All posts by onthehouse
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What Every Homeowner Should Know About Their Roof [Infographic]
Keeping your roof in good working order is vital to keeping the rest of your home and your possessions safe from the elements. That’s why it is an advantage if you can visit a reliable site to...
- Posted November 14, 2015
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Show Notes: Holiday Appliance Tune-up
No matter what your families Thanksgiving traditions are, the best tradition is the leftovers! Are your appliances up to preparing the feast? Washing up the dinner dishes? How about refrigerating all those delicious leftovers? Have no fear;...
- Posted November 14, 2015
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Electrical Safety & GFCI’s
Do the lights in your home often flicker or dim? Does your television picture shrink when an appliance goes on? Do you have extension cords strung all over your home due to a shortage of electrical outlets?...
- Posted November 14, 2015
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On Crown Molding
Adding sculptured wood trim such as crown molding, door casing and baseboard can add a rich look to your home. And if you do-it-yourself the cost can be minimal. Crown molding is the sculptured wood trim that...
- Posted November 13, 2015
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On Extension Cords
One important device that many of us take for granted is the extension cord. It becomes an important matter when we have a lamp with a cord that is too short to reach the nearest plug. Hence,...
- Posted November 13, 2015
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10 Kitchen Gadgets You Can Use this Thanksgiving
App: KitchenPad™ Timer, By Touch Village Inc. Description Take back control of meal time with the all new KitchenPad™ Timer. This visual kitchen timer that can be used to manage multiple cook times for your stove-top and...
- Posted November 13, 2015
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How To Get A Zero Interest Home Remodeling Loan
The most popular way to finance smaller projects is cash: either pulling cash from savings or frog-leaping from one no-interest credit card offer to another. But one secret–and exciting–type of affordable home remodeling loan doesn’t come through...
- Posted November 13, 2015
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Drain Cleaning Tips
Near the town of Kusadasi, Turkey, lies the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus. It’s history dates back to 2000 B.C. – about 4,000 years ago – give or take. What we think makes Ephesus so...
- Posted November 12, 2015
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Maintaining A Water Heater
One of our favorite subjects to write about is the water heater. It is without a doubt one of the most marvelous components of the modern home. For most people, it is one of those out of...
- Posted November 11, 2015
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Reducing Noise
Q. I live in a townhouse that has a wall that I share with my neighbor next door. Can I inject blown insulation into the wall space between our dwellings to reduce noise from one space to...
- Posted November 9, 2015