The Benefits of Adding a Pergola to Your Home If you’re looking to add something visually interesting to your landscaping, a cedar pergola will provide an aesthetic centerpiece to your home’s exterior. Any outdoor living space will also be dramatically enhanced by the added protection from the […]
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Top 5 Ways to Avoid Mosquitoes 1. Know What Plants to Grow Rosemary – contains compounds with insect-repellent activities; primarily camphor and borneol. Catnip (Nepeta cataria) – According to some studies, catnip extracts may be even more powerful than DEET when it comes to repelling mosquitoes. In one […]
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How to Clean Outdoor Furniture Do not power-wash outdoor furniture. If your furniture is chipped, power-washing will increase the size of the chip. Cracks can be caused after a single power-wash, even in very dense woods like teak. The life of power-washed furniture is always reduced drastically. […]
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How Concrete Pavers are Made Interlocking concrete pavers (also known as segmental pavers) have been used for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until the 1940s that concrete was used in their mass-production. This process began in the Netherlands, which is why pavers were (and sometimes still […]
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How to “Tile” a Floor with Pennies It’s common for people to save their pennies in a jar or a piggy bank. Others leave dropped pennies on the floor of their house so they always have money. Some have taken a creative approach and glued them to […]
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5 Tips To Prepare Food & Drinks More Quickly Spend less time making food or drinks and more time entertaining guests in your outdoor living area. These techniques are often used in bars and restaurants for lightning-fast preparation. Peel raw garlic quickly and with ease Break up […]
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Outdoor Wood-Burning Fireplace Maintenance Be sure to keep undergrowth around the fireplace down. It’s not only a fire hazard, but can also deteriorate the outdoor fireplace itself. If you chip the creosote off the inside of the chimney and its 1/8th inch thick, it’s time for a […]
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Top 10 Uses for Hardwood Ash If you have a pet that was sprayed by a skunk, rub some ash into its coat to help reduce the smell. On a similar note, you can stuff ash into a sock or other small, cloth container for placement into […]
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Techo-Bloc: New Products – Available Summer 2014 Borealis This year, Techo-Bloc is releasing an innovative new product in what is being hailed as a trompe-l’oeil by professionals within the hardscape industry – the Borealis wood-plank concrete slab. The illusion is extremely convincing both visually and texturally. Never […]
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To Seal or Not to Seal? After investing in a paver patio or driveway, customers often wonder whether they should seal it. We often recommend a joint stabilizing sealer, which is a liquid product that penetrates into the surface of not only the paver, but the sand […]
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