Category: HowTos
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How To – Adjusting Your Ceiling Fan To Keep Warm In The Winter
Ceiling fans are a part of many home cooling systems. In the spring, summer and fall they can provide additional cooling and reduce the need to use air conditioning systems. They can also be used in the winter months to force hot air down from your ceilings and provide better circulation of heated air throughout…
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How To – Changing Your Vehicles Timing Belt & Water Pump – Honda 4cyl
Proper preventive maintenance will keep your vehicle running much longer then waiting for things to go wrong and trying to fix them after they break. This is especially true when it comes to your car’s timing belt and water pump. You should follow your manufacturer’s recommendations as to when to perform the replacement of your…
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How To – Proper use of Kerosene Heaters
Kerosene heaters have been around for many years and they have also caused serious problems when people don’t use them correctly. This is an important thing to talk about because even though there are millions of units in use there are also hundreds if not thousands of fires every year due to improper use or use…
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How To – Surviving A Winter Snow Storm Trapped In Your Car
Every winter we hear reports of people who are trapped in their vehicles for long periods of time due to winter snow conditions. This past week Buffalo, NY saw vehicles on a 13 mile stretch of highway trapped in their cars and trucks for over 20 hours and this is in a relatively urban type…
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How To – Introduction to Rainwater Collection in Residential Construction
The collection of rainwater for drinking and general use is not something new but as we have seen in the past 10 years droughts are now common in the USA. As of October 2007 over 40% of the United States is under drought conditions both due to increased building and low amounts of rainfall. For…