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Area Rug Cleaning Tips

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Tim Carter

Everyone spills something on their carpeting at some time. These carpet cleaning tips will help with your spills on your carpet or area rugs. Whatever the area rug stain, you can often remove it if you have a rescue kit handy.

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Area Rug Dealers

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Tim Carter

Area rugs add a personalized touch to the room. Below are area rug dealers that were selling high quality products at the time of this column.

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Scaffolding Video

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Tim Carter

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates why simple pipe scaffolding is an excellent tool to use for outdoor painting projects. It provides more solid, stable work area than a ladder.

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Pop Rivet Tool Video

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Tim Carter

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates how a pop rivet gun works. Pop rivets work great to fasten two pieces of thin metal. Tim knows all about being politically correct.

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Building Construction Cameras Video

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Tim Carter

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, explains why you need to use special cameras to take photos of construction or building defects. A construction photo may help you with a contractor dispute or to find that pipe hidden behind the wall a few years down the road.

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House Paint Tips Video

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Tim Carter

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, shows some sweet tips on how to keep a paint brush looking like new (save that paintbrush sleeve), how to seal paint can lids and how to get professional results when painting with two different color house paints.

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Gas Grills Video

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Tim Carter

Does your gas grill run out of propane in the middle of cooking? Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates the basics for converting outdoor grills from propane to natural gas grills.

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Work Clothing Video

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Tim Carter

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, shows all sorts of work clothing for all seasons and especially rainy days. These work clothes are designed to keep your warm and dry, while allowing you to move.

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Pliers Video

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Tim Carter

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates a variety of different pliers. Among them are needle nose pliers, channel lock pliers, linesman pliers and others.

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Metal Hole Punch Video

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Tim Carter

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates how to cut perfectly round holes in thin metal using metal hole punch tools, sometimes called knockout punches. These hole punches help those round holes when a standard drill bit won't work.

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