Oklahoma City — 5:25 pm: As any other typical day in our household, I was fixing dinner. The local news stations like KFOR and KOCO warned us days before to be on guard for tornadoes all week, especially this day. They were right! I have always loved a good Oklahoma spring storm (minus the tornado ...
In 2007, B. R. Amon & Sons, Inc. was the first company in Wisconsin to recycle residential shingles into hot mix asphalt. Tom Amon, in a 2008 interview, estimated that at that time at least ten other states were recycling shingles into asphalt and that more states were going to be doing it. Missouri was ...
Knowing how to patch a leaky roof is one of the more useful skills that a homeowner can possess, and can literally save a home from extensive damage due to water leaks. While the techniques used to patch a roof leak are little more than basic common sense, it needs to be understood that a ...
Everything in life is a trade-off. Even cleaning the shingles on your roof has its own trade-offs. You’ll never be able to make the old shingles match the color of the new ones entirely, even if they are the same style and color. Every batch of shingles is slightly different. Each run of shingles is ...
One of the best parts about living in the South is the birds migrate here each winter. I woke up the other morning to a tap-tap-tap. Looking out my window, there were a multitude of robins and the most spectacular red-headed woodpecker I ever saw up close. The red-headed woodpecker, with its show of vivid ...
When warm weather arrives, in addition to enjoy the weather and participating in outdoor activities, it is also common to provide routine maintenance to our homes. One such activity is to inspect and clean the chimney and its flue. You can hire a professional or you can do it yourself. If you opt to do ...
This time last year, 2008 seemed so far away. In fact, who was concerned about 2008, because this time last year we had just begun 2007. But now a new year is here, and for many people, it is a time of reflection, of resolution and for planning. Unfortunately, for the homeowner and income earner, ...
Asphalt roof shingles are one of the most common roofing materials used in the United States. Asphalt roof shingles are easy to use, inexpensive and when applied properly provide for a fairly long lasting waterproof roof. However, even without allowing a leak the shingles can begin to not lay flat or actually start to stick ...
You can make an attractive garden tool shed out of surplus ammunition boxes. These can be found at army navy surplus stores, and sometimes at country auctions. You can also keep your eyes open at garage sales.An Ammunition box shouldn’t run you more than about $10 to $12.00. They usually stand about 4′ high sometimes ...
True and False Cedars Many North American trees are called cedar. This includes the western red cedar (Thuja plicata), incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) and eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana). Together these trees are lumped together and sometimes referred to as the “false cedars”, for no true cedars grow in North ...
