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Fascia Board Repair
4:21
Moisture is usually the culprit when it comes
to exterior wood damage on fascia boards.
Areas that get little or no direct sunlight
are particularly vulnerable. The dampness
often leads to rotting wood and another nasty
nuisance - mildew. 5208
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Dog House
9:54
You can build your dog his own little house
after watching this show. You will see what
materials you need and how to put them
together. 5106
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Home Fire Protection
4:53
If your house caught fire would you and
everyone in your home know exactly where to
go and what to do. If your answer is no then
it is probably time you made a plan.9005
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Build a Quick and Easy Work Bench
6:28
Even the most basic carpentry jobs are hard
to do without having some kind of workbench.
You can use a couple of sawhorses and a piece
of plywood if you are in a pinch but if you
are going to do a little more than sawing a
couple of two by fours you might want
something that is sturdier and safer. That is
what we are going to do today. We are going
to build a workbench in just a few hours
using a very simple plan and some basic
tools.9101
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Quickflash
4:8
Every new home under construction provides
dozens of places where moisture and air can
penetrate the envelope of the home. Inventor
Bill Gilleran has come up with a new design
for weatherproof seals that takes an
innovative approach to solving the
problem.9502
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Rainwater Collection
5:40
As a landscaper one of the most frequent
problems I am asked to help solve involves
water and right here we have all the signs of
a severe water problem. What we need to do is
get that water into that pipe. And while we
are in the process of doing that we are going
to install a rain barrel and catch that water
a great resource and water our house plants
with it.9704
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How to Attract Birds
4:42
When it comes to attracting birds to your
yard water a birdbath is certainly a good
idea. But there are really four things that
birds need. The first is water the second
food the third nesting sites. And this place
has those in abundance. And the fourth thing
they need is protection protection from the
elements and protection from predators.9703
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Patio Water Feature
5:6
There is no doubt that water gardening is
gaining in popularity in America and why not.
Today I would like to show you a way to bring
the sound of splashing water and the plants
and the fish to your patio or deck even if
you live in an apartment.9702
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Controlling Mosquitoes
3:25
Ow Mosquitoes They spread Yellow Fever
Malaria Dengue Fever and now West Nile Virus.
Joe Sherinski shares four means of attack
that he uses to fight mosquitoes. 9701
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Emergency Backup Lighting
2:51
What happens in your home when the power goes
off. Well if you are like most people you
probably stumble around in the dark searching
for flashlights or candles. What you really
need is a
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Drywall Repair
3:4
We recently moved this toilet paper holder
because as you can see this anchor had
loosened and was not holding the fixture
properly. So what we are going to do today is
repair this area.9505
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Motarless Brick Exterior
5:5
The owner of this house wants to upgrade his
homes drive-up appeal. The existing vinyl
exterior has obviously seen better days and
the owner would like to replace the vinyl
with the look of brick. The homeowner found a
solution with a mortarless concrete brick
veneer system called Novabrik. Novabrik is a
self-supporting system that hangs on the
wall.9301
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Build a Concrete Walkway
6:44
Today we are in a really nice shaded front
yard. The homeowners added a
cobblestone-style pathway and tinted it red
to compliment the pumice stones in their
landscape. So what we are going to do today
is extend this pathway to the other side of
the yard.9103
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MDF doors
4:49
All of the doors in our Country Retreat are
sturdy and attractive soild-core doors from
Tru-Stile. The doors are made of medium
density fiberboard or MDF. Choosing MDF
doors gave us an incredible number of styles
and designs to choose from.9037
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Fireplaces
4:2
When we designed the Country Retreat one
thing we did not have to worry about was
where to run the vents for the fireplaces.
That is because all the fireplaces in this
home are vent-free systems provided by
Vanguard Heating Products.9036
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Standing Seam Roof
4:55
Our country Retreat sits in North Texas right
in the heart of tornado alley so it is going
to have to withstand a lifetime of hot
summers thunderstorm heavy winds and hail.
The roof will take most of that punishment so
we are using metal roofing throughout. Stone
coated steel is the primary cover and over
the porches we are installing a standing seam
steel roof from Custom-Bilt Metals.9034
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Wood Flooring
4:19
Now that we have installed the windows in our
country retreat and the interior of the house
is secure from the elements it is time to
install our southern pine wood floor. We went
with Southern Pine because it isdurable and
it has a rustic look that is perfect for a
country retreat.9033
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HVAC
6:9
It is going to take 16 tons of air
conditioning to heat and cool our 10000
square foot country retreat. With all that
equipment and ductwork we need to make sure
we are using the most energy efficient and
cost-effective system possible. Our system
was furnished by Lennox Industries and
installed by Tempo Mechanical of Irving
Texas.9030
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Tile
4:53
Our Country Retreat is ready for tile and we
are putting it on every possible surface. All
the tile in the Country Retreat was provided
by Horizon Italian Tile.9028
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Trusses
4:30
Our 10000 square foot Country Retreat Project
House sits atop a raised floor foundation
whose primary structural element is an
engineered system of open-web trusses made of
Southern Pine lumber held together by metal
connector plates. We also used open-web
Southern Pine trusses to support the second
floor.9026
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