Salt Damage to Concrete - Don't Blame the Salt Salt is often blamed for damaging concrete. The top surface of concrete sidewalks, driveways and patios may spall or scale off after you broadcast salt on it to melt snow and ice. The salt is indirectly responsible only because it helps promote more freeze and thaw […]
Long lasting concrete is very easy to make. The best part is it's not that expensive to do. Long Lasting Concrete Examples All Around There's a great chance that within fifty miles of your home there's long lasting concrete that's close to one hundred years old. I'll bet it's in great shape. All you need […]
Happy end of January 2018! I'll make this as short as possible. I'm usually not too good at doing that if you're a seasoned subscriber. You may have been one who contacted me yesterday about the upcoming Scavenger Hunt game on Sunday. Here's a typical email I get when I announce an upcoming game: "Tim, […]
This past weekend I was on Mt. Desert Island (MDI) on the coast of Maine. I went there to evaluate a building lot for my oldest daughter Meghan and her husband Brent as they live in California. It's only a five-hour drive from my house to MDI. I've shared lots of tips over the years […]
Andrea S, from Little Rock, Arkansas wrote to me. She was in a huge bind. Two weeks ago she was planning to close on a house. Fortunately for her, she did a walk through inspection with her realtor the day before the closing. New House Walk Through Nightmare - Broken Water Pipe When they opened […]
This is going to be super fast. Just as this arrived in your email Inbox, I was waking up on Mt. Desert Island on the coast of Maine. It's so beautiful here on MDI it will take your breath away. Acadia National Park is here. Fifty-five miles of gorgeous gravel carriage trails are here for […]
"Nadine, how are you today?" "Fine, Tim. How about you?" "Fantastic. I'm stoked because we've only got five more weeks of possible wretched weather. Once we get to March 1st, we know we're out of the woods." Nadine is an adroit counter clerk at Middleton Lumber Supply in downtown Meredith, NH. I was there buying […]
Home Improvement Survey - What Are You Doing in 2018 Tim Carter is intensely curious as to what you're going to do in the next twelve months or so. Loading...
Laundry Room Plans - Common Sense Tips DEAR TIM: One of my New Years resolutions involves my laundry room. It’s a long story, but my husband and I are building a huge room addition and I finally get my dream laundry room. I think I know what I want, but I’d like to get your […]
Wall Cap Dominoes - A Game Played With Big Blocks! Free & Fast Bids CLICK HERE to get FREE & FAST BIDS from local contractors that can do a domino demonstration for you! Watch how builders have fun on a job site playing wall cap dominoes. I never did this, but am inclined to try […]
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