Hal Jones, Online Media Director with Latitude3 Media, Birmingham, Alabama, was elected to the Harbert Center’s management board. Officers of the board, include Colin Luke of Balch & Bingham, LLP, who will serve as 2010-2011 president, Kent Graeve of Arlington Properties as immediate past president, Chip Pierce of Brown Mechanical Contracting,treasurer, and Hal Jones of […]
Australia to check safety of ‘live’ foil insulation
The insulation programme was suspended after it was linked to a number of electrocution deaths. Tens of thousands of homes will now have to be checked. Improperly installed foil insulation can conduct electricity from mains cables, effectively making the entire roof cavity live. The national insulation programme was a key plank of the Rudd government’s […]
Amana Tool’s Undermount Bowl Router Bits Enable Users to Craft Decorative, Finished Sink and Bowl Counter-top Edges
Amana Tool announces its line of solid surface router bits, featuring undermount bowl router bits for trimming and finishing counter-top edges in undermount sink bowl applications. The two-flute, carbide-tipped bits contain an Ultra-Glide™ high-performance ball bearing guide assembly, which enables fabricators, remodelers, cabinet makers and construction workers to craft decorative and finished counter-top edges in […]
New Q&A’s
Q: Our upstairs hardwood floor squeaks in a few places. I can’t access the joists because of the finished ceiling of the first floor. Can I fix the squeaks from above? A: At the location of the squeak, tighten the flooring to the nearest joist with a trim-head screw driven through the floor from above. […]