5 Reasons To Get a Building Permit Before Your Next Renovation
5 Reasons to Get a Building Permit Before Your Next Renovation Obtaining a permit is very simple. Just call your city or town building department or check your town’s website. If you aren’t sure who ...
How to Maintain a Deck
How to Maintain A Deck Wood Failing to wash your deck at least once per year causes a buildup of pollen and other debris. This eventually leads to mold or mildew, and will eventually rot through the ...
What is the Best Decking Material?
What is the Best Decking Material? Between materials ranging from different types of wood to a wide variety of composites (primarily consisting of a mixture of wood and plastics), the simple act of d ...
5 Ways to Remove a Tree Stump
5 Ways to Remove a Tree Stump 1. Dig it Out Digging the stump from the ground may be difficult depending on the size of the stump, but it is the most thorough method of stump removal. Break up the r ...
DIY Fire Pit for as Little as $0
DIY Fire Pit for as Little as $0 While a stone fire pit - like Techo-Bloc's Valencia Fire Pit - looks as great as it functions and lasts a lifetime, some people just don't have thousands or hundreds ...
The Benefits of Adding a Pergola to Your Home
The Benefits of Adding a Pergola to Your Home If you’re looking to add something visually interesting to your landscaping, a cedar pergola will provide an aesthetic centerpiece to your home’s exterio ...
Top 5 Ways to Avoid Mosquitoes
Top 5 Ways to Avoid Mosquitoes 1. Know What Plants to Grow Rosemary - contains compounds with insect-repellent activities; primarily camphor and borneol. Catnip (Nepeta cataria) - According to so ...
How to Clean Outdoor Furniture
How to Clean Outdoor Furniture Do not power-wash outdoor furniture. If your furniture is chipped, power-washing will increase the size of the chip. Cracks can be caused after a single power-wash, eve ...
How Concrete Pavers are Made
How Concrete Pavers are Made Interlocking concrete pavers (also known as segmental pavers) have been used for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until the 1940s that concrete was used in their mass-pr ...
How to “Tile” a Floor with Pennies.
How to "Tile" a Floor with Pennies It’s common for people to save their pennies in a jar or a piggy bank. Others leave dropped pennies on the floor of their house so they always have money. Some have ...