From cleaning the toilet and washing windows to repairing leaky faucets, maintaining your home can be overwhelming. Certain tasks protect the function of your home while others enhance your home's appeal and value. For example, controlling weeds is an important part of maintaining your home even though most people do not know where to start. This guide will help you avoid a few common weed control mistakes.
Over-watering
One of the most common mistakes people make is overwatering their lawns and flowerbeds.
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Routine plumbing maintenance tasks are an area where many homeowners can save a lot of money by doing the work themselves. While not everyone has a DIY spirit and others may choose to hire a licensed plumber for all plumbing repairs, you can make simple repairs yourself if you are willing to do some reading and instructional video watching.
If the water spigot in your garden has been leaking or has simply stopped working, then this is a great example of a plumbing repair you can make yourself.
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When you lease the space that houses your business, you're probably limited on the things that you're allowed to do to make the space your own. Are you looking for ways to enhance the appearance of the space without doing anything to break your lease agreement? Here you'll find a list of changes that you can make that aren't permanent but will make a huge impact on the appearance of the space.
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If you are frustrated by the water bill each summer but you don't want to give up your large garden, then you need to have an irrigation system installed. These systems can help you not just better manage the amount of water you use, but also better irrigate your plants so they grow better and more healthily than they every have before. The following are three of the main things to keep in mind when designing your new irrigation system.
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Energy efficiency is an increasingly important credential for American homeowners. The cost of electricity and gas continues to rise each year, and there's a growing awareness of how energy consumption negatively impacts the natural environment. These two factors have lead to many people auditing the energy efficiency of their homes and making the changes required to create a home with lower energy consumption.
There are many factors that contribute to overall energy efficiency of a home.
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