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....
The fact that water covers 70% of the earth’s surface means that it was not going to take too long before starting to see land-reserved structures on water. This concept of living on the water began to take shape in the 90s with water-friendly cities such as Oregon, Portland, Netherlan...
Some people have said that the middle-class is disappearing. While the percentile of people that can be considered middle-income has dropped in the past, things have been improving recently. Well, at least in many states. Some states are still struggling to maintain a decent percentage of midd...
Due to fire concerns, large buildings made out of wood have been rare since the late 19th century, but research into mass timber’s performance shows that it doesn’t behave like stick-frame structuresduring a blaze. CLT can maintain fire resistance beyond three hours, with temperatures up to...
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...
New York's 2023 budget is said to make historic investments in critical areas. Here's everything you need to know.
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 ...
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....
about providing people with access to the goods, services, workplaces that they need, not encouraging land use patterns that place all of these as far from each other as possible and desperately trying to link them all together with roads and highways that are costly to build and maintain. ...
If the room or area you’re looking to cool down is generally facing the sun, you will need a bigger air conditioner. Additionally, the walls do block the sun very effectively. Windows don’t. If you have big windows and many of them, the sun will heat your house more. In summary,...