Hidden Water Basin

By Robert Robillard

Building a Disappearing Fountain Basin In part 1 of Building a disappearing water fountain, I detailed the steps in Building a Hidden Water Basin with a glazed pot that was a gift from a friend.  Learn how How To Build A Disappearing Water Fountain with this step by step guide. We chose the spot, shown below, for…

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Installing a Snow Melting System

By Robert Robillard

Snow Melting For Residential Remodeling Projects As a remodeling contractor we oversee a lot of landscaping with our projects. Recently we have seen an increase in snow melting projects.   SAFETY TIP – When performing projects like installing this walkway snow melt system or when cutting or grinding masonry it is super important to take…

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How To Build A Hidden Water Fountain

By Robert Robillard

Build A Hidden Water Feature Statues, vases, disappearing fountains and rock fountains are becoming popular backyard focal points. Just go to any garden shop and you’ll see dozens of options for Koi ponds, waterfalls and basin fountains. Installing a disappearing or hidden-basin water fountain doesn’t take up as much space as a waterfall or Koi…

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How To Build A Disappearing Water Fountain

By Robert Robillard

Building a Disappearing Fountain Basin With A Glazed Pot Part 1 of 2 A great friend of ours bought my wife and I a beautiful blue, glazed pot for our wedding anniversary. The blue glaze matches the blue tiles surrounding our pool. My wife has wanted a water feature by the pool for awhile now…

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Building Near Wetlands

By Robert Robillard

Wetlands and Permitting: Building near wetlands is often prohibited.   “Wetlands ” usually refers to an area of land that is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally.  What distinguished a wetland is the it’s aquatic plants and hydric soils. Wetlands are important to people, fish and wildlife by protecting and improving water quality, providing fish and wildlife…

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Removing A Post From Ground

By Robert Robillard

How To Remove A fence Post or Other Post From the Ground Dear Concord Carpenter, What would be the best way to remove a fence post?  I’m replacing sections of my stockade fence and am having difficulty removing the post from the ground. Thanks Mike L Dear Mike, The quickest way I’ve seen is to…

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MFG Rechargable Battery-Powered Riding Lawn Mower

By Robert Robillard

  Rechargeable Battery-Powered Riding Lawn Mower: It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane” It’s . . . .   27 in. 36-Volt 55mah Rechargeable Battery-Powered Riding Mower Last month I wrote about finding my dream John Deere lawn mower on the Home Depot’s website .  The Home Depot has a huge selection of national and exclusive outdoor power brands,…

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Affordable Riding Lawn Mowers

By Robert Robillard

Get The Most Riding Lawn Mower For Your Money: With the snow almost gone it’s time to start thinking about the outdoors, more specifically my landscape and lawn. For the past 10 years I’ve been limping by with my rusty old, jerry rigged lawnmower that barely starts and consistently stalls when I hit high grass.…

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