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HOMEOWNERS WANTED: Share How Insulation Improved Your Ho...
Published onSeptember 23rd, 2016
Insulation is one of my favourite topics for articles and videos because insulation makes the difference between an...Continue Reading
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VIDEO: How to Buy an Efficient Resale Home
Published onSeptember 15th, 2016
It takes diligence to buy a resale home wisely because it's hard to know what you're getting That's why people hire...Continue Reading
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Time to Make the Trades Cool Again
Updated on May 27th, 2020
For as long as I can remember I’ve heard dire warnings about the impending shortage of skilled trades people in North...Continue Reading
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TOO HOT UPSTAIRS: Causes and Cures of this Widespread Pr...
Updated on August 20th, 2016
When I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada in the early 1970s, only one family in a neighbourhood of thousands...Continue Reading
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Five Little Things That Matter
Published onAugust 12th, 2016
Every building job is made of tasks, and every task requires that materials, labour and tools come together Sometimes...Continue Reading
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VIDEO: Leak-Proof Alternative to Eavestrough
Updated on July 23rd, 2016
Eavestrough is a necessary evil for most people simply because it solves the problem of water landing on the ground too...Continue Reading
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SMARTER LIVING: Save Time & Trouble by putting Laun...
Updated on April 11th, 2019
More than 25 years ago I made a home building decision that has saved my wife and I the equivalent of more than...Continue Reading
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TOOL VIDEO: Tracksaw Delivers Clean-Cut Advantage
Updated on November 14th, 2016
Despite advertising claims to the contrary, truly innovative tools are rare They only make it to the mainstream once in...Continue Reading
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OUTDOOR WOOD: All You Need to Know About Oiling
Published onMay 27th, 2016
Exterior wood is risky stuff Everyone’s happy with the look of it at first when lumber is new, but as aging sets in,...Continue Reading
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RENO HEROES: A Visit to Al and Denise’s Fixer Upper
Published onMay 27th, 2016
Some of the bravest people I know move into inexpensive older homes, they reverse decades of massive deterioration...Continue Reading