Remove dust from your home and/or office with a central vacuum. It is clean and reliable. Central vaccum systems remove the dust to the outside of your home or office.
When creating house plans for a new home, don't forget to include excellent exterior elevations drawn up in color. Avoid this family's stone and brick veneer predicament.
Storage shelves are great on walls in your storage room. Space in the middle of this room often goes to waste. Build storage units, free standing shelves, right now.
A wet bar is a great do it yourself project. Build your home wet bar to withstand a couple of drinkers. Bar stools and bar tops complete the look.
Decorative wall shelves built in an hour? Crown molding and a piece of 1x4 lumber is all you need. Follow my instructions for this easy do it yourself project.
Glass block and acrylic block are dream products. Kitchen islands and glass block shower stalls are great for these blocks. Design bookcases, greenhouses ... anything!
A central vacuum will get the dirt out of your house, literally - and you'll barely hear it working. Central vacuum systems can be installed in new or existing homes. Cyclonic central vacuum cleaners need no filter bags or foam. Be sure there is an exhaust duct to the outside when choosing which of the central vacuum cleaner systems you will install in your home.
Sizing a central vacuum system for the average home is fairly easy. The difference between units lies in the motor of central vacuum systems. Use this chart to help determine which size of the central vacuum cleaner systems is needed for your home.
Research these central vacuum manufacturers and be mindful that "cyclonic" in their literature does not make their central vacuum systems truly cyclonic. Central vacuum cleaners with true cyclonic function do not require any filter bags or foam.
Central vacuum systems are wonderful. Install one in your new or existing home. Dust and dirt are blown outside of your home. Central vacuum system sizing is important.
Strengthening your home against tornado damage and high winds is possible with any of several metal framing connectors. Hire a structural engineer to determine placement and number of these connectors for highest wind and tornado safety.
If you have no basement or reliable tornado or storm shelter to protect your family, this underground adaptation of a septic tank may be the easy, quick solution for shelter from the storm!
Hurricane and tornado storms look for the weakest links in your home. Fight back by strengthening your next home with metal connectors that tie your roof and walls to the foundation. Direct hits by hurricanes or tornadoes will overcome these connectors, but homes out of direct line will gain valuable time to seek shelter and have a much better chance to last through the storm.
If you have no place to shelter from a hurricane or tornado, plan an interior, above ground retreat from high winds and damage. Plan space for safety from hurricanes and tornadoes before building your home. Use steel reinforced concrete block walls and tie walls to floor slab and concrete roof to the walls. Your hurricane/tornado safety shelter needn't be more than 40 sq. ft. for a family of five.
Home hurricane protection can come from simple metal connectors. Connect your roof trusses all the way down to the foundation. Read about these metal connectors.
Filters for wet dry vacuums and air filtration devices capture smaller particles of dust than heretofore. Wet and dry vacuums offer two types of filters, and other available dust collection and air filtration systems make the task of dust containment far easier than in years past.
You can extend the lifetime of your wet dry vacuum nearly indefinitely by simply keeping the filter clean and in place. Dust sucked into the wet and dry vacuum cleaner motor will destroy it. When purchasing a wet dry vacuum, check the manufacturer and warranty. Be sure they will be around in several years to cover your vacuum.
Wet dry vacuums have become multi purpose equipment. Now quieter, rust free, and tough, wet and dry vacuum cleaners offer a host of useful attachments and can even pump out the water they collect.
A wet dry vacuum is a fairly simple machine, with minimal moving parts. This comparison chart may help you decide which wet and dry vacuum cleaner to bring home.
Wet/dry vacuums are much improved. Motors are heavier duty. Capacity of the drums is larger. Vacuum filters help prolong the life of the wet dry vac.
Use closet organizers to remedy wasted space and alleviate clutter and confusion. This primer covers installing a wire bedroom closet organizer for storage, which is fairly quick and simple to do. Wood closet organizer systems are more "weighty" prospects and may not be the best project for DIY.
Closet organizers will free up storage space and save time with less clutter. These closet organizer manufacturers all have informative literature to help you visualize the closet design potential for your home. A closet organization system can be constructed in wire, wood, or melamine covered fiberboard.
Closets contain a lot of wasted space. Cleaning out my closet was a good move. Installing storage systems to hold my possessions was a better idea. Closet organizers made with wire racks come pre-finished for quick installation.
