Renovate Australia

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Free Coupons for your Renovation Projects

August 5th, 2010 · No Comments

This last week I have been chatting a bit with Ethan over at One Project Closer. I’ve been following their web-site since 2008, shortly after they started the site. The site is written by two different couples who own three houses between them and are kept busy with the upkeep and renovations on those sites. [...]

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How To Find Environmentally Friendly / Sustainable Timber and Wood

April 6th, 2010 · No Comments

I think that it would surprise a lot of people to find out that timber can be one of your most environmentally friendly options when it comes to construction materials. Sustainably harvested timber, when compared to other building materials, has a very small carbon footprint. When done sustainably the tree farms are also a natural [...]

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Update on Composite Decking VS. Wood Decks

May 3rd, 2007 · 9 Comments

I last wrote about Composite Decking material at the beginning of March 2007 in my article 6 Advantages and 6 Disadvantages of Composite Decking. Since then the author of the article that I linked to has written an update (March 27, 2007) and although there are some good things about composite decking material, and it [...]

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6 Advantages and 6 Disadvantages of Composite Decking

March 3rd, 2007 · 5 Comments

The use of composite decking really seems to be taking off here. While at the Calgary Home and Garden Show I had a bit of a chat at a decking booth. He told me that composite decking material is becoming more and more common. They are still building more timber/wood decks than composite decks, but [...]

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