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Almost everyone who puts up a new wooden deck is offered a range of advice from friendly, well-meaning neighbours on how to finish it properly. Since a good part of this advice is often conflicting, the real trick involves deciding which strategy is actually true. And when it comes to decks, reality can be more than a little surprising.
Many of life’s problems can be solved, but others stubbornly and absolutely resist any kind of after-the-fact fix. Failed retaining walls are of this second type. Feeling like a doctor delivering news of a terminal illness, I explain that the only thing that would have made a difference needed to have happened long ago, when the retaining wall first went up.
Pickup truck boxes are typically 8 feet long or less, and that creates a limitation. Read how Big Bed, an innovative Canadian company, sets out to solve that constraint.
Emotions and gut reactions to design can be a strong factor in falling in love with a home. Steve explains 3 small but powerful wood trim details that add to home renovations from the heart and make any house shine.
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Hello Steve,
I read a recent column regarding garages workplaces. I am aware some doors are sold with an insulated core, but what to do about leaks around the door?
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The Big Bed truck extension from Seg-Ins helps you get more from your pickup truck. Watch Steve's video.
Almost everyone who puts up a new wooden deck is offered a range of advice from friendly, well-meaning neighbours on how to finish it properly. Since a good part of this advice is often conflicting, the real trick involves deciding which strategy is actually true. And when it comes to decks, reality can be more than a little surprising.
Many of life’s problems can be solved, but others stubbornly and absolutely resist any kind of after-the-fact fix. Failed retaining walls are of this second type. Feeling like a doctor delivering news of a terminal illness, I explain that the only thing that would have made a difference needed to have happened long ago, when the retaining wall first went up.
Pickup truck boxes are typically 8 feet long or less, and that creates a limitation. Read how Big Bed, an innovative Canadian company, sets out to solve that constraint.
wood trim details that add to home renovations from the heart and make any house shine.
Steve has reviewed some great new home improvement and woodworking products such as the DeWALT 12V Sub-compact Tool System. 
