We often tend to ignore the well-being of our outdoor living area. The patio and deck, having taken a thorough beating during winter, are left unheeded till the next winter makes its mark. Dust keeps settling in along with stains and other hazards. We should take care to winterize these areas and keep the outdoor patio areas clean and prepared for our next essay.
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Helping the Homeless, Simplifying Your Life, Too
In the last 7 years, homelessness has shot up by 17%. In brute, bare-it-all figures, it implies more than 100,000 forced to sit beneath the stars each night. In an article for the website realestate.com.au, Venessa Paech talks about the “It’s Your Move” project which aims at giving away our resources to the shelterless when we move homes.
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How to Carve an Outdoor Living Area
Think how soothing an oasis in a desert is! In a life full of stress and labour, we should create all avenues to ensure comfort, relaxation and shall one say, luxury. Talking of relaxation, the one area that seems to promise it in our houses is the outdoor area (the frontal lawn or the backyard). We can add our own little effects and make the factor more meaningful and energy-giving. We may consider these following pointers for that:
The One Storey Versus Two Storey Debate
There are many names to the “block versus home” debate. One of these names is “one storey versus two storey”. What you intend to get for yourself will depend upon many factors which may include, but are not certainly restricted to, your desired lawn size, need for privacy, need for a desirable block and a spectacular look of the finished product from the adjacent street corner.
Radiant Heating Leaps Ahead of Convection Heating
While the Sun whetted our appetite, giving us the most primeval example of radiant heating, we have begun to narrow down the concept for residential and commercial use only now. I agree that the temperatures in Sydney might not reach close to freezing point in winter but keeping your warm resources geared up is certainly the right way to go. Radiant heating techniques are just those kinds of resources.
Importance and Value of R-value
We earnestly strive to turn our homes into pockets of comfort; especially during summer and winter. Heat and its impact is one of our biggest concerns. Insulation is a raging motto of new constructors. Thus, we should be well-informed about a leading concept in this field – R-value. It is an address given to the resistance that insulating materials provide to the incoming and outgoing heat.
Should You Prefer White Roofs over Green Roofs?
Amid growing future concerns and the impending global warming, one question has suddenly spurted out. Should we settle with our black roofs or should we be pro-active in installing white roofs? This tenable debate has been intensified by the inclusion of a very potent alternative: green roofs, says Paul Thornhill on the website realestate.com.au.
Zoning Your House Helps Secure Your Belongings
Many old-timers have this habit of putting back things exactly where they pick them from. This is a wise habit most of us happily ignore and in the process we keep forgetting the changed placement of necessary and not-so-necessary items. By zoning our house, we can put an end to this dilemma, reports Naomi Findlay on the website realestate.com.au.