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New From DELTA: The Fuse™ Kitchen Collection The Delta® Fuse Collection has a new kitchen faucet collection that comes in three colorful color combinations. This faucet features a split-finish pull-down faucet, which is offered in a combination of a Brilliance® Stainless finish with Cracked Pepper, Chili Pepper or Snowflake White. FUSE Collection Features: MagnaTite® docking The MagnaTite docking engages the spray head to its … [Read more...]
Spend-A-Little Save-A-Lot Home Improvements: Money-Saving Projects Anyone Can Do A friend of mine, Brad Staggs, recently wrote his own home improvement book. Brad Staggs has written, produced and directed feature stories for The Nashville Network and also produced and hosted features for Decorating with Style and Today at Home on HGTV. Today, Brad is seen on HGTV's HGTVPro.Com Weekly and on the syndicated Rebecca's Garden and The … [Read more...]
Mold inside a home is dangerous not just for the obvious health concerns like asthma and allergic reactions but also for the costly repairs it causes. Many newer homes are so tight that the air inside becomes nasty and stale. Proper ventilation removes old, stale air and replaces it with fresh air. The exchange of fresh air removes moisture and minimizes mold and mildew growth. It also helps remove indoor pollutants and off-gassing … [Read more...]
Retrieve A Ring From A Sink Drain: How To Retrieve In A Sink Drain Retrieve rings, coins and earrings from sink drains fast and easily. This post is all about easy tips you can use for retrieving items dropped in a sink drain. How many times have your taken off your rings to wash dishes only to accidentally knock one into the sink? Did it make it down the ring down the drain? Detailed below step by step are the … [Read more...]
How To Cap Gas Pipe: Dear Concord Carpenter, What is the process for removing a natural gas fireplace? I'm hoping to remove an existing one, and be able to finish the area such that it appears a gas fire place was never there. Essentially I want to regain the space (probably 20 square feet) that the unused (and never-to-be-used) gas fireplace is taking. The house is on a slab so I presume the gas lines come through the slab (which is a … [Read more...]
American Standard Expands Their Dual Flush Toilets: Boulevard® Studio® Models Achieve WaterSense® American Standards new Boulevard® and Studio®dual flush toilets are pretty interesting luxury performance (LXP) toilets offer users the choice between a standard 1.6 gallons per flush (gpf) for solids or a reduced 1.1 gpf for liquids, meeting WaterSense® criteria for using 20 percent less water than standard models while offering … [Read more...]
Using an On Demand Water Heater in conjunction with water saving plumbing fixtures Dear Concord Carpenter, Your article, Water Saving Plumbing Fixtures, reminded me of something my mother was told recently. She has been investigating options for a new heating & hot water system and was told that on-demand hot water heater wouldn't work well in her house due to all the water saving devices she has installed. She was told that … [Read more...]
HOMEOWNERS NEED TO HELP SAVE WATER The first step in saving water is to install eco-friendly, high efficient plumbing products Did you know that many water experts state that clean, fresh water is becoming limited? Therefore, it is essential for the U.S. to learn to adopt better behavior in reducing daily water usage. This notion, in conjunction with the recent BP Gulf tragedy, alerts us all of the growing importance of preserving clean … [Read more...]
Robert Robillard is the Editor of A Concord Carpenter, Host of the Concord Carpenter cable tv show and the Principal of Robert E. Robillard Finish Carpentry & Renovation, LLC, a carpentry and renovation business located in Concord, Massachusetts.
He writes on all aspects of home improvement and remodeling, specializing in problem solving for all aspects of home maintenance.
In his spare time he enjoys reviewing new tools and products and restoring old tools back and using them on projects: A Concord Carpenter.
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