The most important aspect of any kitchen tool is it’s ability to let us get our work done faster.
If you are making a salad for yourself then chopping everything up and using a hand grater for your carrots is a lot faster then pulling out the food processor and cleaning it afterwards. On the other hand if you are feeding a family of 6 a food processor may …
Wood Burning for Heating is the Number One Alternative Energy Resource in the USA. It far outweighs any other fuel source with over 60% of the market. Solar, wind, geothermal are all less then 5% of the alternative energy market so when you look at fireplaces and wood burning you should remember they are green resources of renewable energy.
Today you can still purchase wood burning stoves that look …
Owning Silver items means you need to care for them often to restore and maintain their natural finish. Oxidation can cause tarnish and foods such as coffee can cause stains so what is the best way to care for your silverware and other household items?
Here we will cover a few different products that can make your job easier.
The first thing you should do is use a mild detergent …
As the Holiday season approaches quickly most of us will want to decorate our homes with outdoor lighting. This HowTo will cover some of your options and some safety tips that will keep your holiday happy.
First and most important is that you always look for an outdoor UL rating on any outside light that you install. This is true for holiday lights or basic landscape lights. Testing by …
When painting your projects you always want to use professional grade products. Skimping on the finish after weeks of hard work is always a bad idea.
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Kirker Automotive Finishes – Provides a specialty line of paints at discount prices. Pre-selected factory fleet line is wide enough to provide a good section along …
The absorptive chiller processing has been used for many years but will it become the solution for cooling in the future?
Every Summer we hear brownout or black out warnings from our power companies durring peak energy usage but can some simple technology with little or no moving parts reduce our dependency on large amounts of electricity to cool our homes, businesses and schools?
Proving the point for over 15 …
It depends where you live if you live in the southwest then you have a great chance that between government and electric company rebates you can do it totally free
You should install a system that is Certified so it can be hooked to the electric grid this means buying the right parts, saving reciepts and having it inspected. It may also mean you pay someone to install it …
Wired or Wireless, that is a question for many homes as we go from dialup modems and a single shared computer to everyone having their own computer and wanting to do their own thing online.
Today the best wireless routers are multi-band gigabit routers and they can provide great connectivity for local networking and internet access.
With duel Band or Multi Band technology you can assign traffic to different computers or …
Every project is different and the skills that a contractor needs to complete yours will vary. Unfortunately there is no perfect way to pick the right contractor especially when you haven’t worked with them before but lets go over a few tips that may help you reduce your headaches.
The first thing you need to realize is that nothing is ever perfect and every job will have its mistakes. This also means that every contractor will have a bad day or project …
Although building your own home or tackling a large remodeling project can be difficult the more you understand about the process and the better you plan ahead will give you that margin to deal with the unknowns.
You can think of it like planning a trip. You know where you are going to go and you know basically how much it will cost. You do some research on the …
Redwood and Red Cedar Siding and Shakes are a great way to sheath the exterior of your home. These natural wood products can last for decades if installedand caredfor properly. One of the most important parts is applying your primer and stain correctly. Although Stain is a preferred coating you can also use paint. Latex paints have improved to the point that they can provide a very close life expectancy …
As often as every deck is built the question arises should you place the bark side up when you install the decking or should you place the board so the bark side is down.? The reason for this is to reduce cupping or warpage of the board. In shingling the same is true there is an inside and outside of many shingles.
Here we will take a look at …