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Yearly Archives: 2010

Free Home Improvement Ideas Book

Free Home Improvement Ideas Book

It’s not often that you get a chance to download a free home improvement book, and it’s even more rare that the book actually comes from a county government office. Yet the Department of Community Revitalization of Henrico County, VA has created a free 140 home enhancement guide which you can download from their...
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Using A Programmable Thermostat

Using A Programmable Thermostat

One of the best and least expensive ways to lower your utility bills all year round is to replace the manual thermostat in your home with an electronic programmable thermostat. Installing a programmable thermostat is not a difficult home improvement project if you follow the directions for your model of thermostat closely. If you’re...
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Deciding When To Pay Someone To Complete A Home Improvement Project

Deciding When To Pay Someone To Complete A Home Improvement Project

As you may have guessed I rather enjoy working on my home and running out the hardware store every weekend to tackle new and different projects around my house. I like having a sense of accomplishment at the end of a long weekend and I like making my 50 year old house a little...
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How To Cut High Grass

Mow tall grass

There are a number of reasons that you could find yourself in a situation where you need to be cutting tall grass that has simply become too thick or too tall to cut or mow very easily. And though you really should strive to never cut your grass more than 1/3 of its full...
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Troy-Bilt TriAction Lawn Mower Review

Troy-Bilt TriAction Lawn Mower Review

Troy-Bilt has always been a well-known brand when it comes to lawn mowers, but this year they’ve come out with a new line of lawn mowers that feature their new “TriAction Cutting System™” which is a collection of improvements designed to cut grass and mulch grass better than other mowers.
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Letting Lawn Grass Go To Seed

Letting Lawn Grass Go To Seed

There’s a long running debate in lawn and garden circles about whether you should ever let the grass in your lawn go to seed or whether you should always cut it before it gets to that point. To paraphrase Shakespeare, “To go to seed or not to go to seed?… That is the question!”...
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Mike Holmes on Homes

Mike Holmes on Holmes

My favorite home improvement show on TV is now Holmes on Homes featuring the likable, knowledgeable and photogenic Canadian contractor and home expert Mike Holmes. The show Holmes on Homes has been playing in Canada for a couple years and could be found on cable in the United States here and there, but HGTV...
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How To Change A Furnace Air Filter

The replacement air filter above the dirty air filter.

If you have any sort of forced air system in your home, including a central air conditioner or forced hot air heat, then you almost certainly also have an air filter in that system that needs to be changed fairly regularly. There are actually lots of regular things you should do to maintain your...
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Scotts EZ Seed Turf Builder Review… Growing Grass On A Brick

Scotts EZ Seed Turf Builder Review… Growing Grass On A Brick

I was finally able to use my $5 coupon for Scotts EZ Seed this year at a local hardware store, so I decided to follow through on my original plan of running a side-by-side review of Scotts EZ Seed Turf Builder product vs my own fast method for growing grass. Scotts EZ Seed is...
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The Case of the Mysterious Basement Leak

Basement leak coming from roof.

It was while I was in the middle of framing and insulating my basement that I first found the mysterious leak in my basement. One sunny day I was happily putting up steel framing and when I returned the next rainy day I found a pie-plate sized puddle forming right where the basement foundation...
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Using A Chipper Vac in the Spring

Using A Chipper Vac in the Spring

Now that it’s officially spring I’ve found myself using my chipper vac more than I ever thought I would. A few years ago I bought and reviewed my Troy-Bilt chipper vac just as the leaves were really starting to pile up. It wasn’t cheap, but the way it sucked and ground up leaves and...
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