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  • There’s A Secret To Installing A Microwave Range Hood

    The “spacesaver” style microwave oven/range hood isn’t a new innovation. In fact, a built-in microwave-hood is as popular an appliance as you’ll find anywhere. And believe it or not they are incredibly easy to install. However, there...

    • Posted August 26, 2015
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  • How You Use Water Inside Your Home

    In this day and age of indoor toilets and aqueducts it is hard to believe that there is a such thing as water rationing. What’s all this business about water rationing? If you don’t believe that it’s...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Repair Blemished Furniture

    Our Aunt Edith – may she rest in peace – was an expert when it came to acquiring and holding on to fine home furnishings. Financially, she and Uncle Bert – may he also rest in peace...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Choosing a Countertop

    In this day and age of high priced construction countertops are getting as hard to choose as plumbing fixtures or light fixtures. There are the solid surface materials such as Corian®, Gibralter ® and Avonite ®. There...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Low-Voltage Landscape Lighting

    Even on the best of moonlit evenings, trying to navigate through the garden via path and patio can be a challenge at best and, at worst, the cause of a nasty spill. A house-mounted spotlight here or...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Mounting A Room Air Conditioner

    It was in 1902 that Dr. Willis Carrier invented refrigerant air conditioning. Concerned that his new invention would receive a “cool” reception, he staged a boxing match to attract a crowd to showcase this never-before-used technology. Almost...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Anatomy Of A Pitched Roof

    Every winter, across the nation, housing-news headlines always read the same! “Roof Leaks Cause of Major Damage.” “Ceilings, Walls, Furniture and Floors Ruined.” So, how do you prevent your home from becoming “newsworthy”? Well, you might never...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Refinishing A Hardwood Floor

    Q. Thank you so much for your article regarding “Do It Yourself Hardwood Floor Refinishing”. I became aware of it when one of your readers tried doing it himself at your suggestion and ended up in frustration....

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Preparing Your Home for Vacation

    Be damned if you do, be damned if you don’t! A few years back we penned an article about closing up a recreational home. One of the areas we covered was turning off the main gas valve....

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Storage: Pegboard

    When does a wall become a super-duper storage devise? The answer is easy — when it has been covered with a layer of perforated hardboard. Perforated hardboard is the generic term Peg Board which is what called...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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