Home Maintenance & Decorating

• Buying Wood Furniture? Know What You Are Paying For

  Download this free how-to guide from the experts on how to buy wood furniture. Learn how to determine whether a piece is solid wood or veneer. Includes information on grains, lamination, and finishes. Learn the pros and cons of solid wood vs. veneer. Instructions for caring for your wood furnitu...

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• Creating a Textured Room Decor by Ragging

  Learn how to texture walls with this free guide to Creating a Textured Room Decor by Ragging. Create your own beautiful faux finishes and learn how to make maximum impact in a room. It's easy and it's fun! This is a free PDF download....

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• Hiring a Contractor - Information You Should Know

  Download this guide to help you pick a reputable contractor to provide work or materials for home building or renovations. The expert guide includes information on: checking the contractor's references and portfolios, making sure the contractor has the appropriate licensing and insurance, com...

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• Home Owner's Guide to Preventive Maintenance and Care of Your Home

  Home owners, you know the value of timely maintenance. Spend a little money and effort now to avoid large bills later. This Home Owners Guide to Preventive Maintenance will show you how. This 23-page guide provides information, a checklist and a maintenance schedule to help you be pro-active, avoid...

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• Home Owner's Guide to Soldering Copper Pipe

  Learn how to do plumbing repairs and save money with this Home Owner's Guide to Soldering Copper Pipe. These step-by-step instructions will teach you how to successfully solder copper water pipes. Learn about the different types and sizes of piping, what materials you will need, what safety consi...

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• How to Install a Dead Bolt Lock

  Use these step-by-step instructions to learn how to remove an old dead bolt lock and install a new one. Find out how the pros do it and save money too. This is a free PDF download....

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• How to Install an Electrical Plug

  Use these step-by-step instructions to learn how to remove a damaged electrical plug and install a new one. Find out how the pros do it and save money too. This is a free PDF download....

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• How to Reduce Your Housing Expenses

  Download this free list of 57 ways to reduce housing and home expenses. From buying a home to tips on the best times and ways to buy appliances, this is a valuable list of ways to lower your home repair and maintenance costs and keep your housing costs down. How to Reduce Your Housing Expenses is...

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• How to Repair Drywall

  Use these step-by-step instructions to learn how to repair a hole in your drywall. Find out how the pros do it and save money too. This is a free PDF download....

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• How to Repair a Leaky Faucet

  Use these step-by-step instructions on how to repair a leaky faucet - cartridge, stem, seat and spring style faucets. Find out how the pros do it and save money too. This is a free PDF download....

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• How to Repair a Running Toilet

  Use these step-by-step instructions on how to repair a running toilet. Find out how the pros do it and save money too. This is a free PDF download....

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• How to Replace a Light Switch

  Use these step-by-step instructions to learn how to replace a light switch. Find out how the pros do it and save money too. This is a free PDF download....

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• Property Maintenance / Inspection Checklist

  Perform a complete inspection on a real estate property with this comprehensive 7-page Property Maintenance ⁄ Inspection Checklist. Whether you are managing rental properties or are looking for a home to purchase, a full-scale inspection is important to determine any structural defects, he...

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• Staining Wood Furniture

  Download these easy-to-follow instructions for applying stain to wood furniture. This how-to-staining guide can help you ensure that you do a beautiful job every time, reduce the mess and clean-up required, and work safely while staining. Staining Wood Furniture is a free PDF download....

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• Summer Home Maintenance To-Do List

  Download this checklist of home and yard clean-up and maintenance tasks that should be accomplished each year when winter is over and summer is approaching. Check off each task as it's done, then lay back and enjoy the summer weather! The Summer Home Maintenance To-Do List is a free PDF download....

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• Super Stain Removers

  Download this free table of Super Stain Removers, which lists some very common causes of stains and instructions on how to remove the stain from a variety of fabrics, carpet, wallpaper, upholstery and wood furniture. Almost all of these stain removers are eco-friendly and environmentally safe. M...

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