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Determine Your Flood Risk
Determine Your Flood Risk
The odds may seem like a million to one you'll ever experience serious flooding. But it happens more than you'd think. In ...
Dig Safe
Dig Safe
Before you do any deep digging or drilling on your property, be sure there are no underground utilities where you plan to ...
Discussing the Home Security System
Discussing the Home Security System
Bob discusses the wireless alarm system that is being installed in the garage. Becuase the building will often be unoccupied, ...
Dog Fence Options
Dog Fence Options
Here’s another great tip from BobVila.com. While we all know they don’t like to be fenced in, after thousands of years of ...
Dog Safety
Dog Safety
Here’s another great tip from BobVila.com. Give your dog a sense of security and boundaries to keep him out of trouble ...
Egress Solutions for Basement Living Space
Egress Solutions for Basement Living Space
The space is there, right in your basement, so why not use it? Basement living space needs two exits, so before you begin your ...
Electrical Outlets Safety
Electrical Outlets Safety
Electrical receptacle outlets in walls and floors may present shock and electrical fire hazards to consumers.
Emergency Board Up
Emergency Board Up
If your home is not protected by impact-resistant windows and doors; or impact resistant shutters or panels; consider building ...
Encapsulating Lead Paint
Encapsulating Lead Paint
Cole Stanton from Fiberlock joins Bob to talk about Child Guard, his company's encapsulating coating for lead-based paint. ...
Encapsulating Lead-Based Paint
Encapsulating Lead-Based Paint
Lead-based paint is a serious health risk in older homes. Today, new products are available that may save the time and expense ...
EPA Pressures the Wood-Preservative Industry to Change
EPA Pressures the Wood-Preservative Industry to Change
With an EPA ban on CCA-treated wood going into effect, are decks going to crumble, picnic tables disintegrate, and play sets ...
Extension Cord Overload
Extension Cord Overload
Don't overload extension cords by plugging in appliances that draw a total of more watts than the rating of the cord. Use ...
Exterior Demolition on the Victorian in Rowley, Massachusetts
Exterior Demolition on the Victorian in Rowley, Massachusetts
Tim Berky, the general contractor on the Victorian remodel in Rowley, Massachusetts, explains the sequence of exterior ...
Fall Chimney Check
Fall Chimney Check
Back to school time means the home heating season is beginning to kick in. Have your chimneys and vents checked before you ...
Falling Tools
Falling Tools
If you have a step ladder that is tall enough so you can't see the top when standing beside it, be extra cautious about tool ...
Fire Escape Planning
Fire Escape Planning
More than 4,000 Americans die each year in fires, and approximately 25,000 are injured. Deaths resulting from failed emergency ...
Fire Extinguishers
Fire Extinguishers
Whether you live in a palace or a studio apartment, you've got to have a fire extinguisher. While they come types A, B, or C, ...
Fire-Safe Landscaping
Fire-Safe Landscaping
Wildland fires destroy hundreds of homes and acres of land every year across the country. Fire-safe landscaping is an ...
Fireplace Safety
Fireplace Safety
More than one-third of Americans use fireplaces, wood stoves and other fuel-fired appliances as primary heat sources in their ...
First Aid Kit
First Aid Kit
You want to do the right thing and include a first aid kit in your workshop. The question is, what should you keep in it? ...
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