If you want to fight fire and theft for your valuables and documents, buy the best safe protection you can afford. Obtain literature on the safes of interest and consult local police and fire officials about the level of protection the products provide you. Trade publications offer vast resources of information to help you make good decisions about fireproof and thief resistant wall or floor safes or fireproof storage boxes to protect your document storage and valuables.
Do you need fire or theft/burglar protection - or both from your safe? Check all safes for test performance, avoid used safes, check out hidden hinges, locks and warranties. Read these guidelines to help determine the fireproof and theft/burglar resistant safes that will protect your document storage and valuables.
Fire and burglar resistant safes come in several models and price ranges. A fireproof safe is far easier to come by than a safe that can bungle a thief. Theft resistant safes are expensive as they need to be heavy to impede mobility. A fire safe can be far more affordable, but needs to be hidden well and above any potential flood or water damage.
Fire, flood and theft safe document storage for your valuable papers is an important consideration, as they cannot be replaced easily if catastrophe strikes. There is no one option offering complete document protection. Make copies and store in different locations, and be sure to house them in a fireproof safe or storage box, hidden in locations recommended by local fire and police officials.
Fire safes and burglar proof safes are two ways to keep personal possessions free from damage and theft. Read about what type of safe best suits your needs.
Hearing loss is a result of sound intensity and length of time the ear is exposed to the noise. It doesn't take long to hurt your hearing. All noise above 85 decibels will do damage to your ears, and many regular daily noises are above that range. Protect your ears with a variety of hearing protection devices, such as simple ear plugs and ear muffs.
It may surprise you how much damage can be done to an ear from loud, everyday noises. Protect your ears from hearing loss with ear plugs and ear muffs, and use this chart to know what decibels put you at risk. Stay below 85 decibels for your hearing protection. Above that level, use earplugs or earmuffs.
Hearing loss can be prevented with quality ear plugs or ear muff hearing protection. Don't take chances with your hearing. Buy only rated and labeled earplugs and earmuffs that keep air and noise from reaching your eardrum.
Power tools can cause hearing loss. Hearing protection, such as ear plugs and ear muffs, when used properly can cut down noise levels by 15 decibels. Save your hearing now!
Attic ladders run the gamut of quality. If your folding ladder is not up to par, check these manufacturers and tips for a stairway to your attic that is safe. Folding attic ladders or stairs that last are available.
Attic ladders come in varieties of types and reliability. From a folding ladder or stairway to a one piece disappearing stairway, folding ladders for attic access were unregulated for many years. When choosing folding stairs, look for sturdy treads and hardware to start. These tips will help you choose an attic access ladder that will provide safe and lasting usage.
Attic ladders can get you into your storage area in a limited space allotment. Your stairway can consist of a folding attic ladder or stairs, a sliding attic ladder or create attic access with a disappearing stairway. These tips will guide your folding attic ladder installation from creating the opening to the final trim.
Attic access ladders may not be the safest way up to your attic. Install a one piece, disappearing stairway.
My mother's cedar chest brought me back in time to wonderful childhood memories. The heady aroma of cedar still worked its magic on me, thanks to good craftsmanship against air infiltration. Above and beyond nostalgia, cedar chests, cedar closets or cedar lining in drawers or armoires can save your expensive clothing from damage. Read here how to beat the dastardly insects with an appetite for your garment investments and how to restore your own cedar chest or closet.
I highly recommend cedar clothing protection in your home. A cedar chest or cedar closet adds value to your home, does a fantastic job of protecting your clothing investment, and adds a unique aroma. Take the time to install a good one!
A closet of cedar is easiest to construct in a new home, but with some effort, an existing closet can be converted. Use cedar planks, cedar chip flakeboard or cedar veneer plywood for your aromatic cedar closet. Read these cedar closet construction tips before you begin.
Cedar protects various clothing fabrics and fights musty odor. Use cedar lumber for a cedar chest, a cedar closet, in drawers or seal in a simple box with your items. These do's and don'ts will keep your aromatic cedar working and explain how to restore aromatic cedar when it needs refreshing.
Closets are wonderful storage spaces. Cedar closets are a trip down memory lane. Transform an existing closet into a cedar closet of your own.
Dust masks can filter toxic vapors and/or particles, and can be disposable or have replaceable filters. Buy a dust mask that filters the sizes of particles and/or types of fumes you will confront. Check these manufacturers.
Keep the dust contained and to a minimum when building or remodeling. Dust control and ventilation are easy with simple techniques and proper equipment.
