A deck is a beautiful outdoor asset to your home, and the right deck can make your living space seem larger. Hi, my name is Jackie, and I am a lover of all things related to the home. I enjoy decorating, repairing, restoring, and reading about ideas and even cleaning. Thanks to the success of our family business, I am able to work from home, and as I spend so much time here, I want it to look beautiful. If you want to have a beautiful home, I want to help you as well. In this blog, I am going to focus on decks in particular. I want to talk about repairing them, restoring them and reusing their old wood in new projects. If you want ideas or inspiration, I invite you to stay, take a look and enjoy these posts.
Repairing, Restoring and Repurposing Old Decking: Tips. Ideas and Facts
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Preparing a Concrete Subfloor for Vinyl Flooring Installation
20 January 2016
Sheet vinyl flooring affords a hard-wearing surface to those areas exposed to high foot traffic in your home. Prior to the installation of vinyl flooring, it is important that the condition of the subfloor is good. Careful and proper preparation of the concrete subfloor plays a major role in the success of a fitting, durable floor installation. Unevenness or roughness on the subfloor is likely to telegraph across the new vinyl flooring.
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Roller Door Repairs: 3 Solutions to Silencing Noisy Doors
30 December 2015
Roller doors should operate relatively noise-free and should not be so loud that they are disturbing your daily activities and interfering with your life. If you find your rollers doors to be too loud when opening or closing, here are 3 quick and easy solutions that may help your situation: Inspect and Tighten All Parts You'd be surprised at just how loud and annoying one loose fastener can be. If you hear a rattling type of noise, follow your ears to the source of the sound.
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Tips on Selecting Metal Cutting Equipment for CNC Machining
22 December 2015
The metalworking industry has grown exponentially over the years, reducing the need for manual machining of custom commodities. This advance can be attributed to the invention and usage of computer numerical control equipment. The technology utilises computer programs incorporated in fabrication machines to translate design into metal products. This CNC machining is an advantageous process, particularly during cutting processes that require accuracy. In simple terms, the CNC cutting machines are not handled by error-prone human hands, so the cuts are more precise compared to the blueprint.
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How Should You Heat Your Tiny House?
5 December 2015
The idea that the more things you have, the happier you will be is increasingly falling out of favour. As a result, people find themselves rattling around in big houses and filling up those houses with wardrobes of clothes and lots of hi-tech gadgets they don't need – and none of it is making them any happier. What this means is that some people are choosing to sell out throw out their stuff, and pare down their lives by constructing their own "
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Benefits of Stainless Steel Tubing
20 November 2015
Tubing can be made out of a variety of materials, but stainless steel is quickly becoming the preferred option. Stainless steel tubing can be used in a variety of industries, including pharmaceutical production, food manufacturing and petrochemical uses. More industries are deciding to take advantage of the benefits that can potentially be offered through the use of stainless steel tubing. It is important that you are aware of these benefits when choosing between tubing materials.