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Children’s Swingsets: Tips to Buy & Assemble


Swing sets and spring seem to go together. The box stores assemble and display a swing set near the front of the store and parents buy them. What you might not recognize is just like the candy on display at the grocery store check-out line, these swing sets are often an impulse purchase that maybe [...]

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Tips to Installing a Swing Set


Installing a swing set isn’t difficult, but swing sets do takes more time and preparation than most parents realize. Today’s swing sets come with thousands of hardware pieces and hundreds of parts requiring pre-assembly. Very few sets can be assembled in one day or weekend. So the first step to a stress-free installation is being [...]

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Universal Design: Tips to Stay Home Forever


With all the emphasis today on saving energy and going green, most people aren’t aware of another trend in home design. It’s happening but you might not notice unless you’re learning about universal design. With an aging population, the construction industry is paying a lot of attention and so are manufacturers of home appliances. Universal [...]

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10 Safety Tips for Summer Fun at Home


At Mr Handyman we tend to focus on your home and helping you with maintenance, repairs and small remodeling projects. We value your business and the ability to develop long term relationships with you … so we wanted to offer tips to keep you and your family safe this summer. Summer is when we think [...]

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Handyman Summer Projects


Americans are changing their habits in reaction to the economy, and many of those changes are good. We are spending less and saving more. We are taking more time to consider how we spend our time and money, and that is a good thing. This year we’ve shared ideas on energy saving home improvements that [...]

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Baby Boomers: What They Want in a Home


Happened onto this article, What Boomers Really Want in Housing, at chicagotribune.com and decided if I was interested, you might be too.Here is a short recap of the key points made.
What Boomers Want in a Home

Prefer single floor homes with 3 bedrooms
Easy maintenance
Energy efficiency
Quality features like walk-in closets
Quality materials like granite counter tops
Creature comforts like [...]

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Seniors: What They Want in a Home


You may wonder where I get my ideas. Sometimes I stumble on them. I googled “energy and age of house,” to learn the percentage of homes built before home construction improved with 2 x 6 walls which enable more insulation.
What I found was some great information about seniors, what’s important to them so I decided [...]

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