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What If I Regret My Floor Plan? How to Get It Right Before It's Too Late
Planning a home layout is exciting, but second-guessing decisions after construction starts can be stressful. read more...
By KC Custom Builders | Apr-01-2025

Are Old HVAC Systems Costing Your Business? Here’s What You Need to Know
Managing a facility comes with its fair share of challenges, and maintenance costs can quickly add up. One expense that often gets overlooked is an aging HVAC system. read more...
By H & H Commercial Services Inc. | Apr-01-2025

Heat Pump vs Air Conditioner: A Comprehensive Comparison for Home Comfort
When deciding on a system to maintain an ideal indoor climate, homeowners often compare heat pumps and air conditioners. read more...
By H & H Heating And Air Conditioning Inc. | Apr-01-2025

Protect Your Harvest: The Hidden Impact of Birds and the Power of Bird Netting
Birds can pose a significant threat to your garden and orchard, often causing extensive damage to produce without immediate detection. read more...
By Danny Woodhams | Mar-29-2025

Are Electric Driveway Gates Worth It? Cost vs. Benefits
Electric driveway gates have become increasingly popular for homeowners and businesses looking to enhance security and convenience. read more...
By Gatemaster Australia | Mar-28-2025

593 Healthy Home - Keeping Safe Indoors
There are all sorts of dangers in the home, some of which we wouldn’t even consider as a hazard. It is important to take care of these dangers so you feel safe, both when you are at home and when you leave for the day. read more...
By Jon Smithh | Feb-12-2013

504 Putting the Finishing Touches on Your Dream Bathroom Doesn’t Have to Cost a Fortune
When the time comes to re-design a bathroom, many people will focus heavily on the all-important shower or bath units. Of course this makes sense as they will very often form the centre piece to any successful bathroom design. read more...
By Jon Smithh | Feb-12-2013

678 Does Batman Take a Shower or a Bath?
It’s the question on everyone’s lips, especially after watching The Dark Knight Rises: does the masked man refresh himself with a quick dip or by dunking his head under a cold shower? read more...
By Jon Smithh | Feb-12-2013

709 Bathroom Upgrade Tips that Won’t Break the Bank
When it comes to updating a bathroom you don’t always have to spend a fortune. Very often by choosing some additional freestanding bathroom furniture you will be able to compliment an existing theme. read more...
By Jon Smithh | Feb-12-2013

576 Planning a Bathroom Makeover
Apart from having a vital function, the bathroom along with the kitchen should be rooms that really are statement pieces in your house. read more...
By Jon Smithh | Feb-12-2013

708 The Realtor Partnership Program FromGulfstream
All Realtors know that showing a house in its peak condition is important. This includes showing the house that is well-taken care ofand pest-free. Because as a new homeowner, the last thing you want to deal with is discovering termites or a bee nest on the property. read more...
By Jeff Freebold | Feb-12-2013

725 Reliable Clogging Tips For Drain Cleaning
Every home owner has come across certain situations like clogging and breakage of lines and drains. These are created by the accumulation of dirt and debris. So it is necessary to know the ways to remove clogs and clean the drains. read more...
By Marty Rowland | Feb-11-2013

862 Pittsburgh Home Remodeling Techniques
Remodeling is a task that is often performed by homeowners who want to make a change or some sort of an update to their home. There are many ways that a Pittsburgh homeowner can remodel a house. read more...
By Mr William Hauselberg | Feb-04-2013

822 Using Gutter Guards as Part of a Bushfire Protection Plan
Bushfires spread in three ways: direct flame contact, radiant heat and ember attack. The main, and least predictable threat, comes from the latter. Floating embers can be carried by the wind for some distance and dropped into a pile of dried garden refuse or a neglected gutter of dry leaves fuelling them to flame. Gutter Guards help protect from fire embers. read more...
By James Jenkins | Feb-01-2013

1311 Choosing the Best Commercial Roofing Company in Dallas
Want to get your commercial roof renovated and replaced for good? There are lots of professional companies and organizations that provide various types of commercial roofing services that are in sync and accordance with your requirements, need and budget. read more...
By Chuck Fairchild | Jan-31-2013

