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Before you begin renovations...

Evaluate before you renovate For renovations to be profitable, you should be able to recover the investment when you resell the home. A good rule of thumb is that renovations should not increase a home’s value to more than 30 percent of that of neighbouring homes. Otherwise, this investment will be hard to recoup.

Always take a long-term approach when planning renovations. Occupying the house is a good way to know what work is needed. This also makes it easier to evaluate the possibilities and limitations of the home and to understand the repercussions of any renovations.

Plan renovations as a whole and distribute the budget and work to avoid disproportionate investments. The best strategy is to choose reasonable projects, pick what is essential and what is desirable, and list them in order of importance.

You can also check exposed parts of the house during major renovations. For example, when working on walls you may check the electrical system. Lastly, decide who will do what, establish written contracts, and thoroughly inspect the work.

Getting the best return from your renovations All homes eventually need renovation – whether it is for maintenance, or to update style. But is the inevitable upheaval worth it? Some homeowners end up wondering if they should just move.

It might not be such an issue if renovations are done solely

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Finally, rely on competent contractors who guarantee the quality of their work; you’ll have a better chance of getting your money’s worth.

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to update a home and improve comfort. Still, there is nothing to stop a homeowner from focusing on return on investment while renovating. If you’re staying in the home, stick to renovations with sure market value. But if the goal is selling the home, urgent renovations should take precedence.

Style of renovation Classic and conservative renovations tend to offer better returns on investment. Decoration is advisable only if you plan on selling your home in the short-term. Avoid fads; good taste is always in style and a better return-on-investment. The best investments include renovating the kitchen and bathrooms, a

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Professional contractors always provide clients clear, easyto-understand contracts. Since they are legally binding, it is important that what is described in the contract is exactly what you want. If a contractor refuses to sign a contract, change contractors.

Each contract is unique. Nevertheless, all contracts should include the address where the work is to be done, your name and address, and the name, address and telephone number of the renovator.

Contracts must include detailed descriptions, schemes, a list of materials to be used, the type of work, a provincial construction license, a clause stipulating that work must conform to applicable codes, and the start and end dates.

Contracts should also indicate who is responsible for obtaining permits, licenses and certificates; the renovator’s responsibility to remove all waste as soon as the work is finished; guarantees which explain exactly what is covered and for how long; insurance against any material damage caused by the contractor; and the total cost and method of payment.

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A few renos before Jack Frost starts to nip Like it or not, for most of us the cold weather arrives good and solid by the first day of winter, on Dec. 21.

So you’d better get to work if you want to make your home warm and cozy before the winter season!

An electric heated floor can be installed under ceramic and stone tiles or floating floors.

According to some experts, hardwood flooring should be avoided, as it can warp with the heat. Heated flooring is installed on a plywood underlay or in an insulated concrete slab.

Adequate insulation

For a home to be healthy and comfortable, it has to be airtight, well insulated, and well ventilated. If the walls and floors are cold, if the heat is not evenly distributed, if heating costs are exorbitant, or if there is mold on the walls then the home is not properly insulated.

Consult a specialist in order to choose the right kind of insulation and consider hiring him or her to install the materials. For insulation to be efficient it should not be packed down and there should be no gaps around it.

electric baseboard heaters.

Program it, or them, to heat your home to 20 C during the day (leave curtains open to allow the sun to heat rooms as well) and 18 C at night or when you’re away.

And leave the T-shirts until summer — put on a sweater!

Do it right this winter

Ditch the drafts If you can’t invest right now in an expert analysis on energy leakages in your home, do your own walkabout and take note of drafty windows, doors, and vents.

Repair any old weatherstripping around them or install it new where drafts have appeared.

When you’re at home and heating the house to 20 C, close the doors and heating vents into rooms and other spaces that you’re not using and that don’t need to be heated.

With the winter weather settling in, and with holiday festivities and guests adding to the regular heating, cooking, and laundry load, using energy wisely becomes more important than ever.

Here are the top three ways to keep your home warm and cozy all while reducing your energy consumption footprint and saving a few dollars.

Supplementary heating

Some homes are equipped with a secondary source of heating to fight off the rigours of winter. A wood, gas, or oil burning appliance can give a big boost in making your home more comfortable. Choosing the right location for this appliance is extremely important — if possible it should be located in the basement, in the middle of the home, or close to a staircase.

