2016

Worried About Floods? 4 Steps To Take When Building A Retaining Wall

If your new home is built in a flood zone, you'll need to add a retaining wall to your landscape design. A properly built retaining wall will help reduce flood damage on your property. Before you get started on your retaining wall, there are a few things you should take into consideration. Here are four steps that will help you receive the maximum benefit from your concrete retaining wall. Make It Part of the Design

3 Safety Measures You Can Take To Increase The Safety Of Your Pallet Storage Area

If you have an area within your business where your store multiple pallets and stack them up on top of one another, you need to make sure that you take every precaution necessary to keep the pallets, your goods, and your employees safe. Here are three safety measures you can easy implement this fall to increase the safety of your business's pallet storage area. #1 Label The Shelves The first thing you can do, that is really easy to implement, is a shelf labeling system.

Things To Rent When Working On Outside Construction Projects

If you are getting ready to start a construction project outside of your property, there are certain things that you may want to consider renting. By renting some of the following things, it will be a lot easier for you to get the job done in a timely manner and without too many mishaps. Construction Lights  Even if you never plan on working outside in the dark, you may need to have the additional lighting during the day.

Is This The Winter To Set Up A Biodiesel Distillation Tank?

If you're heartened by the prospect of low heating oil prices this fall and winter, you may not be giving much thought to alternate heating methods — after all, "if it ain't broke," what's the point of changing your system? However, it's important not to become complacent when it comes to heating prices, as what goes down will often go back up; in fact, the mild temperatures predicted for much of the U.

4 Things To Condsider When Shopping For A New Ladder

As a homeowner, you may not know that there are many different kinds of ladders on the market, and they all have different uses. If you are looking to buy a new ladder, then the vast amount of options can be overwhelming. Also, there is a matter of safety when shopping for a new ladder, because if you buy and use the wrong ladder for the task, you could be seriously injured.