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Caring For Your Locks As a remodeling contractor I use a lot of padlocks and locking devices to protect my tools, equipment and other job related investments. Over time, dust, particles and chemicals in the environment get into the inner lock mechanism and create friction inside the lock components. When this happens not only does…
Getting Rid of Mice Mice don’t care if you live in a pristine home or a cardboard shack, if you have what they want, they’re moving in! Mice tend to enter homes though small gaps in floors and foundations and holes in walls such as; plumbing, electrical and venting service holes. Mice enter homes through…
Pull It Right with the Zenith Trim Puller Removing trim, like baseboard, chair rail, window and door casing is often a necessity when remodeling. I often find myself removing trim carefully when I plan on saving the trim, because its old and difficult to replace and match or I’m deconstructing something carefully to make some…
Small Scale Kitchen Appliance Designs Probably the biggest remodeling challenge, and reward, is transforming a worn, outdated space into a purposeful, unobtrusive, efficient and enjoyable space. That’s probably why I’ve always admired and respected Bosch as a tool manufacturer and a kitchen appliance brand. Let’s face it, there’s no disputing their longstanding heritage in quality…
How to Clean a Garbage Disposal When I was a college student one of my summer jobs was working for the city rubbish removal, throwing trash barrels into the back of a rubbish truck. Back then I thought I’d never smell anything as heinous as what that job threw at me. While that is mostly…
How To Install Warmup Heat Tracing Cable Every winter approximately 250,000 American families have one or more rooms in their homes ruined by water pipes freezing and breaking, according to State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. With temperatures dropping during the winter months, freezing pipes are always a major concern for homeowners, businesses and industry…
RIDGID HyperDrive 2-1/8 Brushless Brad Nailer R09890B Review I’ve been saying for a while not that RIDGID should come out with a more robust version of the Ryobi cordless brad nailer. Cordless tool technology is continuing to advance to the point of “cutting the cord,” and now the “air hoses” too. Cordless air nailer technology…
L-shaped bathroom floor layout Warmup Electric Radiant Heat StickyMat Floor System The science behind electric radiant floor heating is quite simple: electric heating coils warm the floor surface, which effectively becomes a low-temperature radiator! Electric radiant heat systems deliver heat people and objects in the room by heating up a mass (the floor) and “radiating”…
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