Installing a Manufactured Rain Barrel and Kit
As you know, your landscape constantly demands water. A rain barrel is a great way to collect water that would be otherwise wasted. It helps fulfill for those lawn and landscape watering...
Tag Archives: Gutters
Installing a Gutter (Half Round) :: Video: After Jacking Up a Porch Roof
Without this gutter on the low hanging roof and with the water just rolling off of it, I’ll admit that my basement, my cellar would take on water in occasional heavy rains....
Winterizing a Rain Barrel: Winter Means Cold and Ice
It was cold this weekend in Baltimore. This is important because it was really cold, below freezing during the day for the first time this ... go around. Something about it said,...
Spending a Little Money Now Can Save You Thousands Later :: How to Winterize a House with HomeAdvisor
On reviewing my answers, right or wrong, I found that if anything I was a little weak on the areas surrounding energy efficiency, energy audits and winterization. So ... on being instructed...
Installing Half Round Gutters and Downspouts
So I was telling you the other day a little bit about the back story and some of stages I went through with Laying Out, Ordering and Prepping my house for gutters....
Installing Half Round Gutters :: History, Planning and Prep
Essentially there are two types of gutters you’ll find in residential installations today … half-round and the more common k-style – each taking their name, likely, from their cross section shape. K-style,...
Restoring Wood & Fixing Paint :: 3 Products to Help with These Projects
Fall inevitably becomes a mad dance of DIY Projects. Maybe it is something about impending cold and/or the approaching holiday season, but it just is, and it seems so year after year....
Install a Rainwater Harvesting System :: Building a DIY Rain Barrel
Whether you want to use rainwater as a total water solution or just to bring your water bills down and reduce your reliance on municipal water, it's actually not so hard to...
How to Clean Your Gutters :: Essential Fall Home Maintenance
Gutter cleaning is one of the more important tasks we can perform each Fall. Regular gutter cleaning can, among other things, really help in preserving your roof’s life. [...]