That way, the heat will be distributed more evenly. Be sure to purchase an appliance with controlled combustion or one that is EPA-certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Lose your old lighting habits Whenever one of your old incandescent bulbs burns out, replace it with an energy efficient compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) or LED light.

Get into the habit of turning out the lights when you leave a room. A small LED nightlight is a great way to keep hallways and kitchens glowing when you still want a cozy light on elsewhere in the house.

Keep tabs on the temperature If you don’t already have one, purchase and install a programmable thermostat for your furnace or for the rooms that are heated with

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Heated floors are really appreciated in bathrooms, but they are also increasingly common elsewhere in the house.

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Panelling and paint, no longer plain Panelling is making a comeback

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Decorative as well as practical, panelling is making a comeback because of its many advantages — it is easy to install and is an inexpensive thermal and acoustic insulation.

In the past, panelling always consisted of narrow strips of stained wood.

Now, however, strips up to 40 centimetres wide are available on the market; they come either varnished or left in their natural state.

The latest trend is not to panel the entire room but rather to combine different materials on the same wall. Laying the strips horizontally also gives a more contemporary look.

One thing is certain: today’s panelling is no longer used just to hide defects in the walls!

Panelling can dress up a headboard or bring a refined touch to part of a wall or to an entire accent wall.

Various types of wood are used for paneling. Soft woods offer white, uniform panelling with blond accents, and distressed wood is a great choice if you want to create lots of texture with its wind-worn, rustic look.

Another great choice is smooth wood paneling whose grain is still apparent.

Laying panelling requires a wood framework with spacing of 40 to 50 cm between each length of wood.

Tongue-and-groove panelling fits together easily and can be nailed or stapled in place. Gluing the strips is not recommended, as the glue can stain the panelling over time.

It is also possible to affix the panelling directly onto the wall without a frame; however, with this method, the wall must be perfectly straight and dry.

Are you wondering what the latest color trends are in interior decorating?

If so, here’s what’s new: mixing warm and cold tones will be all the rage in 2013-2014, a combination that will bring newfound freedom to how we harmonize colors.

Here is a brief update for those who like to keep their home décor in synch with the top trends.

The dramatic trend for the coming months will see yellow and blue adorning our walls.

These two dynamic colours are often used in interior decorating; in fact yellow, which made an initial comeback in 2012, will continue to lend radiance to our homes in 2014.

If you want to create a designer look, choose a lemon yellow combined with dark grey and black.

Alternatively, mustard or honey yellow will be popular as well.

Blended with the reddish tones of walnut or mahogany furniture or with wine-coloured accessories, these tones are sure to please.

After the joyful tones of yellow come the blues to warm our hearts.

Often considered a cold colour, shades like lavender blue, duck egg blue, royal blue, and periwinkle will blend perfectly with strong, saturated colours such as red, pink, or yellow.

The spearhead of this latest trend is navy blue, which blends perfectly with off-whites and luminous greys to transform architectural features such as chimney pieces, staircases, or headboards.

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Home improvements to protect children Parents understandably consider their home a safe haven for children. But the home actually plays host to many childhood injuries over the course of a typical year.

When improving your home this season, take steps to decrease the likelihood of accidents by targeting the areas where injuries are most likely to occur.

Slamming doors and windows: Amputations to fingers as a result of slammed doors and windows are a leading emergency room injury.

This painful injury is easily remedied by putting foam or plastic guards on windows and doors so they can’t fully crush fingers if they are accidentally slammed.

Also, high-placed latches on windows or doors that are off-limits can reduce the

chance for injury.

Stairs: Statistics indicate that more people end up in emergency rooms because of fall-related injuries than from any other cause.

Falls down stairs are a leading cause of injury. Adequate lighting around staircases can illuminate open stairwells. Non-slip treads on stairs can help prevent falls, as can replacing carpeting on stairs that is bunching or separating from the underfloor.

Be sure handrails are sturdy so they can be used.

A pressure-mounted gate at the top of stairs can block the stairs to prevent falls if a child is wandering around at night to visit the bathroom or another instance.

Window safety: Falls out of open

windows are another startling statistic, with thousands of young children being susceptible to injury every year.

Window guards that cover the open window with grating or metal bars, or locks, which prevent the window from opening past a certain height, can help prevent window injuries. It’s also important to keep furniture away from easily opened windows.

Electrocution: Children are curious by nature, and open outlets or wires and plugs will certainly attract their attention.

