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28 Oct 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
When you own a house, there may seem like a never-ending list of things you want to improve, whether cosmetic -- like finally replacing peeling wallpaper or adding a splash of color with new paint -- or more functional, as with more insulation in the attic, or a more efficient heating...+ READ MORE
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31 Jul 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
See photos from the Renovation Nation Presidential Salvage episode. Steve helps build an eco-friendly yoga studio in Alexandria, Virgina and then lends a hand with a post-hurricane green renovation. + READ MORE
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31 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Remember when you were a kid and you'd flip the lights on and off really fast and your mom told you that it would start a fire? Apparently, that's mostly superstition. Although theoretically possible.+ READ MORE
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24 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Here is how you reclaim floorboards. It is, theoretically, an easy task. However, those floorboards have been there for years. They will be hard to pry up. The job will prove both tedious and frustrating.+ READ MORE
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17 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
When asked the question, "If you could run back into your burning house to save one item, what would it be?" No one has ever said, "my cupboard doors." Probably because they'd perish in the fire trying to remove them. In fact, most people don't take their cupboard doors when they move. That means...+ READ MORE
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10 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Not much has been written on the subject of garage doors. No one has written a novel about a garage door who has an existential crisis. There aren't any action films where the plot revolves around a garage-door heist, and a cartoon about a talking garage door would probably put kids to sleep or...+ READ MORE
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3 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
The bathroom that holds the auxiliary shower stall is usually the support bathroom of the house. The tub-centric main-floor bathroom is where all the real action is at. However, a reserve bathroom is great if you've got oodles of kids or you've got a boarder living in your basement.+ READ MORE
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24 Feb 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Everyone likes gutters on the side of a house but very few people like ending up in the gutter outside of their house. The house-hugging gutters can be a great benefit to the sustainability of your home. They keep water away from the foundation, preventing water damage. They can also route water...+ READ MORE
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17 Feb 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Windows are made of fragile, fragile glass, and they can easily end up getting smashed in by a baseball, a stone or even a smaller window that somebody threw during a fight. Use your putty knife to remove the metal track. Once the stops are out, you should be able to remove the lower sash.+ READ MORE
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10 Feb 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Last week, I wrote a post called "How to Reclaim a Kitchen Sink." In the article, I briefly cover removing a garbage disposal in order to remove the sink.+ READ MORE
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3 Feb 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
In my experience, the only people who remove the kitchen sink are cartoon characters trying to be funny. Most humans, however, don't remove their kitchen sink when moving out of or abandoning a home. I've seen a few sinkless houses in my days, ransacked by vandals who probably sold the metal sinks...+ READ MORE
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27 Jan 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Rarely are there toilets unique and precious enough to pack up and move with the other furniture and possessions. Maybe if someone installs a waterless john, a low-flow model or some sort of Omni-Flush 6000 8-in-1 Toilet of the Gods, you’d remove it and take it to your new home.+ READ MORE
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20 Jan 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
When I was home for the holidays, my buddy called me up to help him remove a bathtub from his sister’s house. I went over there and we carried the cast-iron bathtub out onto the porch. He said he was going to take the tub to the dump, and I tried to convince him to sell it for scrap metal and told...+ READ MORE
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13 Jan 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Whatever someone's reason for abandoning a house, it might be a good thing to reclaim parts of the house left behind. A doorbell is one of those easy-to-reclaim pieces that is often left behind by a former tenant. As a stalwart salvager, you'll probably want to reclaim the doorbell for your own...+ READ MORE
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