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Decorative Concrete Used as Flooring

Decorative concrete used as flooring The techniques used today with Decorative Concrete offer architects, interior designers and landscape architects an infinite variety of design, color and texture. The use of this material indoors in countertops and sinks, and outdoors in barbeque areas, water features and conversation pits is already well documented. Flooring however is just as striking in this medium. When one says 'concrete floors' it immediately conjures up a mental image picture of a gray, oil stained workshop floor or a c ...
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Quick Remodeling an Unrealistic Idea

Quick remodeling an unrealistic idea In the era of instant messaging, overnight delivery and five-hour transcontinental flights, it can be difficult to accept that home improvement takes time. But most people don’t move into a house they find perfect in every way and certainly don’t have the wherewithal to turn it overnight into the house of their dreams. You would think that the myriad home-improvement shows on TV might try to at least hint at the reality of remodeling. Instead, we see Ty and his blow-dried crew re ...
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Beware of Shady Mortgage Lenders

Beware of shady mortgage lenders The growth in home ownership has brought with it an influx of fraudulent mortgage lending practices. It's time to remind consumers that there are some bad folks out there who will try to take advantage of borrowers. The best defense is education. The National Association of Mortgage Brokers offers these tips: Walk away from anyone suggesting that you lie on your mortgage application, by encouraging you to inflate your income or exaggerate your work history. Don't sign an ...
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Heating Cost Lowering Projects

More Heating Cost Lowering Projects •Look for holes in your house and fill them: An electrician runs conduit for a new appliance through the siding in your home; the cable guy drills a hole in the wall to run cable into a room in your home; the plumber drills a hole in an exterior wall. These are some of the obvious examples of holes in your house that might be allowing precious energy to escape. There are other less obvious examples, such as at the base or top of walls where plumbing pipes and electrical wires make their wa ...
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Stone-Coated Steel Roof Saves Home

Stone-Coated Steel Roof Saves Home WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 2005--While Hurricane Wilma's 125 mph winds ripped through South Florida, Wellington resident, Victoria McCullough, took comfort in knowing her home and 10,000 sq. ft. barn were safely nestled under the two stone-coated steel Gerard roofs (NASDAQ:MUSA) she purchased in 2001. "We were in the eye of the storm for 40 minutes, yet both of my Gerard roofs look like they were installed just yesterday," said McCullough. &qu ...
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Free Home Improvement Calculators

Free online tools enable home owners to calculate cost of roofing, painting, flooring and ventilation before contacting local remodeling contractor about making home improvements SAN DIEGO, Nov. 21, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Renovation Experts.com today announced it has completed its annual update of its online home improvement calculators. These free tools allow home owners to view the price variance between the various types of roofing, painting, flooring and ventilation products before contacting a local remodeling contractor about ...
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