our area, I realized our roof had been damaged and had to start contact roofers about taking care of the problem before it got worse. What I learned right away is that you will find big differences between these professionals in terms of [...]
Window Blinds – The Best Blinds for Your Home
Choosing window treatments for your home is never easy, particularly when you’re trying to choose between types of window blinds. A couple of years after my family moved into our new home, I decided to replace the blinds on all of the windows. To do so, I had to spend quite a bit of time [...]
