Author: Chris
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Swimming Pool Installation: Things to Consider
If you live in a house with a beautiful backyard, there are a lot of things you can do to turn your outdoor space into a personal oasis. Installing a pool has always been a popular option, however, you should know that there are a few steps you need to consider beforehand. Some people fail…
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Water Heater: Common Issues and How to Solve Them
The most common things you do during the day wouldn’t be possible without a water heater. That includes showering, washing clothes, bathing, and cleaning dishes, which means that you’re in trouble if it malfunctions. However, the good thing is that you can diagnose if you have a problem with the water heater on your own…
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The Key Elements of an Energy-Efficient Bathroom
As bathrooms tend to be the biggest consumers of water and energy in every household, the principal way of being more efficient is reducing your bathroom’s water and energy needs to the lowest level possible.
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Master Bathroom: Renovating to Impress
Bathrooms often do not get the attention they deserve. They are, at best, treated with the passing thought when compared to what are considered more stylistically inflected areas like the living room, the dining room and the kitchen. Most people settle down for a bathroom that looks “civil” as long as it fulfills its basic…
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Contemporary LED Lighting: Principal Benefits
Almost every home is looking for ways to be more efficient and reduce their energy consumption. One of the easiest and quickest methods is switching from traditional lighting to LED lighting. Although in the beginning, LED was a costly alternative with harsh lights, bad colours and weak dimming abilities, times have changed and technology has…
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Water Heater Protection: Expansion Tank to the Rescue
Hot water on demand is one of the modern basics of our homes and it’s not until something goes wrong and we’re left under a cold shower that we begin to question how the system really works and what protective measures we should take.
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Tips on How to Build Your First Home
Building a new home from scratch is one of the biggest steps you’ll ever take in your life. It is the ultimate investment for more than one reason. Finances are the most crucial cornerstone of this gargantuan project, not to mention the emotional investment in the design and customization of various architectural and stylistic elements.…
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How to Effectively Style a Large Living Room
Even though small living rooms are a challenge on their own because of the limited decorating space they allow, styling a larger living room isn’t as easy as it seems either. Over the last 60 years, Australian houses have doubled in size, making them the largest in the world, ahead of the USA and Canada.…
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What Makes for a Truly Good Home Builder?
Ask homeowners who built their home from a scratch and most of them will tell you – never again. All jokes aside, the amount of stress that building a home involves is huge. According to a 2013 survey by home design site Houzz, 12% couples said they considered separation or divorce during the project. To…
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Home Building Essentials for a Young Family
Building the first family home from the ground up is one of the biggest financial commitments you can make in life. Namely, if you want to have the best place for your family to thrive, the margin for error is almost non-existent. So, to complete the project with flying colours, do some research and get…