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Zip Wall 4 Pack Plus Review Ever have work done on your house and found yourself cleaning up dust on other ends of the house? Construction, Demolition Dust and Lead Dust Containment: There’s nothing worse than getting that fine construction dust in parts of your home that are not being worked on. It’s a pain…
Remodeling Dust Health Risks With all the TV shows empowering home owners to independently take on remodeling projects and a home improvement retailer in practically every shopping center, there’s a definite allure to attempt these home improvements without professional assistance. Add to that a slumping economy, crippled housing market and fast-approaching holiday season and…
Recently my friend and co-worker George Gussler had to install twenty molly bolts in a plaster wall. The molly bolts were to hold up heavy artwork and the home where the art was going in was furnished. In order to avoid making a dusty mess George came up with this innovative and dust free drilling…
Each year in the U.S., accidents involving ladders cause an estimated 300 deaths and 130,000 injuries requiring emergency medical attention. Ladder accidents usually are caused by improper selection, care or use and not by manufacturing defects. Learn a few Ladder Safety Tips and cdecrease your chance of injury. Some of the more common hazards involving…
Electrical Tape and Receptacle When remodeling I often have to remove live outlets temporarily from the electrical boxes. Anytime this is done I always advocate using electrical tape to wrap electrical receptacles such as outlet or switch terminals. This prevents accidental contact with your hands or tools with the live wires or terminals causing an…
How is LEED certification leading the way in construction? As like most industry, focus, priorities and techniques shift and change as new technologies are discovered and applied and the construction industry is no different. While we put a larger importance on greener buildings, the industry has been forced to alter its thinking in order to…
3 Tips For Growing Your Business Every once in awhile you need to sit down and re-evaluate whether your doing enough to bring in business. Here are 3 Tips To Grow Your Business that I use: Referrals: The best way you can generate leads is REFERRALS! Word of mouth and reputation is crucial. A good referral…
Photo: Me cutting cedar. Dust filter can be seen in upper right of photo. Wood Shop Air Filtration System For many do-it-yourselfers, hobbyists and homeowners with small wood shops, buying a dust collector and dust filtration system falls pretty low on the “must have” list of tool priorities. I’ve written before on the importance work…
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