With these tips in mind, it’s that much easier to find the right products and services to maintain your Oregon home’s exterior. Of course, Oregon is a beautiful state with gorgeous weather and scenery, so it only makes sense that you’d want the exterior of your home to match....
When it comes to repairing and maintaining your home, you need to choose a roofing contractor with local knowledge and expertise. Not only will this ensure the highest quality of work, but also that your roof is ideally suited to your climate conditions. When reviewing prospective contractors, l...
Drink the Sourtoe Cocktail— This is the quintessential Dawson City activity. The rules for this drink are simple: head to the Sourdough Saloon, order a shot of Canadian whiskey, and down your drink with amummified human toein it. And remember: “You can drink it fast or you can drink ...
Break through the barriers in my heart. I want to be able to look at the amazing young woman God gifted into my life 23 years ago and see only who Jesus sees…nothing else. Each week, I’ll also seek your input. In the spirit of welcoming whatever God wants to teach me, I’ll ...
There are a lot of advantages to them, including the ability to easily remove them to maintain your windows. You can buy hangers and stays to prop them open on nice days before the bugs arrive, and that will help dry out the sills. Lowe’s and other places sell adjustable screens you...
If you'll be using your binoculars in a kayak, aboard a boat or on a trail in the rain, you'll want to look at waterproof or weather-resistant binoculars. Be aware, too, that manufacturers sometimes describe any level of water resistance as "waterproof," even though there is a distincti...
On the super-speedways, the track is much longer and straighter and the banking is high, allowing cars to maintain a high speed all the way around the track. The goal in building a car for super-speedway tracks is to reduce drag as much as possible. These tracks require the use of res...
With anau pair, you provide the person housing and food versus a nanny who just comes to your house during the day. Two Vacations A Year: $8,000 Damn, Gina! What kind of vacations cost $4,000 each for a family of three? How about a good old fashion staycation, or camping in the...
Many of the interior and exterior finish materials used in passive house design, such as the high-end windows and doors, are virtually maintenance-free, and the elimination of a furnace, boiler or other conventional HVAC system means that there are fewer "moving parts" to repair or maintain....
I was particularly interested in this because the brick in our own 1889 house– is held together with a lime-mortar that has to be specially mixed for tuck-pointing (repair). It is seldom used today in new construction– now, mostly Portland Cement. The advantages of lime include a slow ...