Home Repair and Maintenance

How to Maintain Indoor Fountains
Once you have a decorative indoor fountain placed in your home, you may think that all you need to do now is enjoy it. The fact is, if you want to enjoy your indoor fountain for a number of years, you will need to conduct some regular maintenance to keep it functioning properly. Find out why using tap water in your indoor fountain is not the best choice, why it's important to add an anti-algae product, and the importance of adding fresh water to your fountain on a regular basis. If you follow the advice posted here, your indoor fountain will be a thing of beauty for a long time to come.

Home Maintenance Help
Provided by the Department of Environmental Design, University of Missouri-Columbia, this section of the website provides a plethoria of publications for do-it-youself home maintenance. It covers many areas of home repair, from popluming, wood porch flooring and screened doors and windows, to fixing cracks in concrete sidewalks and caulking and filling cracks around windows and doors. There are publications on exterior painting and wood finishing, as well as how to restore funiture, and much more.

Manual for Manufactured and Mobile Home Repairs and Upgrades
Help for the consumer needing to repair or just plain understand their manufactured home is available here. Choose from articles on adding on to your mobile home, cutting down a new exterior door, installing a ceiling fan, adding a fixture shut-off value, tightening a loose electrical outlet box, leveling your home and determining whether rubber roofing is right for you or news on how HUD can help in emergency situation and the questions you should ask before purchasing a manufactured home. Seasonal tips, like information on furnaces, appear from time-to-time, and consumers can place ads for buying and selling mobile homes.

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Caring for Hardwood Floors
Learn to maintain hard wood floors with tips for preventing damage from spills, cleaners and dirt, as well as care instructions how to mop, vacuum and dust hard wood floors. Includes information about how to tell if you need new flooring, discovering the existing condition of your floor, as well as information on acrylic, waxes, polyurethane and other sealants and finishes. Learn how to care for cigarette burns, squeaks, stains and perform other repairs.

Home Repair Stuff, Home Improvement, Do It Yourself
This comprehensive do it yourself site offers repair tips, advice and help on painting, plumbing, cleaning, maintenance, stains, pests, restoration, light bulbs, fans, water heaters, locks, etc. It also offers tips on choosing the right tools and finding the right professional for the job if you don't want to do it yourself.