Category: Education

  • Septic Tank Product Review; Us vs Store bought

    What am I talking about? City dwellers don’t have to worry about septic maintenance  stuff except in their portable RVs where they might have a sewage holding tank. I’m not talking about RVs here. My house is on a septic system, meaning I have to look after the maintenance of my sewage.  In my world,…

  • Education Takes Many Forms

    Over thanksgiving, my brother dropped off a few books for me to read. “I saved them from the garbage.”  He said.  I’m shocked that someone would throw out these books. “Some you can keep, but there are a couple I just want you to store for me.” The one I wanted most was not a…

  • The Good, The Bad and the Evil Contractors

    The summer is over and I’m back at it with the website journal.  Summer is usually a very busy time for home improvement.  There are many jobs that require warm temperatures.  In August I put Stone Effects on an aging concrete landing.  I didn’t bother to take photos to show you since the job was…

  • The Shop’n’Fight Sydrome

    At first I thought it was just my wife. I would think: Why does shopping for kitchen tiles turn into a big fight?!? Then I’d think maybe it was us. Maybe our marriage can’t handle the stress of kitchen design.  Maybe it’s me! Maybe I am truly loathsome and don’t care about kitchen decor. I…

  • The [Dis]Advantage of Canadian Winters and Building

    I mentioned in my last post that I would give a follow up post about the things I don’t like about carpentry work in Canada’s winter wonderland. I just finished up couple of jobs in November and in Alberta, November is winter (my friends from Victoria can stop laughing now!). I know some places in…

  • The Advantage of Canadian Winters and Building

    Having an outdoor job means that mother nature is in charge of the schedule. But there are less times that an unscheluded day off is issued by Mrs Nature than most people think. It also applies for Old Man Winter which argues a lot with mother nature (but they’re the best of friends). Most areas…