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MASONRY: Why It’s a Great Green Choice
Updated on July 9th, 2018
PUBLISHED 22Jun2018: Everyone makes choices in life, and many of these choices affect the environment The funny thing...Continue Reading
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CHOOSING A CONTRACTOR: What the Good Guys Really Look Like
Updated on March 7th, 2020
UPDATED 6Mar2020: A couple of years ago, my son and I had the chance to make a few promotional videos about four good...Continue Reading
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RUSTIC, MAINTENANCE-FREE SIDING: A Close Look at One Option
Updated on June 18th, 2019
When it comes to exterior siding for homes and cottages in rural locations, it’s not easy to find a durable option...Continue Reading
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Q&A: Can you help me make sense of options for potl...
Updated on May 5th, 2018
Q: Can you help me make sense of all the options for potlights I’m confused by all the choices, sizes and types A:...Continue Reading
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WINDOW TRIM: A Faster, Easier & Better Way to Insta...
Updated on April 10th, 2019
Faster, neater window trim and molding installation with joints that never open up These are the advantages of trim...Continue Reading
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THE BAILEY LINE ROAD CHRONICLES: Chapter 11 – Trac...
Updated on July 29th, 2019
This is chapter 11 in my book The Bailey Line Road Chronicles, the 30-year story about moving from the city to live a...Continue Reading
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What’s It Like to Move From City to Country?
Updated on July 29th, 2019
The website you're on now – BaileyLineRoadcom – is named after the little country road where my wife, Mary, and I...Continue Reading
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Why Your Basement is Cold (and what you can do about it)
Updated on January 12th, 2021
If you’ve dealt with practical matters much, you know there can be a big difference between theory and practice The...Continue Reading
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COLD ROOM FIX: Download Plans to Stop Ice & Frost
Updated on December 26th, 2020
I regularly get emails like the one I got a while back from a young man living with his wife in a house they had built...Continue Reading
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HOME RENO: Why Spray Foam Is Safe and Effective
Published onJanuary 2nd, 2018
The first time I saw spray foam insulation in action was in the winter of 1988, while working as a carpenter on a...Continue Reading