Just like you, I cringe when I have to pick up material for a big project. The current stage of dock renovation is painting everything, structural steel, wood on the fish house and gear closets. So for months prep work has been going on. All metal must have the loose rust removed. I have […]
Archives for April 2010
Window Safety Week: Tips for Safely Handling Broken Window Glass
Four! Whoops … that golf ball just made a smash landing right in your living room! Whether a stray soft ball or a ladder that slips and goes through a window, it’s important to know in advance how to safely handle broken window glass. As part of National Window Safety Week from April 4 -10, […]
Springtime Projects for the Home Improvement Enthusiast
Well this past weekend temperatures here in the Deep South hit the mid 80s. What happened to the mild 70s I wanted? The greening of the trees means it’s time for outside projects to move from planning to doing. Here are a few of the things we are working on. Matt is working diligently to […]
Stanley is making waves with its HID Flashlight
You have seen HID lights, the bright-bluish white car headlamps that were once only found on high end sports models but are more prevalent now. What if you could take that same intensity and put it into a package that could be placed in a flashlight body. Well Stanley did just that. With 4200 Lumens, […]
Customer Satisfaction Survey of Home Improvement Centers
During the past month we surveyed one million EHT Newsletter subscribers. Here are the results from the customer satisfaction survey. I was surprised by the number of unsatisfactory experiences with the local hardware stores. Truthfully i am not sure what to make about that statistic. Maybe it is a love/hate thing as the mom and […]