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Composting Using compost in your garden or plant beds can improve the soil structure, texture, and aeration. It also increases the soil’s water-holding capacity. Adding compost improves soil nutrients and stimulates healthy root development in plants. What Are The Basics of Composting? Composting is a natural process. Organic materials such as leaves, grass, and vegetable scraps are…
Milwaukee Sub-Compact Hammer Drill Driver Review Anytime I get the opportunity to review a Milwaukee tool I get excited. Among my peers it’s a known fact that Milwaukee does not make crap! They make real deal contractor grade tools. The Milwaukee Hammer Drill Driver 2411-22 is no exception. The folks at Milwaukee recently sent me…
Designing With Architectural Metals An architectural metal finish can transform a kitchen or other living space into an exceptional looking and aesthetically pleasing focal point. Examples of architectural metal finishes are deep textured or textured metals like stainless steel, copper, aluminum, brass or steel. All of these metals can be finished with a custom textureand…
Study: 95% of Green-Marketed Products Are Not That Green Study: 95% of Green-Marketed Products Are Not That Green According to TerraChoice only 5% of the 5,300 products they examined were truly Green. GreenWashing TerraChoices’ 2010 report called “Sins of Greenwashing” found some form of greenwashing in more than 95% of consumer products labeled as “green.”…
WINNER of the Duo-Fast Giveaway . . . Hi guys 98 people entered the Duo-Fast Construction Framing Nailer Giveaway for a total of 212 entries. The winner of the giveaway is Richard Hicks from Winston Salem NC. Rich wins a new Duo-Fast Construction 20º Round Head Framing Nailer, Model DF350S which is one of most…
Looking for an awesome Holiday Gift? My friend Todd at Home Construction Improvement is hosting a very cool giveaway.` He is giving away a Paslode CF-325 cordless framing nailer. The CF-325 is a fully portable/cordless framing nailer that does not require a compressor, hoses or power. The nailer works with a rechargeable battery pack and…
Energy Saving Appliance Most homes have a refrigerator water heater and a furnace or boiler to supply heat or cooling. As far as using energy goes these three appliances account for most of the energy used in a home. Many times replacing an older appliance that is still working properly with an Energy Star rated,…
Duo-Fast Framing Nailer Giveaway [Ends 11/27/2010 at midnight] It’s easy to enter, here’s all you have to do: 1. Follow Duo-Fast Construction of Facebook [Don’t have facebook? Enter anyway and maybe we’ll consider allowing your entry] 2. Fill out my entry form. For complete information see my earlier post Win A Duo-Fast Nailer
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