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Wired for the Next Generation
The iPod generation has arrived: Will you answer the text message?
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Long-Awaited Bliss
The multifamily market is expected to heat up in this sun-soaked city. But like new charcoal, it may take a while to catch fire.
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Food and Shelter Lines Grow
Local food banks and shelters don’t need the Labor Department to tell them that jobless claims have reached a seven-year high. They can just look at the growing lines outside their doors.
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Q: A customer asked me about sealing a brand-new garage slab to keep oil drips from penetrating the concrete, in case she decides to have the slab finish-painted in the future. Is this necessary? What product should we use?
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Q: We recently completed a residence with a basement garage and a single 20-foot-wide garage door. The door is equipped with a commercial opener attached directly to the framing. Because the homeowners - who have a master suite directly above the garage - have complained about the noise the door...
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A high-tech floor coating, slat wall, and cabinets transform a single-car garage in three days.
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A carpenter's home is his castle
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Windows; garage doors; decking
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Before adding new living space above an existing garage, make sure the footings can handle the load.
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The American Nightmare
April Corrigan never expected it to happen to her. A single mother with two young daughters, she had a good job that paid $22.50 an hour and a nice place to live.