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Steps to Opening a Swimming Pool

May 26, 2010 by Jake Thomas

Pools are often slimy green following winter closure

Ok, so I admit it. I hate taking care of a swimming pool. But I hate my mother paying a pool service even more and so I begrudgingly take care of hers.  People who don’t own pools see them as glamorous icons of luxury. Those who have owned them, usually see them as open holes […]

Filed Under: Outdoor Living Tagged With: pool chemical, pool opening, swimming pool, swimming pool maintenance

The Great Pumpkin, dad and the IBEW Strike of 1966.

May 21, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

One of my favorite stories involved my dad, of all people, who hated gardening and never understood why my mom insisted on having a garden. I was no more than seven years old at the time, when I planted some pumpkin seeds in our backyard. But I planted them late, and my crop consisted of […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Home Improvement, Outdoor Living Tagged With: Gardening with kids, gardens, Outdoor Living

Plant a Family Garden

May 20, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Growing up in Alabama, my mother always had a garden. When we lived in the country, the garden was on a plot below our house. But when we moved to Birmingham, my mom began gardening on some acreage at my grandfather’s house that was really a flood plain for Five Mile Creek. I ran the […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Home Improvement, Outdoor Living, Weekend Projects Tagged With: Gardening with kids, gardens, Home Improvement Projects, inverted gardening, Outdoor Living, patio gardens

Painting the Dock’s Metal Roofing; Dock Update Number Two

April 15, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

What a beautiful weekend we had to begin the dock renovation.  Several sections of metal roofing on the fish house had to be replaced following a fall storm. Upon further inspection many of the panels that were still in place had to have new roofing screws installed and old screws refastened.  The windward panels had begun to […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Outdoor Living, Tools, Weekend Projects Tagged With: Dock, Dock renovation, dock repair, Outdoor Living, repair boat slip

Dock Renovation Update Number One

April 9, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Just like you, I cringe when I have to pick up material for a big project.  The current stage of dock renovation is painting everything, structural steel, wood on the fish house and gear closets.   So for months prep work has been going on. All metal must have the loose rust removed.  I have […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Outdoor Living, Tools, Weekend Projects Tagged With: Bosch, Building Materials, dock painting, dock repair, Extreme How-To, Home Improvement Projects, paint crew plus, paint prepping, PaintEater, prep metal to paint, Rustoleum, Tools, ValSpar Duramax, Wagner

Springtime Projects for the Home Improvement Enthusiast

April 5, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Spraying the eaves with the Milwaukee Tools airless paint system

Well this past weekend temperatures here in the Deep South  hit the mid 80s. What happened to the mild 70s I wanted?  The greening of the trees means it’s time for outside projects to move from planning to doing. Here are a few of the things we are working on. Matt is working diligently to […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Outdoor Living, Tools, Weekend Projects Tagged With: Building Materials, composite dock material, Dock, dock decking, dock repair, Extreme How-To, Fluke Ti32, Home Improvement Projects, M12 Power, marine paint, Milwaukee Tools, Paint Systems, Tools

Stanley is making waves with its HID Flashlight

April 2, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

You have seen HID lights, the bright-bluish white car headlamps that were once only found on high end sports models but are more prevalent now.  What if you could take that same intensity and put it into a package that could be placed in a flashlight body. Well Stanley did just that. With 4200 Lumens, […]

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