Preventing Mold Growth in Your Home

No homeowner ever wants to hear that they have mold growth in their home. Mold and mildew on the walls of your home do much more than smell bad and look ugly; they can actually cause illness in your family.

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When hiring a contractor, it’s important to hire someone with experience. When the economy is down, many of the unemployed enter into the home renovation market. Some become respectable business owners who take their business seriously and treat their customers like their best friends. Others are not serious and may not have the qualifications to do what they are offering to do for you. Such individuals may pull a “runner” on you if they feel they can’t complete the job for a profit or simply because they’ve suddenly landed themselves a better paying job. One important consideration is to check if your contractor has liability insurance, otherwise you may get sued if your contractor is injured during the project.

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Home renovations are usually ongoing during the life of home ownership. However, after a while, receipts are lost, paint and material swatches are thrown out and memories fade. If you want to be able to track where you’ve purchased your materials for your home renos including the colours chosen for paint, you can with a new website. This site helps homeowners and contractors record everything they’ve done for a project so that if touch ups are needed down the road, the data can easily be accessed in one online place.

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The basement of your home may be one of the most used rooms of your home or it may be like mine – more of a storage area. Regardless, if it’s unfinished or partially finished, you may have a cement floor down there that needs a bit of sprucing up. In today’s article, you’ll learn about the variety of floor finishing products that are now available on the market if you’re looking to apply some paint to it. Because basements can sometimes be damp and mildewy, select a product that offers some kind of protection against mold growth.

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Now that the weather is getting cooler, you’re probably starting to think about the holidays. If you’re planning on having guests over Christmas, there are some simple things you can do to get your home ready for your visitor’s. The tips in the article below are not too time consuming and can really make a difference in your pride as you welcome your loved ones into your home. As I’ve said before a fresh coat of paint is one of the simplest and most inexpensive ways to spruce up a room.

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