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Bostitch® Gas-Powered Framing Nailer (GF28WW) Review

By Todd Fratzel on Power Tools, Product Reviews

Bostitch® 3-1/2″ Gas Wire-Weld Framing Nailer Model GF28WW Cordless framing nailers are becoming more and more popular on job sites. In fact it’s likely that cordless or gas powered framers will continue to grow in popularity until pneumatics are almost completely driven off. So when Bostitch asked me to test their all new Gas-Powered Framing…

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7 Things You Don’t Know About Carpet

By Todd Fratzel on Home Improvement

March 2011 Issue of Holmes: The Magazine To Make It Right There are very few home related shows that I watch on TV these days because most of them are just far too fake and staged for my liking. However, there are a couple exceptions and one of them is Holmes on Homes where Mike…

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Renew & Redo Bath Makeover – Before & After

By Todd Fratzel on Feature Story, Home Improvement

$1200 Bathroom Remodel Before & After Last month we told you all about the Renew & Redo Bath Event at The Home Depot which ends this week on the 23rd. The Home Depot is helping home owners renew their bathrooms with some great sales, great selections and lots of helpful tips. To help show you…

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DEWALT 1-3/4″ SDS Max Combination Hammer Kit Review

By Todd Fratzel on Power Tools, Product Reviews

DEWALT SDS Hammers Last summer I had the privilege of traveling down to Baltimore to the DEWALT headquarters where I tested the new line of DEWALT Rotary Hammers. At the media event I was really impressed with some of the great new features on the hammers including the SHOCKS-Active Vibration Control® and Complete Torque Control…

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Renew & Redo Your Bath Home Depot Giveaway

By Todd Fratzel on Feature Story, Giveaways, Home Improvement

And The Winner Is….. Updated 2/17/11 A special thanks to The Home Depot for sponsoring this months giveaway. More specifically a huge thanks to them for sharing with us all the great deals for the Renew & Redo Your Bath event. We’ll be revealing our big Bathroom transformation this weekend but before we do that…

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Delta 18″ Laser Drill Press Review – Model 18-900L

By Todd Fratzel on Power Tools, Product Reviews

Delta 18″ Laser Drill Press – Model 18-900L Earlier this year the folks at Delta sent me their all new 18″ Laser Drill Press – Model 18-900L to test and review. This is the last of three different size drill presses that we’ve reviewed this year and it’s also the largest one. The Delta 18″…

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Painting Kitchen Cabinets – Rust-Oleum Cabinet Transformations

By Todd Fratzel on Cabinetry, Kitchens

Rust-Oleum Cabinet Transformations™ Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to New Orleans to attend a special media event with the folks from Rust-Oleum and some of the biggest online publishers and bloggers from the industry. The media event  focused on two exciting new products from Rust-Oleum’s Transformations™ line. The all new Transformations™ line…

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Do-It-Yourself (DIY) and Save Money

By Todd Fratzel on Home Improvement Cost Savings

DIY Can Save Big Money Long before I was professionally employed in the construction industry (I was a practicing civil and structural engineer) I was tackling every home improvement project I could think of around our first home. One of the first major DIY projects that I took on was a full renovation of the…

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