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December 2nd, 2011 — Build, Create, Handy Man, Outside
There are essentially three different ways to go when it comes to building your own shed. You can purchase a pre-built shed and simply have it moved into the right space, you can purchase kits for wood sheds and other storage sheds, and then simply put them together, or you can find free shed blueprints [...]
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Getting Through the Winter With an Unfinished Home Project All it takes is an injury or miscalculation of funds or supplies to set your installation, restoration, or addition project back days, weeks, or months. No amount of anticipating in the world can plan for things that might keep your construction from being complete before the unforgiving months of winter...... -
Green Flooring For Your Home If you are considering installing new flooring for your home, now is the time to consider reducing your carbon imprint. There are many new choices for flooring that are not only eco-friendly but also beautiful, economical and long lasting. Let’s go over some of the most popular choices for green...... -
Softwood Varieties Softwood is a type of lumber that is produced from coniferous trees. Coniferous trees are trees that have needles and cones, such as evergreen species of trees. Examples of the softwood species of trees include redwood, pine, spruce, fir and hemlock. The main source of softwood lumber is spruce, fir...... -
Calculating Your Area Carpet Calculating the carpet area is a math calculation that is both straight forward and simple, but planning out the installation for your carpet area can really make a big difference in how much carpet you are actually going to need in order to suit your particular remodeling project. Here are...... -
Drill Types Whether you are working on a production floor or just around your own house, drills can help to provide a variety of different assistance in creating and repairing different projects. Drills are one of the power tools that is used the most, and there are a number of different drill......
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October 19th, 2011 — Aesthetics, Build, fence, Handy Man, home improvement, Outside, Project, Yard
For any person looking to add a little privacy to their back yard you should look into adding a privacy fence. You might have a pool, small children to keep in the back yard to stop them from wandering off into a nearby street, or maybe you need to keep pets in or out of [...]
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How to Install Rain Gutters Time Needed - Between 6 and 8 Hours Estimated Cost - $2 to $6 Per Linear Foot For homes in most areas throughout the country, having rain gutters and downspouts is necessary so that you can collect rainwater and carry it away from the home. Without rain gutters and downspouts,...... -
Choose the Right Roof Venting Roof venting is a topic homeowners don't spend time much time on, like which wallpaper to use and how to tear out a wall between rooms to make more space. But because adequate roof venting can help prevent problems with moisture in your attic and structural damage to your roof...... -
Dealing with Moisture in the Basement Moisture in general can cause all kinds of problems in the basement, including mold and the destruction of flooring and wall materials. But how do you prevent moisture or flooding in the first place? There are a few simple steps to stop this problem in its tracks, as well as...... -
How to Build Raised Beds Whether you're planting for food or increasing your curbside appeal, gardening can be a rewarding and educational task. While gardening does present some challenges, such as soil preparation, pH requirements, and initial start-up costs, paying attention to curb side appeal can add value to your house and vegetable gardens can...... -
Solar Power Your Home For Dummies By Rik DeGunther As energy prices keep going up, many homeowners are starting to investigate cheaper alternative energies that can be easily installed, and run on a daily basis. Whether you’re trying to cut costs, or you just want to go green, solar power is often the first choice of many homeowners. The......
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October 17th, 2011 — Build, Curb Appeal, Garden, Handy Man, Outside, Project, Yard
Whether you’re planting for food or increasing your curbside appeal, gardening can be a rewarding and educational task. While gardening does present some challenges, such as soil preparation, pH requirements, and initial start-up costs, paying attention to curb side appeal can add value to your house and vegetable gardens can cut down the cost of [...]
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Choosing a Home Improvement Project Before you engage in a home improvement project, you luckily do not need to be trained technically in order to be successful. There are standing landscaping and home improvement project ideas that you can implement that will enable you to work quite similarly to the pros. The secret that you...... -
Beat the Heat With Drought Resistant Trees and Plants As our summers get hotter and water gets a lot scarcer, it's becoming more important than ever to plant trees and flowers that can take the heat. If you want your yard to look great all through the summer, you'll need to get smart about your plantings and find the...... -
Bringing a Container Garden Inside If you have a container garden that you’ve been carefully tending all summer long, it’s time to start thinking about what you plan to do with it for the rest of the year. Depending on the types of plants you have, you may be able to enjoy them all year...... -
Landscaping 101 Landscaping can be done by anyone, but the results will depend on the amount of time, planning and your ability to carry out your goals. If you feel more comfortable paying for professional landscaping services, by all means use that route. However, there is nothing like the feeling that comes...... -
Raised Bed Gardening the Easy Way When you see pictures of gardens in magazines and online, raised beds are common elements. If you'd like to have one or more of those in your garden, now you can do so without the work and the hassle of building one of those beds. A raised bed created......
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September 27th, 2011 — Build, Create, Garage, Handy Man
While many homes already have basic garages built into them, this isn’t always the case, and some families find themselves seeking free plans, garage plans and the like. Some newer properties, and properties built by architects rather than home-building companies often do not come with the same garage space that families are accustomed to. For [...]
