Home-Improvement

This infographic is based on the idea of why and how to build an energy saving home. It explains 4 basic reasons why should someone build an energy efficient home such as to save money, protect the environment, increase the resale value and to make your home a comfortable place for you. In the next step, it describes the energy …

The bathroom is one of the most essential parts of any house – that much is a given. It is where we do many of our hygienic business, for example. It’s also a huge deciding factor for those buying houses or apartments, as it is part of the first aspects that people see with promotional listings. You’ve seen houses labeled …

Asbestos refers to a set of six naturally-occurring minerals that were widely used in the late 1800s. Due to its durability, heat and fire resistant properties, it served as a main component in many commercial and industrial materials including shipbuilding, power plants and construction. While asbestos has provided millions of jobs across the globe, it has also put millions of …

Artificial grass continues to become more and more popular for homeowners… and for good reason! It is not only low maintenance and can be used all year round, but it also offers a life expectancy for up to 25 years. If you are getting frustrated mowing your lawn every few weeks, find yourself wishing there were no mud patches covering …

Time for a refresh? Whether you are moving into a college dorm room or a new studio apartment, or just want to downsize and reorganize your life, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and forced to cram all of your personal belongings into one tiny living space. However, if you harness the power of minimalism and are strategic about the layout …

Getting an angle grinder will help you in doing different types of jobs perfectly. This can be called the most versatile tool. This versatile tool is there for helping you to perform any kind of grinding, cutting and polishing work. It can do all these works with a spinning wheel. The way of using angle grinder is not so tough. …

Based on a July 2017 data from Expatistan, a monthly rent for a 900 sq. ft. unit in Singapore’s “expensive” area costs more than SGD 3,000. However, not everyone can afford a big house that would fit their entire family. Thus, they would opt to acquire a smaller, more affordable unit; and cramp everything in. As a result, the entire …

Are you bored with the sloppy designs? You can explore exciting options like wooden flooring and decking to enhance the outlook of the apartment. Not only these solutions are aesthetic appealing, but economically sound. Apart from lending a contemporary feel to the interiors, they easier to maintain.   As the infographic of country woods suggests, wooden flooring has a number of …

Studies have shown that an average home loses 10% of its total heat through the windows. Nowadays, people use energy efficient (Low E) glasses to protect their home from this heat loss. In double-glazed windows, two glass sheets are separated by a 16mm wide space that serves the role of a barrier insulating your house from the depletion of heat. …

Working with the electric planer If you want to plan larger surfaces with the electric planer, you first have to leave webs that have a smaller width … An electric planer is an electrically operated, hand-held tool for planing work pieces precisely planar, reducing material thicknesses and smoothing wood surfaces. While the wood fibers are cutting with a hand planer, …