All posts by onthehouse
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Landscaping: Assembling The Potter’s Bench
When we’re not pecking away at the computer sharing our passion with you via this column, we spend part of our time as the home improvement editors on television’s CBS News Saturday Morning. Recently, our producer asked...
- Posted May 27, 2015
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Landscaping: Pruning Guidelines
When we were just a couple of youngsters, one of us had a paper route while the other worked as a gardener for an aunt and uncle. The one of us that worked as the gardener began...
- Posted May 27, 2015
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Keeping Your Pool in Tip Top Shape & Managing Costs
A backyard swimming pool can be an especially inviting oasis — particularly on a hot and sultry day. Swimming pools like an inground fiberglass pool are more popular than ever, making them one of the most popular...
- Posted May 27, 2015
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Insurance: Insuring Against Disaster
6 Types of Home Insurance Policies According to Webster’s Dictionary, insurance is defined as “coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril.” In Webster’s definition,...
- Posted May 27, 2015
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Hurricane Preparedness is Vital For Your Family
Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 24-30, with the hurricane season officially starting on June 1. It only takes one storm to change your life and community. Tropical cyclones are among nature’s most powerful and destructive phenomena. If...
- Posted May 22, 2015
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Get Your Roof Ready for Hurricane Season 2015
Given the early start to Hurricane Season 2015 with the arrival of Tropical Storm Ana in mid-May, experts at DaVinci Roofscapes advise homeowners to act now to prepare their homes for potentially volatile weather this summer. “Hurricane...
- Posted May 22, 2015
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Cooling Units from Port-A-Cool
NHS Interview: Port-A-Cool Rick Kelly speaks to The Carey Brothers about Port-A-Cool products from the Wet & Forget Booth at the National Hardware Show. Featuring products from their 300 square foot cooling units up to 4,000 square...
- Posted May 21, 2015
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New Digital Measuring Tape, Simple and Easy
NHS Interview: eTape16 Dawn Whitmer with Measure Inc speaks with Morris and James about their digital tape measure – eTape16. According to ThinkGeek: “You can measure to the front of the eTape16 (the Inside Measure Anvil) or...
- Posted May 21, 2015
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Three New Products from Danco
NHS Interview: Danco Plumbing Danco’s Mark Gehrett, Senior Product Manager, and Tara Garcia, Director of Marketing, shared with The Carey Brothers the benefits of some of their unique products. The Perfect Seal is one that replaces the...
- Posted May 21, 2015
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Wet & Forget Easy, Safe Cleaning Solutions
NHS Interview: Wet & Forget Adam Smith and Brett Perry talked with The Carey Brothers about Wet and Forget’s easy to use, no scrub bleach-free products which make cleaning a breeze (Clean moss, mold, mildew, aglae, soap...
- Posted May 21, 2015