1392 Why get a Window Replacement in Kansas City?
Window replacement and getting rid of old doors in our home and office can fetch incredible benefits. Old windows or doors can have some gaps within the sashes, which can substantially diminish the atmosphere prevailing in the room. read more...
By Jim Conway | Jan-31-2013

1191 Regular Home Termite Inspections Recommended
Termites can create enormous problems for you and your house, or really anytime that they get their teeth on. Termites can chew through a lot of wood and can make the structure of any building unsafe if they are left to their own devices for enough time. read more...
By Steve Lum | Jan-30-2013

1146 What You Should Know Before Installing A New Heating System
It's a new era for heating system designs. New home construction building codes have higher energy efficient standards for plumbing and heating than ever before. read more...
By Aaron Christenson | Jan-30-2013

1257 Consider Hiring A Local Landscape Company For Commercial Property Maintenance
Did you ever drive by a retail store, restaurant, or apartment complex in your town or city and think to yourself, "I wonder if they're still in business?" The plants are half dead, weeds have taken over the mulch bed, and what's left of the lawn is crabgrass. read more...
By Jeff Lavigne | Jan-30-2013

1274 Helpful Advice for Saving on Heating Oil This Winter
When winter comes, home heating oil users will need to be prepared with the supplies that they need to last through the cold and dark months ahead. read more...
By James Charles | Jan-30-2013

1106 Re-light My Fire – Ignite Your Desire for Heating Oil
If you are not connected to a gas pipeline network, heating oil is used as fuel for your boiler. As well as keeping you warm in the winter months, fuel is also a necessity in the agricultural industry and for commercial vehicles. read more...
By James Charles | Jan-30-2013

1202 Keeping Warm during the Winter...But at what Cost?
A warm home is an ideal home but lately it has become a bit of a costly desire. The rise in costs for the use of gas and oil has left many families without heating this winter and with the news that this winter will be the worst for 100 years, heating is essential more than ever as is getting the best home heating oil prices you can. read more...
By James Charles | Jan-30-2013

1527 Winter Doesn’t Have to be a Time of Suffering
It is easy to think of winter as being a time of suffering. After all, when the temperature drops and the nights get longer, it is clear that summer is over and it is time to wrap up well. read more...
By James Charles | Jan-30-2013

1165 Important Safety Tips to Remember When Using Kerosene
Kerosene is a hydrocarbon liquid which is used in the UK and Ireland as a heating fuel in areas which are too remote to be connected to the gas pipeline network. read more...
By James Charles | Jan-30-2013

713 Obtaining Best Value for Heating Oil
As fuel prices take off where NASA left by heading ever skywards in increments that can only be described as astronomical, we need to find inventive ways to limit our use and plan our fuel consumption. read more...
By James Charles | Jan-29-2013

807 Domestic Oil Prices: Running Hot and Cold
The fluctuation in the cost of domestic oil prices adheres to a simple economic principle. When demand for oil is low, then domestic oil prices are similarly low and when demand for oil is high then domestic oil prices are, in turn, higher. read more...
By James Charles | Jan-29-2013

735 Putting a Fire On
When it is cold outside we need to keep our homes warm and this requires fuel. We need to be able to burn something to make our homes warm and over the years we have used many different types of fuel to power different types of heating systems such as open fires and oil heating burners. read more...
By James Charles | Jan-29-2013

825 What You Need To Know About Decorative Concrete Driveways?
If you need to select the material for a driveway, you will be surprised at the patterns and styles available to choose from. People are catching up with the concrete drift and are increasingly opting for a variety of colors, patterns, and designs for their driveways. read more...
By Ben Lager | Jan-28-2013

790 Stamped Concrete Patios - Get elegant appearance at Affordable price
Home remodeling or construction of a new home is an expensive matter and you need to work on detailing every aspect to do it appropriately. There are some innovative ways to reduce expenses and improve the décor. read more...
By Ben Lager | Jan-28-2013

1081 Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update
In the fall of 2012 widespread use of a steroid medication known as methylprednisolone acetate put 14,000 peopleat risk of contracting meningitis. Many became ill and hundreds died in the USA. read more...
By Daryl Watters | Jan-28-2013