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Category: Home Maintenance

Our home maintenance section of our blog is the day to day chore of taking care of our house. DIY on cleaning tips, repairs and all around maintenance to keep it in working order.

Shrink Wrap Windows And Doors To Save Hundreds During The Brutal Cold Winter

Shrink Wrap Windows And Doors To Save Hundreds During The Brutal Cold Winter

  • Home Maintenance
    5 min
  • 354
  • 1 year ago
  • 6

In this post you will see how to Shrink wrap Doors and Windows to save money and stop drafts

Tagged DIY, Windows and Doors
Replace Appliance Light Bulbs With LED’s

Replace Appliance Light Bulbs With LED’s

  • Home Maintenance
    6 min
  • 346
  • 2 years ago
  • 3

Just about any appliance you have today, can benefit with upgrading the appliance light bulbs with LEDs. Upgrading the lighting in your microwave to LED lights can be a simple and cost-effective way to improve the functionality and appearance of your kitchen […]

Spot The Difference Between English Ivy and Poison vines like Oak and Sumac

Spot The Difference Between English Ivy and Poison vines like Oak and Sumac

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    6 min
  • 348
  • 3 years ago
  • 7

Our backyard is green all year, which makes it difficult to tell the difference between English Ivy and poison vines. Our english ivy alias hedera helix is intermixed with Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac. While we enjoy all of the greenery and […]

DIY Save Money TODAY – Weatherproof your Electrical Outlets Covers

DIY Save Money TODAY – Weatherproof your Electrical Outlets Covers

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    6 min
  • 362
  • 3 years ago
  • 7

You have a tremendous opportunity to save money today by inspecting and weatherproofing your exterior electrical outlets. Over time the weatherproofing on the outlets begins to fail. They also start to not look to attractive. If you open up the covers, you […]

#1 Sauna Heater Failure a Simple Inspection to Stop Expensive Repair

#1 Sauna Heater Failure a Simple Inspection to Stop Expensive Repair

  • Home Maintenance
    8 min
  • 511
  • 3 years ago
  • 9

A Sauna Heater is a relatively simple device, almost like an oversized toaster oven. It is important to inspect and clean the sauna heater once a year. It was a surprise when we toured our home to find out it had a […]

Tagged Bathroom, Mid-Century Modern, Sauna

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