DIY: How to Restore and Repair Your House

DIY: How to Restore and Repair Your House

  • Line Marking: A Guide for Commercial Premises

    If you maintain a large commercial building that has a large parking lot, you will want to have the correct line-marking equipment available. Line-marking equipment will allow you to paint a layout to control the flow of traffic and repaint faded dividing lines and stop warnings if they fade. Line-marking machines and stencils are the easiest way to apply paint to the road surfaces of your commercial premises. However, there is a range of line-marking machines available.

  • Get Rich (Not So) Quick: Land Subdivision

    There's no doubt about the lucrative nature of the property market. Returns from property investments seldom disappoint and land sub-division is increasingly being used as an avenue for increasing these returns. It sounds simple enough that you can buy a parcel of land, subdivide it into two or three lots and sell each lot individually. While not entirely impossible, here are the pre-requisites for a profitable sub-division. Council Approval Sub-division of land is prohibited in certain areas.

  • Do you need to install both fire extinguishers and fire sprinklers?

    Protecting your home from a fire hazard is a must-take precaution. One can either install fire safety equipment during construction of the premises or upgrade to better equipment as time goes by. In order to meet both local and state fire standards, your aim should be protecting employees, assets and the entire business premise. In this regard it is important to have a complete fire protection system in place. This system can entail having either fire extinguishers or fire sprinklers in place.

  • Hop, Don't Skip And Then Hire

    Many people enjoy singing in the shower as it gives them the much-needed kick start for a long day ahead. Thus, a bathroom refit provides the opportunity for you to transform your de-facto 'studio' into a paradise of sorts. This activity is bound to generate significant quantities of waste that you need to take care of during and even after the refit of your bathroom. Here is a three-step guide that you should follow when looking for rental skip bins for the renovation exercise.

  • Some Accessories to Look For When Shopping for Cemetery Supplies

    If you're preplanning your own funeral and final arrangements, or are making these arrangements for someone else, you may want to include cemetery accessories. These include headstones as well as other items, and you may be surprised at your many options and choices. Note a few terms to learn before you shop so you know which items to include during these final plans. Plaque versus headstone A headstone is just as it sounds: a stone that has a carving in it and which is placed at the head of the gravesite.

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    DIY: How to Restore and Repair Your House

    I had to save for many years to buy my first home. When I did finally put in an offer, it was for a property which was old and needed a lot of repair work. I didn’t have a lot of money to pay contractors to carry out the work, so my partner and I had to teach ourselves how to replace damaged flooring, repair the roof and to install drywall. It took many months, but we now live in a beautifully restored house. I love the feeling of getting in from work, walking through the door and knowing that I own this house. I decided to start a blog to help other people who are restoring their homes.

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