Browsing: Exterior

Determining if you need a building permit for your home remodeling project can be difficult, because permitting departments often frustrate homeowners’…

A frost-free yard hydrant is really just a variation on a standard compression faucet, in which a plunger at the…

Painting a house, whether interior or exterior, is a project that always seems to follow its own schedule. If you…

During a new installation of lawn sprinklers or irrigation pipes, joints are normally completed using solvent-cement fittings. This becomes less…

Few homeowners will ever say that they want less space. Once you live in a house for a while, the…

A yard drain, also called an area drain or landscape drain, is a common hardscape feature in yards with significant contours,…

Overhead power lines are subject to strict guidelines for minimum height clearances over streets, sidewalks, alleys, driveways, and other traffic…

Most of us have some lighting outside our home that belongs to us and that we control. Porch lights and…

Homes come in all varieties to fit all needs. Due to the broad choice of existing housing stock, plus the…

Most homes have only a couple of outdoor outlets (electrical receptacles), but adding one can be easier than you might think.…