If you are thinking about installing a television antenna for your home to get free over the air HD Television then you have a variety of choices that you have to make to build your system.
The first and most important choice is the selection of your television antenna. Without a quality and correctly sized antenna you will never be able to pickup stations that are local or far away.
When you select the correct antenna for …
Lets face it the cost of Cable or Dish based Television is just getting out of hand. They get you to subscribe by offering amazing deals for the first few months or a year but often you are tied to contracts that require you to pay full price for months or years to come.
This is why so many people are deciding to go back to Over The Air television which has no monthly fee other …
When building or buying a home you want to make sure that you understand the materials used in its construction, the construction methods used for those materials and how this relates to the quality of the resulting project and your overall safety.
For this reason there has been a number of research labs that have inspected the results of hurricanes and other natural disasters along with normal wear on building materials to come up with …
Depending on your location and the project that you want to complete there are a variety of different building codes that you must comply with or your project may require hours of fixes or possibly even a complete tare out and do over.
For the most part these regulations help you the home owner or contractor complete a project that follows minimal requirements and standards for safety but when you get into regulations targeted at historic …
A friend asks why they are having problems with their new front tires. It seems that after about 18 months of driving on a new set of tires the set on their front wheels are wearing out much faster than the rear. During that time they have had some parts changed on their front suspension including a front stabilizer bar bushing on the drivers side and just recently noticed that the steering …
In addition to the material is the way it is applied. Most bonding compounds that are used to apply tile must be used with a notched trawl which will cause voids between the …
If you are remodeling an older home one that was built prior to 1965 then there is a high probability that the tiles in your bathroom are placed on a 1 – 1/2 inch thick mortar bed.
Mortar beds are really the best way to install tile in a wood frame home because they provide a thick stable surface that will not cause your tile to crack.
The Problem with mortar beds in older homes is that …
Have you ever opened your washing machine to do a new load of wash only to be met with a musty moldy smell? Well you aren’t alone and this problem is something you can take care of yourself.
Unfortunately it seems that even the strongest spin cycle won’t remove every last drop of water from your washing machine. When this water is allowed to sit for a few days or a week it can …
When you are performing a Tile install in your Bathroom or Kitchen it is important to know the correct way to prepare the area for Tile.
Some surfaces like concrete floors can take tile directly however if you are installing tile in a bathroom or an area that will have water or high traffic then you must take precautions and use the correct wall backing material or floor underlayment to make sure your tile has a …
If you are considering remodeling your bathroom you have many different types of surfaces to select from and choose. As a matter of fact even though your bathroom may be one of the smallest rooms in your home it will be one of the most complex rooms to design for and remodel.
You will have many different materials that you can choose to use to provide a look and feel and function that you will be …