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  • Toilet Replacement
    Potty Talk: Shopping for Toilets

    Since toilet shopping can be a daunting task, we are hopeful that the following information will make the job less challenging. It has been referred to as the john, the throne, the lieu, the water closet and...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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  • Painting visions
    A Guide for Parents: Teen Bedroom Makeover

    In anticipation of her sixteenth birthday, our daughter Jamie decided that her bedroom needed a new look, so we decided to get her a new mattress from a store that’s ranked as a top mattress store. The...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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  • Hammer and nail
    4 Ways to be Safe When Doing Home Projects this Summer

    Take these precautions when working in a hot climate so you can be safe this summer. The summer solstice marks the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. It’s also a time when temperatures begin...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • Appliance
    How Long Will Your Home Last?

    One of us is a board member for the homeowner’s association for the community in which he resides. Along with fielding complaints from fellow homeowners regarding barking dogs, noisy neighbors and parking problems; the board is responsible...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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  • headphones
    I Cant Hear You! How to Make Your House Quieter

    How to Make Your House Quieter In 3 Easy Steps First it was trains, planes and automobiles. Then lawnmowers, leaf blowers and barking dogs. Now it’s loud music, big screen televisions and home theatres. If were playing Jeopardy,...

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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  • Paintbrush
    Common Paint Problems

    Paint can do wonders to breathe new life into the appearance of a dingy old room or the otherwise tired exterior of a home. Appearance aside, a good coat of paint on interior walls and woodwork can...

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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  • On Vises

    There is nothing like experience. As contractors, one of the greatest lessons that we have learned over the years is that hard work indeed pays off. However, as you may have discovered in your own experiences, hard...

    • Posted April 2, 2015
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  • Prepping Your Home for the Spring
    10 Things That Need Your Spring Attention

    Spring is a time to assess how well your maintenance work held up during the winter and what other maintenance work or repairs must be made as a result of winter. Here’s our list of spring home...

    • Posted March 19, 2015
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  • On Kitchen and Bath Remodeling

    The holidays are slowly but surely lagging farther and farther behind us. All the stores are having their best sales of the year and Mother Nature is making sure that wind, rain and snow make it impossible...

    • Posted February 8, 2015
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  • Furnaces: Get The Chill Out

    Trying to keep your home comfy while preventing your utility bill from going through the roof can be quite a balancing act – especially as energy prices soar to new heights. According to the U.S. Department of...

    • Posted February 2, 2015
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