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How to Use a Pressure Washer Without Destroying Things

Eric December 27, 2012 2 Comments

Homelite Honda 2700 psi 2.4 GPM Gas Pressure WasherIf you’ve ever had to use a pressure washer to clean off your stained concrete sidewalks and driveway, then you know how useful they can be. Nothing beats a high pressure blast of water to do some real deep cleaning. But if you’ve used your pressure washer to clean up your wood deck, asphalt shingles, soffit, vinyl siding or stucco walls, then you might be doing more harm than good. There’s an old saying that I just invented: “if ‘said product’ was designed to resist water, then why would you clean ‘said product’ with high pressure blasts of the stuff”? Catchy, isn’t it? In this article we’ll cover where, when and how to use a pressure washer and provide some some less destructive but still effective alternatives. Read More

Filed Under: Decks, Restoration, Roofing

Exterior Portfolio’s Dream Designer Program Helps You Think Outside the Beige Box You May Be Living In

Liz December 6, 2011 3 Comments

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Exterior Portfolio's "French Country" materials package

Exterior Portfolio by Crane contacted us here at HF to let us know about their revamped online visualizer and see what we thought. They’ve introduced the complete “Dream Designer Program” including the Dream Designer Visualizer, Smart Styles Color Selector, Dream Designer Board, and Exterior Portfolio material samples. As many of you may already know, Exterior Portfolio is known for its maintenance-free building products; everything is made of plastic and plastic composites so it’s not only environmentally friendly, but endures far longer than wood and other traditional building materials.   Read More

Filed Under: Building Materials, Green, Smart Home

Thinking Alongside The Box: A Neat Gardening Idea

Jen July 9, 2009 1 Comment

Filed Under: Gardening

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