Second Part of Securing a Vacation or Lake Home.

How-To Install Surveillance Cameras in a Vacation or Lake Home, Where Remote Surveillance Using the Internet or Smartphone is Necessary

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…

Here in the South, spring or fall are the best times for aeration.  In our area, heavy clay soils require frequent aeration, but check with your local officials to determine what is best for your yard.  I use a Husqvarna GTH-26 garden tractor to pull my Agri-Fab Plug/Core Aerator with 100 pounds of concrete block fastened to its frame for deeper 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…

Yesterday, we installed an Enerflex reflective barrier in the attic of a local house.  Our goal was to reflect the heat build occurring from the sun heating up the surface of the roof and reflecting the heat up and out of the attic, lowering air conditioning bills in the summer.  While installing the product we could certainly feel the heat moving Read More…

A whirlwind of projects went on this past weekend, despite the forecast of rains.  All but one of the projects scheduled were exterior and the forecast was for a rainy Saturday and Sunday, but the only rain, was a brief shower Saturday after midnight. So the projects went ahead as scheduled. With GPS in hand, I took the Husqvarna GTH-26 out for its speed trials.For more on the Husqvarna GTH26-48 Click Here Read More…