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Learning & How-To
VIDEO: How to Buy an Efficient Resale Home
Updated on July 8th, 2021
It takes diligence to buy a resale home wisely because it's hard to know what you're getting That's why people hire...Continue Reading
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FOOD COURSE INTRO OFF-GRID POWER Course Discount
Updated on September 14th, 2021
If you've always wanted to build your own off-grid solar & wind energy system, then you can save money on training...Continue Reading
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SELF RELIANCE SKILLS TRAINING: 95% Off Until Monday March 2
Updated on September 14th, 2021
UPDATED 28Feb2020: If you've always wanted to build your self reliance skills and create your own off-grid solar &...Continue Reading
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BASEMENT FINISHING COURSE VIDEO: Central Vacuum Systems Tour
Updated on July 8th, 2021
This video is one of dozens that are part of my popular basement finishing course This particular video explains how...Continue Reading
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TOO HOT UPSTAIRS: Causes and Cures of this Widespread Pr...
Updated on July 8th, 2021
When I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada in the early 1970s, only one family in a neighbourhood of thousands...Continue Reading
Home Exteriors
Q&A: Prep for Painting Asbestos Siding
Published on July 7th, 2016
Q: What's the best way to prepare the outside of an older building for paint The walls are covered in asbestos...Continue Reading
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SMARTER LIVING: Save Time & Trouble by putting Laun...
Updated on August 12th, 2021
More than 25 years ago I made a home building decision that has saved my wife and I the equivalent of more than...Continue Reading
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60-VOLT CORDLESS TOOLS: DEWALT Unveils Bold New Campaign
Updated on August 12th, 2021
From time to time tool companies invite people like me to corporate events where new tools will be unveiled I usually...Continue Reading
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RENO HEROES: A Visit to Al and Denise’s Fixer Upper
Updated on August 12th, 2021
Some of the bravest people I know move into inexpensive older homes, they reverse decades of massive deterioration...Continue Reading
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Swimming Lessons, Swimming Pools & Pool Envy
Updated on July 8th, 2021
I love swimming, and the fact that I've never owned a pool is one reason I'm susceptible to swimming pool envy My first...Continue Reading
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How Canada-Proof is Your House?
Updated on July 8th, 2021
Canada dishes out some of the most extreme climate conditions on the planet, and whether or not you actually live...Continue Reading