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 ...
5 Tips To Prepare Food & Drinks More Quickly
5 Tips To Prepare Food & Drinks More Quickly Spend less time making food or drinks and more time entertaining guests in your outdoor living area. These techniques are often used in bars and resta ...
Outdoor Fireplace & Fire Pit Maintenance
Outdoor Wood-Burning Fireplace Maintenance Be sure to keep undergrowth around the fireplace down. It’s not only a fire hazard, but can also deteriorate the outdoor fireplace itself. If you chip ...
Top 10 Uses for Hardwood Ash
Top 10 Uses for Hardwood Ash If you have a pet that was sprayed by a skunk, rub some ash into its coat to help reduce the smell. On a similar note, you can stuff ash into a sock or other small, cl ...
Techo-Bloc: New Products – 2014
Techo-Bloc: New Products - Available Summer 2014 Borealis This year, Techo-Bloc is releasing an innovative new product in what is being hailed as a trompe-l’oeil by professionals within the hardscap ...
To Seal or Not to Seal?
To Seal or Not to Seal? After investing in a paver patio or driveway, customers often wonder whether they should seal it. We often recommend a joint stabilizing sealer, which is a liquid product that ...