Construction and Industrial Articles
posted on 28 March 2013
I've done some small jobs to my house - such as adding curtains (with self adhesive velcro) that match the other soft furnishings, but in essence I've been putting off the bigger jobs that I know need to be done. My husband works with mbw compaction equipment and has many DIY contacts in his job so we can certainly get the people do the following jobs. The first thing that I would do to the house I am currently living in is to extend the house. I would extend the house out towards the main road and make the lawn area in the front smaller. Also I would extend the side of the house to eliminate the wasted side of the house that is currently inhibited by rocks. The next thing I would do is take the wall down in the living room and open up the kitchen area and have it where you can walk around the fireplace that is in the middle of the living room area. The main idea is to open up the house and extend it.
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posted on 7 October 2012
The washing machine broke down again. It was the tenth time for the year. I did not know what to believe. It was indeed true that the machine had seen some better days, but I began to suspect that the repairman was deliberately sabotaging the repairs so that he would be assured of a job every few months. I decided to do the repairs myself. I was an engineer after all, my area of expertise being electric motor rewinds. How hard could it really be, I told myself. Firstly, I started to do my research. After spending two hours on Google and looking at Youtube videos, I felt confident that I could have fixed it myself. I rummaged in the garage and found the necessary tools. I took the washing machine out to the yard and began to dismount it. I had to replace a section of appliance in order to put it on and test it to see if it was working. I could not figure out how to replace a particular part. After struggling for three more hours, I finally swallowed my pride and called the repairman.
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posted on 14 September 2012
I'm a bit of an amateur DIYer. When it comes to big jobs - like the loft conversion job that required posi joist flooring, I call in the professionals. For smaller jobs, I have basic tools and aids to help me - from Pinkgrip to a collection of hammers and drills - I am fairly confident to do the most basic of jobs. The next job? My home needs many things but most of all something to control the scorching sun in summer. The north facing areas are wonderful in the winter and you just cannot get enough of the sun but come summer and you are desperately trying to create shade across the northern aspect. I have tried many things such as shademesh, window awnings and umbrellas to name a few but nothing really works. I now realize that what I need is an awning that can disappear in the winter but function beautifully in the heat. If only I could design something myselfsomething that would respond to the different weather conditions and cope with high winds too. I think the best answer is to let nature work for me. I am going to have a pagoda built onto the house and train creeper over. In the summer I will have greenery overhead creating shade and in winter I can cut back the creeper and let the sun in. Problem solved!
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posted on 16 July 2012
Working in any type of manufacturing plant will require that you practice safe measures while working - from fall arrest harnesses to hardhats. While we may all know this it is hard for us to remember. If you are careful and follow the safety rules you will avoid such instances as the story I am about to share with you. A few years ago while working at a plant that manufactures computer chips I worked with a group of fun individuals. They liked to play jokes on each other and horse around. It is not recommended that you do this when there are machines all around you that could hurt you or other employees if something went wrong. When they decided to horse around one person slipped and fell and hurt their back because while they were messing around they knocked over one employees drink. Once this happened rather than stop they continued to joke around which resulted in real pain for one employee. Had the employees followed safety rules and regulations than this injury could have been avoided. |
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posted on 21 April 2012
My husband and I live in a great house in South Portland, Maine. We live only about a block from the ocean and just minutes from most other local services and attractions. Dear hubby had a hand in the construction as he'd worked for many years for a flat roofing firm. Our house is a small two bedroom ranch. I love our place because it is cozy and peaceful. We live on a quiet street and get a nice ocean breeze through our house. We have large windows that also let in a lot of sunlight. We have done a lot of repairs to our house to make it really bright and inviting. We put in nice tile and hard wood floors, painted the walls with modern colors, and remodeled the bathroom. In terms of decorations, we have kept everything fairly simple by choice. The only things on the walls are pictures that are meaningful to our family. We have a small yard with a few oak trees in it. We have great neighbors and have gotten to know many of the local business owners. It feels like home where we live and we can't imagine living anywhere else. |
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posted on 6 February 2012
If given the chance to change anything about my home, I would choose to update my kitchen. It is the most expensive room in a house to remodel, but it would be worth the expense because it also increases the value of the house as a whole. First, I would update the stove, dishwasher, refrigerator, and microwave to make preparing meals easier and more fun - even the fasteners on the curtains would be replaced from lace to velcro - something more modern and practical. Also, modern appliances are more energy efficient. The less energy that is used by the appliances, the lower our electricity bill will be. I would also like to replace the kitchen counters to maximize cooking space and give the room a more contemporary style. The most important reason I would choose to update the kitchen is because it is the room where my family spends the most time together. We talk about our day and prepare our dinner together in the kitchen, so it would be worth the time and expense to my whole family. |
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posted on 6 February 2012
I've cleaned slimline oil tanks and diesel tanks for most of my life, but the worst cleanup is nothing to do with my professional job. One of the worst messes I have ever had to clean up in my life was a batch of home brew. Much to the chagrin of my wife, a buddy and I decided we would become home brewers thanks to a local rash of shows on television showing us how fun it can be. We decided if the fools on T.V. could do it then so can we. Of course in our standard male minds we also decided we could do it better without spending all the money, so after a few trips to the local hardware store we were ready for the brewing adventure. We got to work on our destined to be famous first batch of beer making as thick and black as possible. We were trying to mimic the fine Irish beer Guinness when we realized we couldn’t store this in the kitchen because the room had to be temperature controlled. The logical place for this would be the guest bedroom closet because we could close the door with the ceiling fan on. That was sure to keep it cool enough for us. As we lugged our 5 gallon bucket of black goo to the bedroom we had to set it down to make room in the closet. While one of us cleared space the other watched it with a steady hand as it sat on the bed. Yes we sat it on the bed. Somewhere in the hustle to find the perfect spot to place our bucket of homebrew we both let go of the container. There it sat on the bed unaffected until the cat wondered in. It was as if the entire world slowed down when the cat decided to jump on the bed. The cats eyes locked with our eyes as it was in a mid air jump and we all realized that something bad was about to happen. The world then sped up as the cat hit the bed and the bucket toppled off. The impact was loud and wet. It wasn’t a simple spill. That I think we could have handled. Instead it was as if there were explosives in our 5 gallon home brew bucket. Everything within a five to seven foot radius was covered in black goo. My wife cussing and yelling form the hall way didn’t help matters much either. Needless to say are little home brew experiment was a costly and complete failure. After a few rug doctor rentals we finally just tore the carpet out of the room. This doesn’t include all the linens we had to throw away and all the cleaning materials we bought. That room has never been the same and to this day still we are finding evidence of our home brew adventure. My wife gets livid any time she hears the words craft beer and home brew and it honestly has nothing to do with any one being an alcoholic. |
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