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Boric Acid a Favorite Weapon Against Ants This article is about a simple chemical free way to treat carpenter ants with Boric Acid. . Carpenter ant colonies expand ever outward, producing what are called satellite colonies. These satellite colonies will eventually mature into hundreds of members and will seek to create more satellite colonies. Learn…
Veto Pro Pac Wide Mouth Tote Tool Bags A lot of carpenters and re-modelers comment that they would never spend a lot of money on a tool bag. I pretty much felt the same until I discovered the Veto Pro Pac tool bags. Recently I’ve seen more and more guys using Veto Pro Pac tool…
Outdoor Living When entertaining the favorite hangout in my home always seemed to be the kitchen. There seems to be a magnetic pull to the kitchen, especially when my wife is in there entertaining the crowd with her culinary skills and great sense of humor. A sense of humor, I might add, sometimes at my…
Supporting floor joists with joist hangers: This house was built in 1863. Back then there was a lot less furniture and heavy appliances to add to the dead load on floor joists. Adding Joist Hangers To Old Joists is a good preventative measure to beef up the structure of your home. Old Notched Joists Many…
Pipe Clamp Storage Rack Workshop Tip I’m a neat freak and hate when my shop is a mess. Part of being neat is being organized. You can never have enough clamps so recently I decided that I needed a better way to store my pipe clamps. My clamps range from 24 inches to 60 inches. …
How To Replace A Deck Footing Threaded Bolts Even the best carpenters I know sometimes pour a footing that is off or place the threaded J-bolt [anchor bolt] in the wrong location. This article will show you how to repair concrete deck anchor bolt when placed in the wrong location. Concrete Footings and J-Bolts Concrete…
Concord Carpenter, Dewalt, Stanley and Milwaukee Help Build America On my website, Concord Carpenter, I spend a lot of time writing articles to help contractor’s become better leaders and more professional within their trade. We also try to give back to the community when we can. So it should no surprise that I jumped on…
Enhancing Your Home’s Security with DIY Remodeling Projects Home construction projects, regardless of their eventual outcome, begin with the intent of making one’s home more beautiful, more valuable, and more impressive. But some of the best remodeling projects are actually those that strive to improve the overall home security when remodeling. Each year millions of…
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