Lets face it for jobs that you have to do around your home sealing your driveway comes in just after cleaning out a clogged toilet in the level of nastyness. Even if you wear old clothes and try to protect yourself you are going to have little specs of latex or oil based material all over yourself by the time you are done and the job is not that easy if you are doing …
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How To – Hiring a Landscape Architect Steps and Costs
Not every job around your property requires a professional but when you are making dramatic changes, changing the grade of the soil, or installing retaining walls over four feet in height it really benefits you to work with a Landscape Architect.
For some projects you will actually need a Landscape Architect to provide plans to your local building official. Grading a large property in a way that can change water runoff or if you are …
How To – Staying Cool in a Heat or Power Outage Emergency
Summer storms and other events can knock out power to your home during the hottest days of the year. In the Washington DC area this summer about 800,000 homes saw loss of power for days to weeks and every summer dozens of people die an many more end up in hospital emergency rooms.
The hardest hit are the elderly and young. Having people close to me that are both it is very true that people …
How To – Professional Car Detailing Services Costs and Doing It Yourself
Car Detailing Services have been around for many years and seemed to crop up about the same time Game Consoles sucked kids inside instead of earning a few dollars allowance keeping the yard and cars in good condition….
No, honestly there are reasons to have your car professionally detailed other then the average cleaning that we do at home. Professionals have the tools and ability to not only clean your car but restore and repair …
How To – Buying a Garden Shed and knowing your options
There are many different options when selecting a Garden Shed and the ones you choose will be reflected in the final price.
You can purchase sheds pre-made from a local business or select from a variety sold by national building supply chains.
You can also purchase the materials and build your own shed but you will need to submit a plan to your local building official. That is another thing that you must remember… most locations require …
How To – Understanding Wheel Alignment and Tire Ballancing
How your car handles has a lot to do with the proper alignment of your suspension.
You don’t have to be driving a race car to benefit from proper wheel alignment and balancing even if you always drive 10 miles per hour under the speed limit and only make trips to the grocery store when parts are aligned they work better and that means they last longer. It also means better gas mileage and that …
How To – Benefits and Costs of using Sod to establish your Lawn
While almost every new home has it’s lawn established by seeding there are benefits of using Sod Grass in certain situations.
If you watch remodeling or flipping shows on television you will see them use Sod for any job that needs a new lawn because the time required to grow new grass is not within their taping schedule. However if you are flipping homes in real life the cost of sodding an entire lawn will …
How To – Steps for Hiring the right Appliance Repair Technician
All of us will be in this situation… an appliance in our home breaks and we need it fixed as soon as possible. If we are able to buy the part and install it ourselves we wouldn’t need to hire someone to do the work for us and we would save about half the cost just due to labor fees but when we can’t do the work or when it is just a better …
How To – Keeping your Deck from Cracking in the Hot Summer Sun
Wood is a natural material that will react to the elements and for that reason it is important that you take care of any exterior structures that may get beat by the hot summer sun.
This year has been especially hot and dry and although you may think at first that dry wood is good you might also notice that the spaces between your decking are getting wider and if you have any cracks they …
How To – The importance of Having a Plan no matter the Project Size
Having worked in a variety of different fields and with many different groups of people there is one thing that in hind sight makes the difference between a project going well or lots of havoc.
No matter how many times you have gone to the supermarket for food you know that you are more likely to get in and out of the store with exactly what you need if you made a list. You may find that …