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Do Handy-Man Smartphone Apps Actually Get the Job Done? Ask any owner of an iPhone or Android-powered device and they'll probably tell you they can't imagine their life without it. Ask them about apps and they'll rave about everything from Angry Birds to Soundhound, and how virtually any want or need can be achieved through the downloading of an...... -
Build Your Own Shed There are essentially three different ways to go when it comes to building your own shed. You can purchase a pre-built shed and simply have it moved into the right space, you can purchase kits for wood sheds and other storage sheds, and then simply put them together, or you...... - Book Review: What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating by Amy Johnston Why do so many home improvement projects end in disaster? According to Amy Johnson, the author of What Your Contractor Can't Tell You, it's due to the fact that homeowners simply don't have access to the right tools, knowledge and planning abilities that the pro's do. Her basic premise is......
- Hello world! The url, blog, theme, and plugins appear to all be working... So Hello world! Welcome to my handy man blog... I will be writing about how to do (build, install, customize, demolish) absolutely anything using eco friendly energy efficient materials and techniques when appropriate around the house/office… Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry,......
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August 10th, 2011 — Build, construction, Handy Man, Tools
A backhoe is a piece of earth moving equipment with a very specific design. Backhoes are often also called diggers and excavators, though excavators are actually a different piece of equipment. A backhoe is a digging bucket mounted on the end of an arm that usually has a hinge within it, known as a two-part [...]
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Uses for a Skidsteer Loader A skidsteer loader is a piece of heavy equipment that's much smaller than other similar pieces of equipment you might find in area where there's construction and earth moving taking place. They appear similar to a front loader, which is another type of tractor, except for their size. Their small...... -
Using a Stump Grinder A stump grinder is a piece of equipment used specifically for removing the remnants of a stump. Once a tree is cut down, inevitably a stump remains and no one wants to leave the stump in place. A stump can be left to rot away if you want to cover...... -
Choosing a Pipe Threader Choosing a pipe threader starts with understanding how you want to use the equipment. Also known as a rigid pipe threader, this type of electrical machinery is used to add threads to the end of a pipe. The different choices are sizes of equipment for different sizes of pipe and...... - Review of Ty's Tricks by Ty Pennington Since tomorrow is July 4th, I've decided to take it off. There will be no blog post tomorrow which is why the book review is today instead of Friday. Have a great weekend everyone! If you're into do it yourself television, you've undoubtedly heard of Ty Pennington. He's been on......
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July 26th, 2011 — Build, carpentry, furniture, Handy Man, home improvement
Once upon a time, there was no such thing as IKEA. Furniture didn’t come in boxes and it wasn’t made out of painted particle board. It meant that a table or a book shelf wasn’t a cheap afterthought: furniture was valuable property that could easily cost a fortune. But this also meant that the pieces [...]
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Home Improvement Grants for Home Improvement Help If you are seeking out home improvement help, then one of the best things that you can do, at least on the financial side of things, is to get the home improvement help that you need by way of home improvement grants. If you are looking to sell your home...... -
Home Improvement Tips for Your Home When it comes to home improvement tips, it is important to keep in mind that the beauty of your home is absolutely in the eye of the beholder. A home is generally going to reflect the personality behind the residents. There is a very important role in home improvement that...... -
Saving Money with Discount Home Improvement When you are purchasing materials for your various home improvement projects, where do you actually go? If you are like most people, chances are that you pay a visit to your local home improvement retailer and purchase the materials from them. If you need a particular tool for that project,...... -
Using Home Improvement Centers Effectively Home improvement centers are all over the place these days. Even if you don’t contract them to do any work at your house, chances are very good that you are going to end up purchasing at least some of your raw materials from them. Depending on where in the country......
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May 20th, 2011 — Build, carpentry, Handy Man, Walls
You may end up with a remodeling project that involves learning how to build a wall in the interior of your home or another similar building. Building a nonbearing interior wall is actually a relatively easy process. If you have basic carpentry skills and a good set of working tools, then you are already halfway [...]
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How to Make a Firepit A great accent to an outdoor space is a fire pit. These features provide a great place for social gatherings, or more intimate get-togethers. Building one in your outdoor area is simple so long as some easy steps are followed and the structure is built very attentively. The first step...... -
Options for Building a Retaining Wall If you have a problem with drainage, or you would like to keep a hill where it belongs, a retaining wall is the perfect solution. There are many different options and materials that you can use when you need to build a retaining wall. Let’s look at some of the...... -
The Basics of Drilling 3 Drilling without splinters! Drilling a hole completely through a piece of stock is going to leave an edge that is rough and splintery on the way out. In order to create a hole that is clean, you should look for the point of the bit as it is piercing through...... -
Tool Box Essentials pt 2 It does not matter where you are living, or whether you are renting or owning your home. If you have four walls as well as a roof, then you are eventually going to have something that requires repairing, installing or updating. Having the right tools makes all the difference in...... - How to Build Raised Beds Whether you're planting for food or increasing your curbside appeal, gardening can be a rewarding and educational task. While gardening does present some challenges, such as soil preparation, pH requirements, and initial start-up costs, paying attention to curb side appeal can add value to your house and vegetable gardens can......
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January 15th, 2011 — Build, Game Room, Guest Blogger, Handy Man, home improvement, Low Budget, Project
