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Home
Repairs & Improvements Web Sites
NEW
- PageWise.com
Easy Household Repairs
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Interior: Replace a tile -
Drywall problems - Patching carpet -
Plaster wall cracks - Raised nails in
drywall - Squeaky stairs
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Exterior: Lawn sprinkler
systems - Potholes in cement - Seal
driveway cracks - Vinyl siding -
Potholes in asphalt
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Doors and Windows: Stuck
windows - Sticking door - Sticking keys
and locks - Broken doorbell - Door
hinges - Prying open a window - Oiling
squeaky door - Garage door springs
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Appliances: Refrigerator
water filters - Sticking toaster -
Common microwave oven fixes - Dish
washers - Dishwasher leaks -
Refrigerator temperature problems - TV
repair options - Vacuum cleaners
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Plumbing: Electric hot water
heaters - Leaking faucets - Slow
toilets - Unclogging a sink - Noisy or
rattling pipes - Replace a toilet
handle - Shower fixtures
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More Home Repair & Improvement
Sites
Angie's
List
"The Homeowners' Grapevine" - "From
Plumbing to Pet Sitting" (whatever you need)
- Angie's List is a consumer-driven
organization that collects customer
satisfaction ratings on local service
companies in more than 250 categories.
Companies cannot pay to be rated, nor can
they put themselves on Angie's List.
Homeowners support Angie's List to keep it
independent and pure. So when you need
service, you can check the list to find out
who's great and who's not in Milwaukee (and
other chapter areas).
Whenever you need a
plumber, roofer, electrician, auto mechanic,
landscaper or any other type of service
company, contact Angie's List by phone, fax,
website or by visiting the Milwaukee chapter.
An Angie's List Neighborhood Specialists will
give you names and numbers of several
companies with which other members have had
good experiences. They will also tell you
what type of work they have done for other
members and what they thought of their
prices, whether they were punctual, polite,
finished the work on time, etc. Once the work
is finished, call Angie's List and share your
feedback about your service experience. Your
input will become part of that
companyís rating on Angie's List.
You have to be a
member of Angie's List to participate
($37/yr)
Commercial Home
Improvement Websites
- Milwaukee
Home Improvements site - finding a
Contractor
- Home
Product Buyer's Guide
- Michael Holigan's Your
New House
- Ourhouse.com
- An Online Shopping
Mall for Household Needs: Appliances &
Housewares, Building Supplies, Cleaning
Supplies, Electrical Supplies, Floor, Wall
& Window Decor, Hand Tools, Hardware,
Heating & Cooling, Home, School &
Office Home Storage, Safety &
Security, Lawn & Garden, Lighting &
Ceiling Fans, Outdoor Living, Outdoor
Recreation, Paint & Supplies, Plumbing
Fixtures, Plumbing Supplies, Power Tools
- HomeDepot.com
- Home Improvements Maintenance &
Repair Projects: Decks, Doors, Gutters &
Siding, Plumbing, Walls, Windows
- Improvenet.com
- find a screened contractor, designer,
lender, more
- Lowes
Home Improvement
Warehouse Project
plans
- Fireplace
Mantels make the room.
Your Fireplace Mantel is the focal
point of your room! Easy to assemble
kits.
Miscelaneous Web
Sites
Home
Improvement Television & Cable
Shows
Regular Local Television Channels
(Milwaukee, WI - Central Time)
Channel 6
"Ask
Gus!" Home maintenance tips - short spots
at various times
Channel 10 -
PBS
Channel 12 Today's
Home Remodelers - Sunday 11:30 am
Cable
TV Shows
(Time Warner, Milwaukee, WI - Central
Time)
37 HGTV Home
& Garden TV - Partial List of "home
improvement" shows
40
TLC
The Learning
Channel
- Trading
Spaces: two pairs of homeowners switch
places to redo a room in each other's homes.
