Home repairs come with owning a house, along with paying your mortgage and taxes. We've started putting together a list of the most common home repair projects and we need your help making sure we've got your hot projects on the list. The list is based on my experience running a handyman business …
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Buying a Screen Door Is Like Buying Shoes
Screen doors aren't all the same, so it's wise to do some research before you buy a screen, or combination storm and screen door. Buying products for your home is similar, yet very different from going to the grocery store or buying a new pair of shoes. You know intuitively how long the food will …
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Solar Panels Power Boats & Our Homes
Solar panels are one of the alternative energies we're starting to hear about. We're starting to see more solar panels on homes but solar power still only accounts for about 1% of alternative energy sources. Solar Panels Power a Boat Around the World Imagine my surprise when I read about this …
Help Replacing an Incandescent Light Bulb
Everyone knows how to replace light bulbs, right? These days it's a challenge and here's why I'm mad. We grew up knowing how many watts each incandescent light fixture needed, and kept a supply of 40, 60, 75 and 100 watt light bulbs. In the past when I found a burned out 75 watt bulb, all I had to …
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Alternative Energy Sources for Your Home
Alternative energy isn't something we think about every day. Most homeowners only consider alternative energy sources when building a new home yet some of the choices we'll review here can be added to existing homes. First let's review some of the terminology surrounding alternative …
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Home Repair Estimates & Why They Vary
Home repair estimates are never easy. You might think common repairs are easy to estimate but our homes are built one at a time, making them unique. The person estimating repairs often doesn't have access to all the information needed to know how long a job will take, so they rely on the average of …
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