Consider hiding wires beneath plastic covers for this purpose. Upgrade wiring if the house is old and if there are frayed wires or faulty outlets or switches. Use outlet covers on all exposed electrical outlets.

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Wire-brushed hardwood floors create timeless rustic look According to design experts, the prominent trend in home decor today is to bring warmth and timelessness of a bygone era to contemporary living spaces through rustic wire-brushed hardwood floors.

As the heart and soul of the decor, these floors are used to convey a sense of comfort and well-being associated with a cozy home environment.

Just imagine a cabin in the mountains, a ski lodge or an old farmhouse in the country with wide-planked unfinished floors and you get the feelings these floors help to emulate in today’s

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In wire-brushed flooring, soft portion of the wood is removed to expose the grain and bring enhanced definition to each plank.

Beautiful knots and dramatic oak character marks further emphasize depth and texture of wire-brushed flooring.

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Easy home improvements for the weekend warrior

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Few industries have grown as much in the last decade-plus as the home improvement industry. Whereas it was once commonplace for homeowners to have a handyman on speed dial, nowadays homeowners handle not onlyStreet,Penticton,BC the routine 437 Main

upkeep necessary to maintain a home, but many home improvement projects as well.

Home expert Danny Lipford, said, “Today you’ve got not only an amazing selection of tools to help with every project, but they also shorten the time it used

to take to complete the project.

“When you couple that with all the DIY instruction and programming out there, it’s no wonder we have the confidence to do more on our own.”

As popular as home improvement projects have

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become, many homeowners still find themselves pressed for time when it comes to tackling projects around the house.

For homeowners without much time during the week, the following projects tailormade for weekend warriors.

Paint a new look inside

Fall is cool outside but can be seen as a season of rejuvenation, a time to give your home a brand new look by repainting the interior.

Veteran DIYers can no doubt recall when painting took as much elbow grease as it did time, but times have changed.

Thanks to the new Fein MultiMaster, the tedious and time-consuming job of scraping old paint with a putty knife and sanding tight spaces with paper wrapped around your finger is a thing of the past.

The MultiMaster’s profiled sanding pads make scraping old paint easier than ever before, while its multiple user-friendly accessories that scrape, cut, shave, sand, polish, and remove grout make the MultiMaster an ideal companion for homeowners with several projects on tap this fall.

Tackle indoor projects on rainy days

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The fall has its share of rainy days and snowy days, and on the weekend those are the perfect times to tackle interior projects with the Rockwell BladeRunner.

Whether you want to cut and install base molding, chair rails or hardwood flooring or frame and trim windows and doors, the lightweight, portable

BladeRunner is your go-to tool.

This precision cutter’s variable-speed motor control and simple blade changing mechanism allow you to easily cut wood, metal, ceramic tile, aluminum, and plastic using a T-shank jigsaw blade.

You can operate the BladeRunner on a benchtop or use the convenient wall mount bracket. Attach the tool’s dust port to your shop vac for easy cleanup.

Prepare tools in advance

While there are several projects homeowners can complete in a single weekend, no project is likely to be successful without properly maintained tools.

Homeowners should take inventory of their tools before beginning any projects to ensure the tools won’t cause any delays.

The Work Sharp(R) Knife and Tool Sharpener can bring tools back to life in a matter of minutes.

This handheld, motorized tool sharpens any knife as well as scissors, tin snips,

garden shears, and even lawn mower blades for green thumbers.

The sharpener’s patented Flex-Tek(TM) belt technology conforms to the shape of any blade, practically guaranteeing a sharp edge and ensuring your next home improvement project will start off on the right foot.

Work smarter

Tackling a home improvement project in a single weekend might not be easy, but DIYers can take steps to make such projects easier.

For example, VibeAway Anti-Slip Pads are made from recycled tires and designed to reduce the transfer of vibration that occurs in most woodworking tools and stationary equipment.

This shock absorption pad helps reduce sound, vibrations, and pulsating of router tables, scrollsaws, table saws and other benchtop or stationary machines, making it easier to complete a project mistakefree and in less time.

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Tips for the ultimate in trendy kitchens Are you thinking about renovating your kitchen?

Would you like to have up-to-the-minute furniture in surroundings that are both contemporary and stunning?

If so, take note that European trends are the flavour of the day — think uncluttered kitchens, clean lines, and dynamic colours.

If you love gadgets, choose a model with a warning light to indicate the temperature of the water (blue when the water is cold and red when it’s hot).

