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 […]
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 […]
PR Blunders - Be Very Careful and Use Common Sense Published: January 17, 2018 I'm a member of the working press covering the home improvement beat. My syndicated newspaper column Ask the Builder still runs in sixty newspapers across the USA. At the present time, public relations (PR) firms send me press releases each week […]
Laundry Room Ideas - Beware Of Function Flaws! Laundry rooms are one of the hardest-working rooms in a house outside of the kitchen. I don't know about you, but I don't go into my laundry room to relax, read, watch TV or jump on my amateur radio. I go in there to get clothes clean, […]
Gutter guards for pine needles are available and they work. I have them on my own home. Related Links Do Gutter Guards Really Work? Gutter Guards and Icicles - Don't Expect Magic Gutter Guards For Pine Needles The best gutter guards are ones that have a fine micro mesh covering. This mesh stops pine needles […]
Stop Woodpecker I had a "Stop Woodpecker" sign up on my roof fascia board, but it didn't do any good. As a matter of fact, I installed aluminum sheet metal thinking he'd go away. White Hot Woodpecker Victory! I had success once I started thinking about what made my eyes water. Was there a way […]
Metal Wine Storage Shelves DEAR TIM: I just put a deposit on unique metal wine storage shelves at an architectural salvage business. This metal monstrosity used to hold auto parts. It just so happens it would be perfect to hold my wine bottles on top of an open bar area in my new home. Without […]
IMPORTANT NOTE FROM AUTHOR: December 21, 2017 (see December 20, 2017 Newsletter) The following review was originally published on November 2, 2017. Within two weeks of publishing it, my Knock stopped working. The interior doorbell was the first thing to malfunction. A week later, the app failed to work if someone pushed the Knock button […]
Surviving the Storm A ferocious Nor’easter lashed central New Hampshire last night and my family and I did a good job of surviving the storm. The howling wind and rain knocked out my electricity before midnight. My cable Internet access was cut as well. It was impossible to get a good night’s sleep. Standby Generator […]
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