Home-improvement projects can become a war zone, so protecting the surroundings is critical.  Protective Products Int’l Inc. has smart way to prevent unwanted scratches to home furnishings during a remodel. The company’s Scratch Protection product is a water-based liquid that easily brushes onto sinks, tubs and shower stalls. It dries to become a rubbery membrane, like a protective skin, to protect against scratches, dirt and grime. When the job is done, the protective membrane peels right off. Protective Products Read More…

Maintaining a septic tank is not one of those projects that we often think about, until that smell greets you with an olfactory repulsion that lingers too long.  Enter Septic Tank Aid by BioWish technologies, an easy-to-use product that comes in a 3.5 oz packet that lasts up to three months.

Septic Tank Aid is added to the toilet, then flush and it begins breaking down the sediments that have accumulated in your septic tank.  By digesting the scum and sludge, Septic Tank Aid helps keep Read More…

One of the issues when doing a basement makeover is light.  Since basements are typically below grade, natural light is often hard to come by. However many basements have at least one side that opens to the outside and our basement bath was in need of natural light. One of the ways to accomplish this was the use of an acrylic block door insert.

The bath faces the west and light comes in through Read More…

Wallboard, paneling, acoustic tiles and linoleum flooring all had to go before the basement bath project could begin.  Looking at the room for the first time with an eye towards remodeling was more than a little overwhelming. Years of just being a corner that was not used in the basement led Read More…

A 10 feet by 8 feet space was once considered large for a bath, but that was before the excesses of the 90s led to baths becoming a featured element in home designs.  Large cavernous baths began to appear and the simple, functional baths of earlier days were mocked by Realtors Read More…