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Survey Results of EHT Readers

March 11, 2010 by Matt Weber

About a week ago I polled 10,000 readers regarding various areas related to Extreme How-To. Thank you to all who participated.  Surveys help us better target future “How-To” articles to areas of your interest.  I wasn’t surprised by the responses on the numbers of you planning  on painting or gardening/landscaping, but the numbers of you planning bigger […]

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Latitude3 Media’s Hal Jones, elected to Harbert Center board

March 10, 2010 by Matt Weber

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 […]

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Is Your Contractor Deceiving You? Read about our Experience.

March 1, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Lie Number one of Baugher Construction

(Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up post to an earlier post that generated more responses than any post to date, to see the earlier posts see The First Post Here, identify the black substance in the picture and the next post related to the up charge for the Cabinetry. These two previous posts lead us […]

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Stupid Home Improvement Tricks and Other Things We Have Done and Hoped No One Was Looking

February 24, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Several times a year, home improvement editors and trade magazine editors travel to see new products, tools and etc. Now some of the time we spend traveling together to meals and activities, and this gives us a chance to talk shop. (This is what we tell our employers anyway.) Actually we talk about the things […]

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Favorite Demolition Tool

February 23, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

A few years ago, Matt Weber and I did a review of demolition tools. I don’t know that any other category of tools gets our testosterone pumping like this one. Well, maybe chainsaws and log splitters, but other than those this is true electronic machismo.  The Bosch Brute is the big boy of the group […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Tools Tagged With: Bosch Brute, Bosch Chipping hammer, demolition tools, Extreme How-To, Porsche Metabo Drill, Tools

Copper versus Pex Plumbing

February 23, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

PEX plumbing is being used more frequently in today’s construction, tell us about your experience with it. Have you used it in existing construction or new construction and does its advantages outweigh copper pipe?  From a cost perspective, which is less expensive. I have used it in vacation homes that have experienced freezing problems in the past. And yes […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Home Improvement, Tools, Weekend Projects Tagged With: Building Materials, Copper Pipe, Home Improvement Projects, household water systems, PEX Plumbing

Working with Solid Surface Material such as Corian™, a Follow Up

February 22, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

I was talking to Kyle Carpenter at Solidsurface.com a few weeks ago about working with Corian™ and some of the other materials used in solid surface countertops.  I asked him to send me a scrap piece or a drop end for me to practice some cuts,  seaming and  edge build-ups that I could form into a […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Tools, Weekend Projects Tagged With: bathroom project, Building Materials, Extreme How-To, Home Improvement Projects, kitchen project

Bosch Has a Winner With Its Drill/Driver Combination, Tool of the Day

February 19, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

We all know Bosch makes top quality tools and the 26618 drill/driver is no exception.  With 1500 inch pounds of torque, the impactor leads its class, and the additional two modes allow one tool to perform drilling and fastening tasks.  I attached a Jacobs chuck to the unit and tested it with round shank bits […]

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Extreme Log Home

February 16, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Well, I must admit I am a sucker for log homes and log homes that stretch the boundaries of affordability I can’t resist.  When I saw the square footage of this behemoth, I had visions of a log home that was larger than some hotels I have stayed in.  Besides, 18,000 plus square feet for […]

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Solid Surface Countertops like Corian®, Would You Consider Installing

February 15, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

We are putting the finishing touches on a step-by-step installation guide for solid surface countertops for the DIY  homeowner. Would you consider installing this material yourself or would you think it’s better left to the professional?  If you are concerned about installation problems, ask us so we can better address those in the article.  If […]

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