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What's New This Week?
It's been a crazy winter weather-wise, warm temperatures, no snow and tons of cold and flu like symptoms. I swear the cold temperatures keep me from catching a cold.
Even though I was sick, this week has been kinda fun. Here's how the week went:
A finish carpenter who recently moved from New Jersey to Massachusetts contacted me through AConcordCarpetner.com and asked for a meet up. We met for coffee, hit it off and now he is part of the crew! Go figure.
Some of you may remember the short remodeling tips-clips I did last year for HGTV Remodel.com. If you missed those clips you can watch them by clicking here and then scrolling down.
Well HGTV Remodel liked me enough to ask if I were interested in participating in a new HGTV Remodels venture with Bob Villa, Nicole Curtis, Jeff Wilson and Chip Wade.
Hmmmmm ~ More to come later...
Next week I fly down to Walt Disney World in Orlando to attend a new innovation event for DEWALT. I'm sure they've come up with something very cool and innovative, probably even an industry first.
You'll be one of the first to know what it is . . . I'll be tweeting and posting on that Tuesday the 7th.
On Wednesday the 8th I will be attending the NAHB International Builders Show, also in Orlando. Stay tuned for posts on the latest and greatest products.
If you're attending the IBS and would like to meet, reply to this E-letter.
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Well I finally stopped and grabbed these pictures today. Every day I drive to the screen porch job I'm working on I drive past a stream with a beaver pond and these trees. I kept vowing that I would stop and share these cool pictures.
Beavers are natures carpenters. They're known for their innate trait of building dams on rivers and streams, and building their homes ("Beaver lodges") in the pond they fom opposite the dam.
One thing I was not aware of was that Beavers also build canals to float build materials to the dam that are difficult to haul over land.
Unlike the human carpenter a Beavers tool belt consists of three tools; their building ingenuity, a sturdy, broad tail, and powerful front teeth they use to cut trees and other plants that they use both for building.
When building a dam a Beaver first places vertical poles to serve as the dam's structural foundation. They then fill between the poles in horizontally pattern of perfectly placed branches. I gues they havn't found plywood yet!
Gaps between the branches are then filled with a combination of weeds and mud until the dam holds sufficient water to surround the Beaver lodge.
FACT: Beavers are slow on land, but are great swimmers, and can stay under water for as long as 15 minutes.
What tool would you use to accomplish this? How about a dam?
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A friend of mine, Brad Staggs, recently wrote his own home improvement book.
Brad Staggs has written, produced and directed feature stories for The Nashville Network and also produced and hosted features for Decorating with Style and Today at Home on HGTV. Today,
Brad is seen on HGTV's HGTVPro.Com Weekly and on the syndicated Rebecca's Garden and The Today Show.
I just finished reading the book if you're a homeowner - it's a worthwhile read!
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