What better way to start the new year off than winning a gift card to the premier woodworking and gardening company. Congratulations to the following December registrants whose names Read More…
Second Part of Securing a Vacation or Lake Home.
In the first section we covered deterrents, now we cover surveillance as a means of protecting property in a remote vacation home or lake house. After the break-in occured, I spoke with Sheriff’s deputies about ways to prevent a further break-in. I wish I could say they had great ideas that were easily implemented. Unfortunately, I was told that locks and alarms keep out the honest people, but the hard core criminal will find a way in if he wants something bad enough. Two weeks after installing the alarm system, the thieves came back. They broke the same door they had used two weeks earlier. The deputies’ point Read More…
One of my favorite tasks when renovating is the demolition process. But for this project I took the role as observer and watched the contractors do their thing. One thing I did envy was having several people to assist in carrying out the debris. In my experience, I usually have to take my Milwaukee Sawzall out and cut cabinetry in smaller pieces that I can handle. I know having a dumspster in front of the house makes the neighbors cringe, but frankly I see them as a necessity. Trying to haul cabinets to the dump using a pick up truck or small trailer is a real time killer.
Instead of using the Hilti TE-905 like me to remove vinyl flooring, the young guys had several of the manual floor scrapers with teeth to remove the layers of vinyl that lay beneath the hardwood flooring. The excessive glue made this part tough. I wish I had brought the Hilti with the 8 inch scraper blade with me on this
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We begin our kitchen makeover with demolition today. We scheduled a crew to come in and when I left this morning, there was still no crew. But that seems typical of my recent history with contractors, let’s hope it improves over the next few weeks.
The current kitchen cabinets and flooring were installed 10 or 12 years ago. At the Read More…
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