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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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UPDATED 28Feb2020: If you've always wanted to build your self reliance skills and create your own off-grid solar &...Continue Reading
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If you've had any experience at all in rural areas, you know that autumn is the time of year when mice start looking...Continue Reading
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Published onAugust 26th, 2016
Lots of people use chopsaws to cut wood, but a unique version of this tool also happens to be excellent for cutting...Continue Reading
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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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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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UPDATED 19Aug2019: If you're asking yourself "how to choose a wheelbarrow", you've come to the right place I've...Continue Reading
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Drywall is held in place by screws, and sometimes the filler over top of these screws pops up and looks ugly Naturally...Continue Reading
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Published onJuly 7th, 2016
Q: What's the best way to prepare the outside of an older building for paint The walls are covered in asbestos...Continue Reading