Home Improvement

Taking care of a yard is a year round job for some. For those who get a brief break due to snow on the ground, there are still some things you might want to study up on before Spring.

The first thing to keep in mind is that Spring isn’t the only, and not always the best time to do prep work. If you need to re-seed bare patches, just before the first snowfall of the year is a good time to start. The seeds will get worked into the soil by the weight of the snow and lay dormant for Winter. Continue reading ‘Lawn Care 101’ »

Fall Prevention for Seniors: 10 Tips for Bathroom Safety By Dr. Vicki Rackner Your aging parents tell you they want to stay in the home they love. You want to honor their wishes, yet you worry about their safety. The risks of falls are real and the consequences can be deadly. Proactive fall prevention keeps your parents safeaE”and helps you sleep better at night. Here are some tips for bathroom safety. Some of the steps can be weekend projects; others are best left in the hands of professionals. Install grab bars near the toilet, bathtub, and shower. This is the quickest and most effective way to prevent falls. If you have any questions about your home improvement skills, hire a professional. Be sure to test the strength of all installed grab bars before allowing them to be used. Install a toilet safety frame, commode, or raised toilet seat. These products give you something secure to hold on to when getting on or off the toilet seat. Make sure that you have properly installed grab bars. Make transfer in and out of the tub safer with a shower chair or transfer bench. Equip bathtubs and showers with non-skid mats, abrasive strips, or surfaces that are not slippery. Apply textured strips or appliques on the floors of tubs and showers.

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Now that summer is over, people are starting to take advantage of the cooler weather by getting their long-awaited home improvement projects started. A great DIY home improvement project to start is to install a deck made of ipe decking. However, because ipe, like many other hardwoods behaves differently in different climates it’s important to know how to install ipe decking in the middle of the Fall Season.

The following advice is very important to know and will make your ipe wood decking installation straightforward and trouble-free. This guide to installing a deck in the fall will help you save both money and time. The end result will be that when you’re done building an ipe deck, you will have peace of mind with the knowledge that a new deck will be durable and amazing looking for many seasons to come.

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ARA – As days grow shorter and temperatures become cooler, it means the inevitable is just around the corner: everything that came out of your garage this spring needs to go back in before winter rolls around. That means you need to find room for the gardening supplies, the patio furniture, the sandbox toys and more. Not to mention corralling all the tools that you’ve used throughout the summer to tune up the bikes, fix the swing set and put together the new picnic table.

If you’re wondering where it’s all going to go, maybe it’s time to spend part of the weekend creating some order in all that chaos. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

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