Professional style faucets with a flexible spout, which imitate the models used in restaurant kitchens, are still very popular.

Lots of space

Give me colour!

Two-toned furniture is turning heads these days. The trend is towards cabinets that marry white with another colour.

For example, white can be accompanied by a naturally polished wood such as walnut or cherry.

But an explosion of colour is also possible; two-toned cupboards mixing white doors with emerald green, or firetruck red, or cobalt blue cabinets creates an eye-catching effect.

Avoid an overly flashy result by limiting the bright colour to only one section of cabinets.

Prized materials

Many different types of materials are popular these days, so there is freedom to choose what meets your needs, budget, and tastes.

• For worktops: quartz, black granite, marble, stainless steel, wood, and even concrete.

• For cupboards: veneer, hardwood, laminate, thermoplastic, and lacquered glass.

• For floors: hardwood, white painted wood, and ceramic.

• For appliances: stainless steel is the enduring trend.

Modern faucets Single-handle faucets are all the rage.

Apart from taps in a stainless steel or chrome finish, you could also treat yourself to red, black, or white ones.

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You’re sure to want a big and useful island in your new kitchen. It can be equipped with a sink or even a cooking surface.

Think about the practical aspects of the room; extend the cabinets up to the ceiling to increase storage space.

Don’t dismiss the possibility of replacing some of the doors under the worktop or in the pantry with drawers, as they are so much more practical.

Other gadgets can also make your life easier, such as sliding shelves and hidden recycling bins.

Easy access shelving

Shelves are definitely in.

They’re perfect for keeping frequently used kitchen articles close at hand, but before installing any, ask yourself if you’ll use them appropriately.

You don’t want your shelves to become overcrowded or a collecting place for junk.

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Lastly, if the idea of planning a new kitchen stresses you out, don’t hesitate to consult a kitchen designer.

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Top five home repair blunders to avoid Home improvement projects seem to drum up images of shyster contractors or bumbling do-ityourselfers.

However, home repairs don’t have to turn into an unorganized mess. By

avoiding some common mistakes and taking common-sense precautions, you can end up with renovations that wow.

1. Accepting the lowest bid. Smart homeowners shop around for everything —

including work done on their home. But accepting the lowest bid right off the bat to save money may cost you more in the long run.

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inexperienced contractor, or one who plans to use subpar materials or skimp on the job.

Contractors will have similar prices. Shop based on experience and recommendations, not price alone.

2. Choosing friends and family. There certainly are skilled professionals that also may be a close friend or family member.

But mixing business and pleasure could be a recipe for trouble, especially when workmanship and an exchange of money are involved.

“We had a friend replace our home’s furnace,” says Beth in Pennsylvania.

“While we got a great price, we found out later on when there was a glitch in the system that certain things weren’t done up to code.

“We had to spend more money to have it repaired, and the friendship has since suffered.”

Some relatives are adamant about doing repairs — but they may not be skilled or know the correct laws governing remodeling.

Stick with a third-party contractor with whom you’ll feel comfortable talking if you feel repairs need to be done a certain way.

3. Thinking you can handle it. Many do-ityourselfers (generally in an attempt to save money) believe they can learn every DIY task from a book or magazine.

There are some jobs, however, that should be left to the professionals, including major plumbing work or electrical repairs.

There’s no need to risk a fire, injury or death by doing inexperienced electrical modifications.

4. Letting maintenance slide. Many homeowners think once the repair is made that they’re all set — failing to keep up with routine maintenance.

But complications can arise by not maintaining a new appliance or keeping up with an improvement.

“Our homeowner’s association required proof that the dryer venting for our clothes dryer was replaced on an annual basis,” offers Bill in California.

“I’d simply go out and buy a new box of the venting material and submit the receipt as ‘proof’ so I could save the money on a professional installation.

“But one day the lint

trapped in the venting, which I hadn’t bothered to change, caught on fire.

It not only damaged the venting, it damaged the entire dryer -- resulting in the purchase of a new dryer. Luckily no one was hurt. I’ve since learned my lesson.”

5. Following every trend.

Anyone who has a harvest gold or avocado green appliance collecting dust in the garage or basement knows how interior style choices come and go.

Instead of jumping on every trend (granite countertops and stainless steel refrigerator, for example), think about what will work for your home and be timeless.

Otherwise you may end up having to update every few years.

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