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Whether you’re looking to sell this year or you’ve just bought your first house, it’s never a bad time to think about how you can boost the resale value of your home. Even better, there are plenty of changes that you can make to your home that will make it nicer to live in and… Continue reading 4 Hacks For Improving Your Home’s Resale Value

Measuring tapes are one of the most useful tools in home improvement projects. These tapes are portable and we could easily fit them into ou pocket. However, we should know that measuring tapes are useful only a limited distance. On the other hand, measuring wheel is bulkier and they have less usefulness when it comes… Continue reading Choosing Measuring Wheels and Tapes for Home Improvement Projects

There are different types of drywall panels based on their thickness. As an example ½ to 16-inch drywall panel is appropriate for walls. But, if we plan to plaster an old wall, we should choose the right thickness, at about 3/8-inch thick. 5/8 to 24-inch drywall panels are more appropriate for ceiling panels and in… Continue reading How to Properly Install Drywall Panels?

For many home improvement projects, lumbers are among the most important materials. Choosing the right kind of lumber could make a world of difference. In this case, we should make sure that we are using the right kind of lumber. The words lumber and wood are used interchangeably in many cases. However, wood could be… Continue reading Things We Should Know About Lumber

There are different roofing materials that can be used for our house. One of them is the flexible membrane products. They can be made of modified bitumen, thermoplastics and thermosets. In general, thermoset membranes are made from special materials, specifically rubber polymers. EPDM is often known as rubber roofing and it is appropriate to protect… Continue reading Choosing Flexible-Membrane Roofing Materials

When working in a fence construction project, we should make sure that we would have proper relationships with adjacent neighbors. The process could be quite difficult and complicated. In this case, we should know about fences etiquette. There are actually many disputes in neighborhood, between homeowners related to fencing issues. When we want to build… Continue reading Understanding Fence Construction Etiquette 101

Choosing the correct type of roof replacement can be quite challenging and we should know that it won’t be an easy task. A best solution may actually be among the worst options, especially if we don’t consider it properly. We should be aware that no two buildings are completely alike, even if they appear to… Continue reading Determining Whether a Roofing Structure is Appropriate for Our House

Eventually an older house should require roof replacement. Contractors may give us some estimates, but it is important to make sure that we are choosing the right kind of roofs. There are several components of roof that we should consider. Shingles are one of the primary components of roof and it should allow us to… Continue reading Understanding Roof Replacement Estimates

Any homeowner would agree that it is important to have reliable and strong roof overhead. Roof should be able to protect our house from any kind of damage. It helps keep the interior cool or warm depending on the season. Good and strong roof adds value to our house and it would become a much… Continue reading How to Properly Maintain Your Roof?

We should be able to easily find early signs of roof damages and this could be more apparent on iron roof. At first, we may find obvious patches of rush, with rusty or dark streaks that appears on the surface. The smallest indicator should be a sign of bigger problems. When the rust eventually breaks… Continue reading Signs That Your Roof is Damaged

Many home improvement projects require the use of power tools, including chain saws. Chainsaws can be useful as a cutting tool in any project. Compared with a handsaw or axe, chainsaws could complete a task within minutes. Chainsaws could help us to achieve a degree of efficiency that can’t be achieved with standard manually-operated tools.… Continue reading Basic Chainsaw Safety Tips

In areas with sub-tropic and temperate climates, houses are typically subjected to an extreme swing of natural forces. The conditions between winter and summer could vary widely, they would test the very limits of even the most durable constructions. Among the most vulnerable parts of our house are gutter and roof. In this case, we… Continue reading Checking the Roof and Gutter After Winter

Pressure washer is an excellent tool for home improvement project. Other for standard cleaning task, it could also be used to clear the work area or specific objects before the task is completed. There are different types of pressure washers that we can use in our home. Before buying a proper washer, we should make… Continue reading How to Select a Proper Pressure Washer