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While it’s an arduous task that needs to be done in the heat of the summer, sealing your asphalt driveway is a necessary task in maintaining its integrity. Here are the five steps you need to take to prepare your driveway to look like new again: 1) Pick a good span of daysThe first step in this process is scouting out the weather reports and seeing where there is a good three or four-day span of hot temperatures without any rain. 2) MeasureYou will want to measure the dimensions of your driveway and keep that information when you plan on...

If your home’s paint is beginning to peel and crack, it may be getting difficult to avoid the age old question: Should I hire a painter or do it myself?That answer depends on a few things. First, do you know how? Painting your home is a job that is relatively easy enough for most homeowners to tackle. However, a homeowner must also have the available time, be in good enough shape, and must not be bothered by working on a ladder and/or scaffolding. If you think the architectural features of your home will require equipment, expertise and intestinal fortitude that...

Every garage owner knows the luxury of their extra storage space— at least until it becomes full. They soon learn how quickly that luxury can become a burden. Garage clutter isn’t something that happens overnight. It builds slowly, right under your nose until before you know it, you begin to lose track of where things are or what you even own. If you’ve come to realize that your garage is more of a place to stash stuff then park your car, why not consider a makeover? This could mean anything from a good cleaning out, followed by reorganizing the area...

You’ve passed the inspection, cleared financing, made it out of escrow, signed on a hundred dotted lines, and finally, the keys are in your hand – congratulations on buying your new home! But now that it is yours, what should you do next? 12 New Home Tasks They Never Tell You About Of course you know about the moving essentials of packing and unpacking, buying new furniture, setting up utilities, and forwarding your mail. There are many more tasks, however, that can help you be more comfortable in your new home and help you settle in smoothly and efficiently. Take...

People tend to store things in their attics, garages, and sheds as if those spaces were interchangeable. The fact is, as a storage space, your garage is fundamentally different from your attic. An attic should be used to store the things you wish to keep, and a garage is for storing the things you use. The only exceptions of course, are those items that may be sensitive to extreme cold or heat. It all starts innocently enough. You’re in a hurry, so you toss a few empty cardboard boxes into the garage; or you’re ready to get going and you...