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    Picking Paint Colours Easily

    BySteve Maxwell January 5, 2012November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, raves about Dulux’s Inspirations, a tool that allows homeowners to match paint colours.

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    Understanding Your Insulation Options

    BySteve Maxwell January 5, 2012November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, lays out a variety of ways to improve your homes insulation.

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    Keeping Basements Reliably Dry

    BySteve Maxwell January 4, 2012November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 6 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, explains to contractors ways to achieve a reliable dry basement during when building a new home.

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    Canadian Plumbing Innovation Keeps Taps Flowing

    BySteve Maxwell January 3, 2012October 16, 2023 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, outlines how cottage owners can have proper plumbing all year round.

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    Home Exteriors

    Old Homes Have Something to Teach Us

    BySteve Maxwell November 28, 2011November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Steve Maxwell puzzles over how older homes have such beautiful intricate details, design and character that are lacking in todays home building.

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    Warming Up Cold Canadian Floors

    BySteve Maxwell November 23, 2011March 4, 2025 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Steve Maxwell offers DIY homeowners two ways to tackle increasing the heat in a room above a garage insulating garage ceiling or room floor.

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    Home Exteriors

    Engineered Roofing Products Worth a Look

    BySteve Maxwell November 10, 2011November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, discusses engineered roofing products hes found, including the company Enviroshake.

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    Home Exteriors

    LED Light Bulbs

    BySteve Maxwell October 12, 2011October 16, 2023 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, gives the low down on the ban-the-bulb bandwagon against incandescent light bulbs and LEDs.

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    Home Exteriors

    E80-Based Building Codes: Will They Make Homes More Energy Efficient?

    BySteve Maxwell October 12, 2011November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, takes if the E80-Based Building Codes will actually make homes more energy efficient?

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    Home Exteriors Outdoors

    Get Ready for Winter Home Maintenance Jobs

    BySteve Maxwell September 26, 2011November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 6 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, makes suggestions on home maintenance tasks to do this fall to get your house winter ready.

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    Home Exteriors

    Draining Cottage Water Systems

    BySteve Maxwell August 30, 2011November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, breaks down how to properly drain pipes of seasonal water systems at a cottage.

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    Keeping Cool By Design

    BySteve Maxwell August 10, 2011November 17, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, gives homeowners examples of ways to keep their homes cool during hot temperatures.

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