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- Savvy Transformation of Unfinished Basement Creates Two-Bath, Home-Within-a-Home for Extended Family, Saving Owner $10,000
- PRNewswire (4/16/2007)
- BRENTWOOD, Tenn., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Bathroom additions almost always pay off at resale. "Saniflo technology makes it simple and cost-effective to install a bathroom virtually anywhere in the home, without breaking through floors," says Bob Lechner, national sales manager for SFA Saniflo Inc.Instead of routing waste and water through a conventional floor drain, Saniflo plumbing moves the effluent to a macerator pump, housed in a small plastic box that is installed at floor level behind the toilet.
- Go Ahead and Build That Shed
- Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. (4/15/2007)
- DEAR TIM: Outdoor storage sheds are popular in my neighborhood. Since I can barely squeeze my cars into my garage, I now need a storage shed in my yard. I had my marching orders from She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, and three months later I had a deluxe storage shed in my back yard.
- Business Focus: Keeping America Cool: Efficiency Windfall for Aaon
- Tulsa World (4/15/2007)
- Energy conservation makes sense, but it also translates into big bucks for Aaon Inc., the Tulsa-based manufacturer of commercial and residential heating and air conditioning systems.Although the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry - - and Americans in general -- has consumed energy over the past 30 years like a kleptomaniac in an unattended department store, the reckoning has finally arrived, industry executives say.And for a company like Aaon, which is manufacturing some of the industry's most energy-efficient products, the new consciousness has given the west Tulsa manufacturer a competitive advantage with retailers, schools and businesses.
- Business Focus: Keeping America Cool: Efficiency Windfall for Aaon: Aaon Inc.
- Tulsa World (4/15/2007)
- Apr. 15--Energy conservation makes sense, but it also translates into big bucks for Aaon Inc., the Tulsa-based manufacturer of commercial and residential heating and air conditioning systems. Although the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry -- and Americans in general -- has consumed energy over the past 30 years like a kleptomaniac in an unattended department store, the reckoning has finally arrived, industry executives say. And for a company like Aaon, which is manufacturing some of the industry's most energy-efficient products, the new consciousness has given the west Tulsa manufacturer a competitive advantage with retailers, schools and businesses.
- Make Kitchen Look New With Refinished Cabinets
- Augusta Chronicle, The (4/15/2007)
- Q: My kitchen is so outdated that when my daughter and I went to the museum with her school class and saw the "kitchens of the past" exhibit, she turned to me and said "Look, Dad, they have our kitchen here!" She was excited to see our kitchen in a museum, but I was ashamed.Assuming that your kitchen is just a little outdated, here's what I would look into to update it on a budget:
- Siding Has Many Forms
- Virginian - Pilot (4/14/2007)
- Q. My house has old wood siding, which I am tired of repairing and painting. Other than installing ordinary vinyl siding, what attractive options do I have?A. There are many new no-maintenance types of siding available and some actually have a layer of insulation already attached to the back.
- Medium-density fiberboard-Review specs and uses for MDF engineered wood panels
- ebuild (4/13/2007)
- Medium-density fiberboard (MDF) is an engineered-wood structural panel designed for a wide variety of homebuilding applications including cabinets, fireplace mantels, doors, shelving, furniture, interior moldings and laminate flooring. MDF differs from particleboard in that it's made of very fine wood dust, not wood chips. The result is a panel that's dense, heavy and perfectly smooth with less tearout at sawn edges. Key specification criteria include: panel size, panel thickness and recommended applications.
- Oriented Strand Board (OSB): Review uses and specs for these engineered-wood panels
- ebuild (4/13/2007)
- Oriented strand board, universally known as OSB, is an engineered-wood structural panel that has replaced plywood in many homebuilding applications, including subfloors, and roof and wall sheathing. The standard OSB panel is 4 feet wide by 8 feet long. Panels measuring 4 by 9 feet and 4 by 10 feet are also readily available. OSB is available thicknesses ranging from ¼- to 1-1/8-inches thick. Standard OSB (PS-2 grade) is considered "moisture resistant." In regions that receive more than an occasional rain shower, choose an OSB product designated as "weather and rain resistant." For the best protection against moisture, choose premium OSB rated for "wet environments."
- ``Greener'' Home Products Line Shelves for Spring, Summer
- Business Wire (4/12/2007)
- With some new products entering the market, it's even easier (and smarter) being green."Nansulate HomeProtect is a totally green, water-based nanotech coating that can conserve energy, protect your home and family from new and existing mold, lead poisoning, and insulate your home -- keeping it cool in summer heat waves and warm in winter freeze," says Stuart Burchill, Founder of Industrial Nanotech.Homeowner Marc Izzard of Truth or Consequences, NM, was very concerned about energy consumption and green building and was looking for a way to insulate his home with an environmentally friendly product that would save energy.
- The Dallas Morning News Cheryl Hall Column: Stonework Made Simple
- The Dallas Morning News (4/11/2007)
- Apr. 11--Bob Schlegel wants to turn Americans into do-it-yourself stonemasons. Pavestone calls it Veneerstone: pumice that's ground up, molded in a cement mixture and pigmented to look like natural stone or river rock. Pavestone got into the business a year ago when it purchased Tejas Textured Stone in Plano.
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