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Heating Things Up: DIY Radiant Flooring

If a kitchen floor that is cozy and warm to the touch during those cold winter months sounds like a good idea you may be interested in installing radiant flooring. What is radiant flooring you might ask? Radiant heat can be likened to standing in full sunshine, even on a chilly day, and feeling the warmth from the ground up. These floors not only add warmth to the floor, they can also warm up the entire room from floor to ceiling. Installation of a radiant floor heating system is accomplished through different methods, depending on whether you are installing the radiant floor heating system in new construction, or are adding radiant heat to an existing home.

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Q. My yard is becoming overrun by bamboo and I need a way of getting rid of it?
A. Bamboo is an aggressively invasive plant. There are a couple of approaches to eliminating it. You can dig it out. This means every single bit of it. Dense stands may require a backhoe. Even then, any pieces left will sprout. You can cut it back to the ground. With either approach, any bamboo left will need to be sprayed with a general herbicide, such as Round Up. Any new growth will need to be sprayed when it appears. Isolated sprouts may be painted with Round Up. Clumping bamboo is not as aggressive as the running bamboo.

Diligence and persistence are required to defeat this pest. If the plant exists in an inaccessible location, such as your neighbor's yard, an underground barrier will need to be installed to stop its spread. The barrier should be copper, stainless steel, or concrete at least three feet deep.



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Central Water Filtration

Not so long ago, few homeowners cared much about the quality of their water, provided it didn't taste funny. But today, we're much more conscious of the problems we can't see. Installing a whole-house filter can not only improve your water quality, but also lengthen the life of various appliances, such as dishwashers and laundry machines.


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