HowTos

How To – Bird-proof Your Home Before Spring

It is nice to have birds around the house but getting them inside your home or in places they will cause trouble is not a lot of fun.

Most Birds prefer to live as high up as they can and if your neighborhood is relatively new or lacking trees they may decide living in your eves and attic is better then subjecting their family to lower bushes and trees.

You can’t really blame them for this …

How To – Home & Business Security Camera Systems

There are a number of reasons to install a home security camera system and probably the biggest reason is to actually catch whoever is causing you problems.

While standard security systems are important they will only deter and report problems. Many will call you, the police or fire department as necessary but what if you want to see what is happening live or have it recorded for later.

Actually theft is not the only reason to …

How To – Masonry And Concrete Anchors And Fasteners

When you need to attach an item to a Masonry wall a nail or regular screw just won’t work in this case you need to use a special anchor that is inserted into the masonry and held in place by friction.

Small items can be placed with masonry screws that are similar to standard screws but are hardened and sometimes self tapping. Masonry screws will require a driver head attached to a standard drill. If …

How To – Demolition Of Concrete Walkways And Slabs

There comes a point where repairing or repositioning concrete slabs and walkways is not worth the effort or cost and time. In this case you have the choice of replacing the material with the same thing or changing your design for a new material.

Smaller jobs like 4×4 slabs found outside many front or side doors or even a portion of a walkway that connects your home to the street are relatively easy jobs that …

How To – Protecting Decorative Wood Landscaping From Rot

There are many different choices when building decorative landscaping planting and retaining walls in your garden.

Many people enjoy the look of natural stacked stone or stone with mortar. Other designs will require reinforced concrete that can have a decorative facing applied to its visible side.

For smaller projects you can use wood. Wood should go under the same design planing as any other wall. Most often you will build smaller planting areas with raised beds …

Buying Guide – Hand Held Leaf Blower / Vacuums With Mulch Option

Recently improvements in leaf blowers that have a vacuum attachment can reduce the amount of resulting waste in your garden.

The Leaf Blowers are pretty much the same as they always have been with one important improvement.
Impeller Design for Mulching
Probably through customer complaints manufacturers of leaf blowers that also had a vacuum attachment found that the impeller or blades in the unit would break quickly if made of plastic.

When they reverted to metal they found …

How To – Inside Winter Vegetable Garden How About Sprouts

Many gardeners hate the end of the growing season because it means an end to a fresh supply of home grown vegetables.

To get around this you can setup some very nice indoor gardens if you are willing to set aside a portion of your home and provide extra light and heat for the plants in the very cool months of winter but is there an easier way to get some greens on your plate?

Bean …

How To – How Deep Should You Plant Tray Pack Vegetables?

When you are growing your garden one of the easiest ways to get a jump on spring is to grow your own seedlings or purchase them from the store.

Usually you can pick up a pack of 6 vegetables in a plastic divider tray and bring them home for quick planting. Plants of this type are available in a wide variety from Tomatoes and Peppers to squash, water melon and lettuces.

But what is the best …

HowTo – Cleaning Rain Gutters

Throughout the year gutters have the potential to get clogged with different types of materials usually tree leafs, seeds and pine needles… however there is always a possibility of a bird or bees building a hive or just random debris that end-up clogging your gutters and possibly causing water damage to your home.

The importance of cleaning your gutters is to make sure that rain water is collected and diverted away from your foundation but …

How To – Picking The Right Interior Room Paint

Picking the right color for your home’s interior is no joking matter. Although painting the average size room can cost as little as $100 to $300 the choice you make will have a lot to do with how you feel in your surroundings.

Color Science has become a technical trade used in many different design related fields. Car manufacturers take months and years of research to develop as few as 10 colors that will attract …