All posts by onthehouse
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Home Improvement New Year’s Resolution Solutions
By now you’ve probably broken all your resolutions. So much for losing weight, exercise, quitting smoking, getting organized and bringing about world peace! Don’t despair because you can have a second-chance. Here’s how it works. Resolve to...
- Posted January 8, 2015
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Drywall: Taping Joints
The earth is constantly moving. First, around the sun. Next, around itself. And finally, when the moisture content on its surface changes, soil radically expands and contracts. Therefore, it is a fact of life on earth that...
- Posted January 8, 2015
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Newsletter: January 3, 2015
Indoor DIY Projects, Air Ventilation and Standby Generators How Not To Get Left Out In The Cold Automatic standby generators can return your home to full power within seconds after storm outages, anytime of year. Read...
- Posted January 7, 2015
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Tuning Up Your Furnace For Winter
When we were growing up our very most favorite Saturday morning TV hero was a marionette puppet named Howdy Doody. Howdy had several human friends that included Buffalo Bob the cowboy, Clarabell the clown and a bunch...
- Posted January 4, 2015
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9 New Years Resolutions for Monthly Home Maintenance
Lose weight; quit smoking; exercise regularly; test the smoke detector. What have you resolved to do in the New Year? If you’re like most Americans, along with wringing in the New Year come a host resolutions that...
- Posted January 4, 2015
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Show Notes: New Years Resolutions For Your Home
It’s a new year and our home improvement planning has begun! It’s not to soon to start your research for home improvement projects you will want to begin in the late spring or early summer. January is Nation Radon Awareness...
- Posted January 3, 2015
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To-Dos: Your January Home Checklist
Make a fresh start in the new year with a healthy pantry makeover, organized files and a decluttered home. Of course, once the energy of those new year’s resolutions begins to fizzle, you may be in need...
- Posted January 2, 2015
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Storage: A Place To Put Holiday Stuff!
Every year we struggle to find the storage where we put last year’s holiday decorations. You name it – ornaments, garland, candles, wreaths and table decorations – it makes no difference – finding anything always is a...
- Posted January 2, 2015
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Light & Ventilation – Rules & Regulations
Did you know that there are building code rules and regulations about how much natural light and natural ventilation must be present in each and every room of a home? Before your building department approves a house...
- Posted January 2, 2015
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Save $500 in Five Rooms!
With the rising cost of energy, chances are good that you may need a few extra bucks to pay your monthly utility bills. However, there’s no need to succumb to searching for spare change in the sofa...
- Posted January 2, 2015