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Installing Molding for Under Cabinet Lighting My family and I spent the weekend with some good friends at their ski house in Woodstock NH. Since I’m still technically recovering from rotator cuff surgery I did not want to risk falling and damaging the repair, while the wife and kids were skiing, I stayed back and…
Drywall Patching Question Hi Robert ~I have a question for you. When I remodeled one of my rooms last year, I have one spot where two pieces of drywall meet that I didn’t put enough compound down to hide the edge tapers.The joint is fine but you can see a valley from the tapers. I…
Locating and Sealing A Kitchen Draft This customer was complaining about a cold draft coming from under her kitchen double oven cabinet. She also stated that on occasion a mouse or two has been spotted in the area and droppings had been found inside the drawer. [drawer taken out in picture below] Sealing Drafts like…
Winters Here ~ Add Insulation! Finding the source of where your structure is not efficient on energy use is the first step in cutting energy costs. The following represents the average breakdown of where energy usage and its “energy waste” come from: Adding insulation to your home is one way to achieve this. 35% Appliance…
Carpenter’s Tip – Use a Test Piece for Tight Fitting Parts Practice makes perfect I always say, but so doesn’t test pieces. Whenever I’m doing finish work and I’m making what I call a “money cut,” which is a cut that has to be perfect, I always cut a test piece out of scrap wood. …
How To Build A Wine Cellar The idea to Build Your Own Wine Cellar is to create the ideal environment to store your wine collection. Temperature is always a major consideration in wine storage and the ideal wine storage temperature is between 55ºF and 58ºF as long as it doesn’t fluctuate too much. Ideally, the humidity…
Home Energy Monitoring Made Easy Ever wonder which appliances in your home eat up the most energy? If you did know, would you use that knowledge to reduce your energy consumption either by shutting items off or replacing with an energy star rated appliance. The PowerCost Monitor is a wireless energy monitor that displays…
Developing New Customers Customers Won’t Tell You Unless You Ask When it comes to creating customers and promoting my carpentry business there are two major factors that I consider. These business factors apply to most businesses both large and small. Goals for Creating Customers Making my current customers become repeat customers. Getting my customers to…
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