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Installing A Somerset® II Trellis Review A trellis is an architectural structure often used to support plants. When done correctly a trellis should create a simple and attractive addition to your landscaping. These days people are getting more and more into vertical gardening. Were seeing this more and more in the city and on roof…
Fire Sprinklers in Residential Construction Smoke detectors help alert you to smoke and fire and may save your life, but not always. Residential fire sprinklers put the fire out or seriously control or delay it ~ which saves lives and property. In 2009, there were 356,200 residential fires reported in the United States. These fires caused 2,480 deaths,…
Job Site Saw Horses In my small world of residential remodeling and carpentry I always find myself in need or a pair, or more accurately, several pairs of job site sawhorses. As I get older I find myself becoming a sawhorse snob. I want my sawhorses to be strong, but not too heavy, super portable,…
Fast Rabbet Cuts In the woodworking and finish carpentry world a rabbet joint is a recess, channel or groove cut into the edge of a piece of wood. A rabbet is a simple joint to make, and increases gluing surfaces for a strong glue joint. Rabbets also assist with alignment for adjoining boards and provide…
Benefits of Raised Garden Beds Spring has arrived and as the days grow longer it’s time to move outdoors and work in the yard. We recently have been doing more and more lawn and garden articles and thought that writing an article on how to make a raised garden bed dovetailed nicely between gardening and…
How to install wood plugs in railings When I see a project where the carpenter took the time and effort to install wood plugs I automatically thing “quality.” This article will show you how to install wood plugs in railings and anything else for that matter. Wood Railings and Plugs As a carpenter I’ve seen…
Making A Power Station Out Of Re-cycled Materials The photo below is an electrical power strip box . It was taken out of a trash pile after it was removed from an office cubicle work station during a recent remodel. I couldn’t help but think that these perfectly good units could be reused in my…
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. …
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