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STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS: This Stud Frame Alternative...
Updated on May 23rd, 2020
Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are an alternative to stud frame construction for homes and small commercial...Continue Reading
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THE BAILEY LINE ROAD CHRONICLES: Chapter 8 – Power...
Updated on December 27th, 2019
This is chapter eight in my book The Bailey Line Road Chronicles, the 30-year story about moving from the city to live...Continue Reading
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ROOFTOP ICE CONTROL: Watch Installation Video of Unique ...
Updated on September 21st, 2020
Watch me install a neater, more reliable alternative to electric rooftop de-icing cables in the video below When a...Continue Reading
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POWER TOOLS: Three Facts You Should Know
Updated on October 21st, 2017
Back in 2002 I met a man named Gus Sestrap as I wrote a technical story about the construction of the CenturyLink Field...Continue Reading
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HURRICANE PROOF HOMES: How to Build Safer & Stronge...
Updated on October 21st, 2017
Nobody builds houses in a hurricane As obvious as this sounds, it leads to a less obvious outcome What might seem like...Continue Reading
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RENOVATIONS: Why Good Trade Help Is Hard to Find
Published onSeptember 27th, 2017
A while back I read an article that got me thinking Apparently, less than half of two thousand high school students...Continue Reading
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POWER TOOLS: Cordless Miter Saws Get Good
Updated on September 9th, 2017
In the final analysis, do-it-yourself success comes down to tools, and one particular kind of tool makes building...Continue Reading
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THE BAILEY LINE ROAD CHRONICLES: Chapter 4 – A Wel...
Updated on July 29th, 2019
This is the fourth chapter of the true story about moving from the city to a rural homestead on Manitoulin Island,...Continue Reading
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THE BAILEY LINE ROAD CHRONICLES: Chapter 2 – The W...
Updated on January 21st, 2021
This is the second chapter in my true story about moving from the city to a rural property on Manitoulin Island 30...Continue Reading
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CLASSIC BRICK: How to Design for Beauty
Published onJune 23rd, 2017
Over the last five years I've been trying to understand a kind of beauty I see from time to time It has to do with old...Continue Reading