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Change the way you heat—from the ground up By Chris Guelpa For many of us, electric baseboard heaters are simply a fact of life. The faintly acrid smell of burning dust and metallic pings and ticks are just another note in our domestic symphony. Most homes, condos and office utilize these intrusive metal boxes as…
Nuheat Radiant Floor Heating Mats – Review The folks at Nuheat, a manufacturer of an electric radiant floor heating system, recently asked if I was interested in reviewing their radiant floor heating mats. I agreed as the timing was perfect as I was in the process of remodeling a customers bathroom and they were more…
A Concord Carpenter Delivers Tips For Simple Home Repair In New TV Show . I just finished filming the fifth cable TV episode #5 ~ check it out. See Press Release During the highly informative 30 minute program, we demonstrate to homeowners how to handle a vari ety of simple home improvement projects with minimal…
Getting Customers: Word-of-mouth advertising is still the best! Word-of-mouth advertising has long been revered as the best form of marketing. When looking for a carpenter or contractors, people tend to look to friends for advice and guidance. Often times basing their decision on a trusted friends prior experience. That “prior experience” is something we…
Delta Dust Collector 50-786 Reducing workshop dust can lower health risks, increase safety and overall cleanliness of your workshop environment. Adding a wood-shop dust collector is one way you can address work-shop dust. Buying the correct and properly sized dust collector for your shop is essential to ensuring healthy breathing air while enjoying your projects. All…
Follow The Drinking Gourd I’m happy to report that the Robbins House (circa 1830), built and inhabited by the descendants of Revolutionary War veteran and former Concord slavery survivor Caesar Robbins, was saved from demolition today and will soon be returned close to its original site across from The North Bridge and Old Manse. The Robbins…
Solar Street Lighting as a Solution The Town of Concord Massachusetts, my home town, is in the process of removing street lights in an effort to reduce the lighting portion of the Town budget. Street lighting is funded by the tax payers through the general fund. The plan calls for a 43% budget reduction in…
LEAD Dust In Construction: A Serious Health Hazard Lead poisoning is a serious heath problem and is more common today than most people know. An April 2003 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine included an article concluding lead levels even below the 10 micrograms can be harmful, especially in children. The researchers wrote,…
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