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Chris Emard
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
A Subfloor for Your Basement
Engineered flooring shown over a basement subfloor. STEVE MAXWELL/POSTMEDIA NETWORK If you’re finishing your basement, whether it be for...
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Chris Emard
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
Always Plan for Your Escape
Sometimes, you’ve just got to get yourself out of a situation in as expedient a manner as possible. Say you’re a teen in a home where the...
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Chris Emard
- Jan 27, 2020
- 3 min
How to Create and Sustain Basement Life
Last week, we discussed the importance of ensuring your basement space is capable of remaining dry, essentially step one in the creation...
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Chris Emard
- Jan 20, 2020
- 3 min
Step No. 1 to Finish Your Basement
At some point in the life of homeowners the idea of turning an existing basement, which up to this point has served the home as little...
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Chris Emard
- Jan 13, 2020
- 3 min
All Hail the Crown
Today we’re installing what’s most likely the nastiest, most ornery, and to say the least, most challenging type of molding found in a...
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Chris Emard
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min
Choosing Casing and Baseboards
First, some basic education. The casing is the decorative trim, or molding, that gets installed around your interior doors and windows....
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Chris Emard
- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min
What Comes After the Front Door
Refurbishing a home is always a little stressful, although the cleansing process does get easier with every trip to the curb. Ahh, the...
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Chris Emard
- Dec 26, 2019
- 3 min
Updating that 1970’s Door
As we look forward to four months of cold weather, short days, and general dreariness, this might be a good time to pour yourself another...
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Chris Emard
- Dec 26, 2019
- 3 min
Items You Could Put in Their Nail Pouch
The task of Christmas gifting doesn’t have to be such a challenge if you choose to follow one simple guideline: “make it a practical...
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