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  • typ;es of homeowners policies
    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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  • Show Notes: Unique Storage Ideas, Water Friendly Paving

    Is your home “storage starved”? We have come up with some interesting ideas for finding storage space right in plain sight! Do you have old, cracked and damaged concrete you will be replacing in the spring? How about trying...

    • Posted January 17, 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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  • smoke detector
    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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  • doorknobs
    Doors II: Ins and Outs

    Do you have a door that sticks? It won’t open or close easily? Want to remove and re-hang it? Repair or replace it? In part II of doors, we’ll deal with the ins and outs of removing...

    • Posted July 25, 2014
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  • deck finishing with The Carey Brother formula
    Freshen Up and Protect Your Deck

    If your deck looks like topside on the good ship Minnow, here’s how to restore it to the warm, inviting setting it was when new. All it needs is rejuvenating and some Carey Brothers’ TLC. Start by...

    • Posted July 19, 2014
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  • window trim
    Repairing Window Trim

    Question On the exterior of my 35-year-old home, where one window sill trim meets the other, there is a gap of about half and inch. The sills remain parallel to each other. Both sills...

    • Posted May 20, 2014
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  • Fixing a Weathered Wooden Fence

    Is the fence on your “home on the range” leaning a little to one side or the other? Have windstorms and a cattle stampede or two taken their toll? If you’ve got a wood fence that’s no...

    • Posted May 13, 2014
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  • Window Shopping for Window Sashes

    There is a time of year when thoughts turn to holiday visits, window-shopping and time spent with family and friends. But for some, winter isn’t so cheery because they’ll need to spend time at the hardware store....

    • Posted May 9, 2014
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  • Replacing Pipes Instead of Repairs

    In 1884, 25 nations met in Washington, D.C. and set up time zones for the world. They chose the village of Greenwich, England, longitude zero as the prime meridian and keeper of the world’s time. Thus, today...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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