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Installing Warmup Driveway Snow-Melting Mat As a remodeling contractor I advise on, and oversee, a lot of hardscaping projects. Recently, I’ve seen an increase in snow-melting system installations. Why Install a Snow Melting System? Living in the North means shoveling snow, salting your walkway and stairs, and plowing your driveway (or paying someone to do…
SmartCord Heat-Sensing Safety Cord Every year there are over 50,000 electrical-related fires, and 3,300 of them involved an improperly used extension cord. People simply put too many items on extension cords, overloading them, which creates excessive heat and creates a spart and starts a fire. The vast majority of residential fire fatalities are due to…
Troy-Bilt FLEX Power-Base w/ Wide-Area Mover Review Here in New England keeping a lush green lawn is an incredibly tough task. With ever changing temperatures, one day its 90° and the next it can be in the mid 60’s or rain. Lawns will grow fast one week and not at all, the next. The secret to…
Halloween Safety For Kids: Everyone wants to have a safe and happy Halloween for their kids. Taking a few steps towards ensuring that your kids enjoy this night is worth the effort. Using a few Halloween Costume And Safety tips and some common sense can help you make the most of your Halloween season. Halloween…
Fertilize Your Own Trees And Shrubs! As you can tell I’m a huge advocate of Do-It- Yourself! DIYers don’t just take on carpentry projects ~ they do everything…. even fertilize trees and shrubs. Trees that live in manicured landscape and in grass areas need fertilizer more then ones that do not compete with grass and…
Personal Safety And Risk Reduction Staying Safe In An Unsafe World Image: closequartertraining.com Risk Reduction There are no guarantees with anything. No one can say that physical defense is always the absolute right option in every situation. There is also no fighting style or technique that is completely UN-defeat able. Be Aware Of Your Surroundings…
How To Inspect A Fall Arrest Harness Early in the spring, our masonry construction company held its annual safety day. It’s a day where the whole company comes together to review safety protocols and procedures to ensure that everyone gets home safe at the end of every day. The foreman put on a number of breakout…
I live just outside of Boston and just about everywhere you look, new and antique, granite is used in hard scapes. Everything from century old granite posts, reclaimed curbing, foundation / seawall block, trestle and bridge support block, steps, gates, post, borders and support walls. This article will address how I replaced two 6″ x 6″…
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