Posted on: 31 July 2018
What do you do when you come back to a flooded house? Perhaps your sink was leaking, and you said you would call a plumber when you came back from work, but it is now too late. How do you respond to a flood? Below are five things to do when your house floods.
1. Call emergency plumbers
You should have a contact number for emergency plumbers in or around your neighbourhood.
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Posted on: 31 July 2018
Plywood is a material that almost everyone will have heard of, but few people are actually sure what it is. Whether you were recommended to use it by a contractor working on a project for you or you are redoing your children's bedroom and looking at furniture options, many people are attracted to plywood because of its low-cost qualities. If you want to make sure you are using the right plywood for the right job, you need to understand a little more about the actual material you are buying.
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Posted on: 4 June 2018
Cracks in your home's foundations are pretty much always bad news. Although the urgency of the situation depends on the size of the cracks, precisely where they are and a few other factors, it's always best to get them repaired sooner rather than later, as they're only going to get worse over time.
Getting foundation cracks repairs doesn't guarantee they won't come back, however. In fact, since cracks don't just appear for no reason, unless you fix the underlying cause, it's likely to be a problem you deal with time and time again.
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Posted on: 30 April 2018
Brightness and plenty of natural light are two important characteristics of modern homes. Most newly-built homes factor them in, providing plenty of windows in the right locations to maximise the amount of natural light that the home gets. In many older homes, this is not the case and creating a lighter and brighter home will require some modifications.
Often, replacing existing windows with larger ones or adding new windows to walls that previously had none can solve this problem.
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