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Basic Rules for Hiring a Contractor

Almost everybody has heard the horror stories about bad contractors. Most of us have heard the tales about friends, neighbors and coworkers getting ripped off by contractors. This means you have to be real careful even when you�re hiring a contractor to do a real simple job like install some baseboard. Fortunately you can avoid [...]

Are these home improvement apps on the level?

“Your power goes out and you need to find the circuit breaker in a dark basement. There�s an app for that. That shelf in the kitchen is crooked and needs to be straightened. There�s an app for that. You have to find a stud in the wall to hang a picture. There�s an app for [...]

How To Cut Baseboard with a Miter Saw: Video

A Miter Saw, is a power tool that is useful when a quick and accurate crosscut is needed during the installation of baseboard trim. The following videos are an instructional guide regarding the use of your Miter Saw when installing baseboard.

iPhone Apps for your Home Improvement Cost estimates & Paint Selection

If you�re the type who can look at a wall, squint convincingly and suck in a breath before stating, with absolute confidence, �we�ll need 267 six by six tiles,� then skip these apps. But for anyone else who�s not a born guesstimator or mathlete, stay right here, as KAD Software�s apps might be of great [...]

How to Hire a Contractor Without Getting Hosed

Any experienced homeowner can regale you with stories of hiring contractors. The stories almost always seem to fall into two neat categories “Look at what a great job they did!” and “Let me tell you about the time the guy put the back hoe through my garage “We’ve experienced both ourselves, so here’s our handy [...]

Essential Baseboard Installation Tool: Miter Saw

One of the essential tool you will need for your home work station that will enable you to make most carpentry based projects a breeze is a Miter saw. This power tool will enable you to make those to quick, accurate crosscut in a workpiece. The Makita Dual Slide Compound Miter Saw with Laser guide, [...]

Tidy up wires for safety, convenience

If you had spent a few moments in my home office a few months ago you’d have realized that the wireless world has not yet arrived. A tangle of power cords for three computers, a fax machine, two printers, an office water cooler, two photo scanners, an external hard disk, two table lamps and an [...]

How to select and order proper wood for your projects

Lumber for your table or desk project can come from several sources, each with its own advantages and drawbacks. The local lumberyard is the most obvious supplier, and often the most convenient, but the selection may be limited to construction woods such as pine, spruce, and other softwoods. Though you may find the occasional cache [...]

Incorporating A Formal Look To Home Design

For those who absolute adore the looks of formal hotels and buildings, you may wish you could translate such extravagant elegance into your own home. Beautiful wood floors, intricately carved walls and ceilings, or deep baseboard moldings may be the features you admire in formal homes. But there are several things that you can change [...]

How to get ready for Cash for Caulkers

Details for the U.S. government’s Cash for Caulkers program aren’t available yet, but it’s not too early to start thinking about how to cash in on the proposed stimulus program. “Homeowners that educate themselves will be the first ones to take advantage of the program,” says Lane Burt, at the Natural Resources Defense Council. He [...]

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