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  NFPA discourages the use of outdoor gas-fueled turkey fryers

  NFPA discourages fryers that immerse a turkey in hot oil NFPA continues to believe that turkey fryers that use cooking oil, as currently designed, are not suitable for safe use by even a well-informed and careful consumer. These...

  • Posted November 5, 2015
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  High end kitchen design that won’t break the bank

  Ninety-eight percent of people believe good design enhances their daily lives, and they’re willing to pay more for products that truly reflect their own personal style and aesthetic, according to a new study from Dwell. Drawing the...

  • Posted November 5, 2015
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• The Key To Fluorescent Kitchen Lighting

  Lighting plays a key role in interior design and is a major part of any electrical wiring project. Good lighting design has an elusive quality. When you walk into an effectively lighted room, your eyes sense that...

  • Posted November 4, 2015
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  Citrus – Healthy and Great For Eating…And Cleaning!

  Winter is when healthy fruits such as oranges, tangerines and grapefruits are harvested in Northern California. The end result becomes glazed oranges, dried oranges, orange juice, orange soda, lemonade, grapefruit juice and more. But best of all...

  • Posted November 4, 2015
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  Safety: A Fire Escape Plan

  Fire has been a number one household danger ever since the day, many eons ago, when our prehistoric ancestors got the idea of bringing fire indoors for cave heating and dinosaur cooking. Since then, accidents and total...

  • Posted November 3, 2015
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  New Smoke Detector Technology Can Save Lives!

  It’s the time of year again when days grow shorter and nights longer and for most of the U.S., clocks “fall back” an hour. This twice annual time change serves as an excellent reminder to replace smoke...

  • Posted November 1, 2015
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  Texture In A Can

  Question: I live in a new house that is only a few years old, and I’m having to fix some settling cracks in my ceiling. The problem is that my ceiling has a textured pattern that I...

  • Posted November 1, 2015
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  What’s Wrong With My Furnace?

  Question: My 1,200 sq. foot home used to be heated by a furnace from 1949 that ran at 25,000 BTU. Recently I changed the system to a newer, 7,000 BTU system. I thought this newer heater would...

  • Posted November 1, 2015
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  Synthetic Wood Veneer

  Q. Is there a synthetic wood veneer that I could install over the top of my pressure-treated deck, or will I have to tear the deck out? The structure itself is still in good condition – I just...

  • Posted November 1, 2015
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  Show Notes: Is Your House Haunted?

  Do you live in a haunted house? Is the toilet flushing by itself? Are the doors moving as if by magic? Is there a foul smell seeping up from some unknown location in your home? This week James...

  • Posted October 31, 2015
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