Got a water line that needs to be protected from frost? Watch an actual installation video that I made a while back showing a smart heating cable on a cottage country water line. This system is so efficient you don’t even notice a jump in your electricity bill during winter.
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Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, tells homeowners looking to build new homes, cottages, or cabins, or renovate their siding about cedar wood shingles.
Join my son Robert, daugher-in-law Edyta and granddaughter Lily as the try ice fishing for the first time as a family. Despite Lily’s disappointed expression belos, there’s a pretty big fish involved in all this. Click below to watch the…
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Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, offers his experiences on how his fabric shelter is working out, plus explains what life is like managing one.