Have you ever thought about how a builder develops a price for a new home? If they are a tract builder that constructs 100 or more homes per year, they have very accurate cost per square foot numbers for many things. Their sub-contractors are basically employees and often guarantee the cost of goods and services for a certain time period.
Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates some cool features on a cordless jigsaw. Jigsaws today have a very simple way to change blades and some have small fan to blow dust out of the way.
Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates how to drill holes in clay soil and fill them with gravel to prevent foundation cracks. During droughts, the soil around the foundation can contract and cause a foundation crack.
You can install glass blocks yourself with these simple tips from Tim Carter of AsktheBuilder.com. You can make glass block windows, showers, walls and much more, once you learn the basics of glass block installation.
A pressure washer is a fantastic tool, but if used incorrectly can cause many problems. Tim Carter of AsktheBuilder.com demonstrates the basics about pressure washers and power washers so you get excellent results without hurting your property or yourself.
These house closing winterizing tips are also useful if you are leaving for a weekend, vacation or for the summer. This checklist provides items for partially closing your home and for a complete closure. Don't cut corners. Do them all.
Leaving your house for an extended vacation or for the season? What do you have to do to close the house? There is more than just turning off the lights when you need to winterize your house.
The trick for installing replacement windows is in the initial measurements. Be sure to measure the window opening carefully. Length and width are not the only measurements you should make.
Old thermostats keep the house at a certain temperature until you moved it. If you forgot to set it back, it would cost you on the energy bill. Modern programmable thermostats do that for you. You set up your programs and the thermostat will adjust the temperature every day for you.
Nearly thirty different companies manufacture thermostats. That is a lot to wade through and make sense of all the specifications. Here is one that I have personal experience using.
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