Category: HowTos
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How To – How Often Should You Clean Your Fireplace
Cleaning your fireplace is not the funnest job around your home but it is something that you need to do once a year or even more often if you rely on your fireplace as your main source of heat. There are three places that you need to watch for ash and creosote buildup. Your fireplace…
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How To – What To Expect From Lawn Care Fertilizer Companies
Every Spring or for that matter throughout the summer and fall you are likely to get a visit from your local lawn care company. Although many full service companies that also cut your grass can perform fertilizing and weed maintenance there are a number of specialty companies that will tell you they can restore your…
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How To – Can I Clean My Drain With Baking Soda And Vinegar?
If you ask half a dozen people how to clean out a clogged or smelly drain more then half seem to come up with the idea that baking soda and vinegar is the best way to get it clean. So what is the truth about this old wives tale will this solution clean your drain…
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How To – Biometric Safes For Security & Easy Access
Biometrics in security has been around for more then 15 years but most of our homes still do not rely on this technology for storage of personal items and weapons. Every good gun owner should have their weapons secured at all times but this also means delays of access in emergency situations. With advances in…
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How To – Painting Wicker Furniture With Spray Paint
Recently a friend was restoring some old wicker furniture and had a problem where the spray paint they were using was not giving the finish they wanted. Using a glossy spray paint they found that many layers were required to get the gloss and then it would fade before drying completely. If they added enough…