Each pair has two days, a thousand dollar
budget, and the services of a professional
interior decorator. Both pairs share the
services of a carpenter. Hit show -
Monday-Friday 3-4 pm, Saturday 8pm check
cable listings (ch 2)
- Home
Again with Bob
Vila: Mon-Thursdays, 4 pm, 4:30 pm
- While
You Were Out: Saturdays at 11
am
41 Discovery - Discovery
Daytime
Arts
& Crafts Ideas from Cable TV Shows
(on the Renters' Page)
HOT
TIPS to help you with Home Improvement &
Decorating
This is a new section, introduced
4|13|2004
- we
start with Wallpaper, and will keep
adding
Wallpaper
Decorating - How
WALLPAPER can help make
your home look spectacular.
- Pagewise.com
- Here's an easy,
step-by-step guide that will show you exactly
how to wallpaper -- one strip at a time.
- About.com
- From cut outs to
glazing to stenciling, you'll find dozens of
articles that will answer your specific
questions about wallpaper decorating.
- The-Home-Improvement-Web.com
- Wallpaper borders
can change the entire look of your room. This
article offers an in-depth look at wallpaper
borders from a compositional perspective.
These are amazing tips.
- Pioneerthinking.com
- This article shows
how you can "become a master of illusion"
through creative use of wallpaper.
Making the Most of
Small Spaces
- DIY.net
- 17 articles with tips on how to create
space in small rooms including dorms, attics,
kitchens and offices
- Houseandhome.msn.com
- Smart ideas for
small spaces - slide show
- Washingtonpost.com
- Decorating a small
living room.
- About.com
- space saving tips
and ideasd
Get TIPS by Email by signing up at
these sites: - we'll add to this list as we
find more
Help
from a handy new book
ow to lower your home maintenance and
cleaning workload by wise choices when you
redecorate or remodel
"Make Your
House do the Housework"
© 1995 by Don Aslett &
Laura Aslett Simmons
Betterway Books, Cincinnati OH
ISBN 1-55870-384-5 (paper)
House cleaning - House furnishings - House
construction
Chapters:
- Any House can help out with the
housework
- Basic Principles if Maintenance
Freedom
- Make Mess-Making Impossible: the
discipline of structure
- Clean out the clutter first
- Conquering the Kitchen
- Transforming the Toilet Zone
- Keeping a Nick, Bump, and Scuff ahead of
the Kids
- Stopping Dirt in its Tracks
- Managing the Unmentionables
- The Right Equipment and Supplies will
Help
- The Storage Solution
- Furniture: Friend or Foe?
- Let there be low-maintenance light
- Floors to Adore
- "Where there's a wall, there's a way" (to
make it easier to clean)
- Don't forget the Doors
- The Ins and Outs of Windows
- The Outside Story: Eliminating Exterior
Maintenance
- You can do it Yourself
Getting Hold of this Book
- check it out free at your local
library
Milwaukee Public Library does not
currently carry this title
- Buy it at your
favorite local bookstore
suggested list $14.99 plus tax
- Buy it online at
amazon.com
new $10.99, used from $6.99
- Buy it online at
barnesandnoble.com
new $13.99
Involve
Your Kids in Home Improvement &
Redecorating!
LET /
ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS TO HAVE A SAY
I's a win-win situation. Let
them
- Redecorate their own room (not
just picking its contents!)
- Paint, faux
paint, wallpaper, borders, trim
paint
- Choose
window treatment, fabrics
- Select art,
posters, collections, or make their own
wall creations
- You might give
each child a voice somewhere else in the
house as well (have them pick & adopt
their favorite common room) & head a
"committee"
The
benefits of sharing Initiative are great
Develolpes & Teaches many
lessons
- sense of home
- sense of identity - who they
are, at least in terms of freshly
discovered talents the project brings to
the surface
- tastes and talents - these are
frequently very undeveloped if one has
never been faced with the opportunity to
choose
- discussing likes & dislikes
of other (non)decorated rooms
- stakeholder instinct - in their
home, perhaps even in their
neighborhood
- sense of pride in
accomplishment
- hidden and perhaps unsuspected
artistic and creative abilities
Encourage
any mechanical abilities
handyman talents
and skills in helping
with other repair and improvement projects
around the house
FreeCycling
- A new concept
FreeCycling is similar to
recycling, but it is based upon the
principal of finding new homes for things
that are still of value that might be needed
by others. Or for finding things that someone
else wants to discard and you would like to
have. ALL FOR FREE!
for more, Check
it out on the Earthday Page
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Milwaukee-Freecycle
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