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Continue reading →: Shade – By Design!Shade is perhaps one of the most under-appreciated and even under-investigated natural phenomenons on earth. We know we love sitting under the ‘shade of the old oak tree’ but we rarely appreciate why. Though the idea itself is self refuting scientifically speaking, since it is impossible to prove, most scientists…
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Continue reading →: Considering DIYNot all do it yourselfers are driven by the same thing. My Dad loves the challenge of saving a buck or two where ever he can on his home improvement projects. Others want to walk away with the knowledge that they did not have to put control in another person’s…
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Continue reading →: Inside Looking Out!Many Americans will be looking to the backyard this year as their new ‘holiday’ space. Where there is no deck or patio… a place to relax will be constructed. Where there is only the hot beating sun… shade will be the new normal. Where there is but a bare unadorned…
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Continue reading →: Our Christmas/New Year Wish For 2018As a company, we are fortunate to work with companies and customers on both sides of the US / Canada border. The last 10 years or so has been tough, particularly with, arguably, a full blown recession going on in the US. Well, perhaps good news is on the horizon…
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Continue reading →: LTL, HPPKI and YOU!Lots of letters in that title heading… Read on and they will make sense! You cannot over-estimate the importance of the role of the trucking industry in our economy. “Nearly 70% of all the freight tonnage moved in the U.S. goes on trucks. Without the industry and our truck drivers,…
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Continue reading →: A Retractable Convenience…Here at Home Porch & Patio Kits, we get much the same kind of question all the time when it comes to retractable patio awnings. “Are these strong enough to be an effective protection against sun and rain and yet have the patio uncovered in the cool evenings?”
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Continue reading →: Spring “Screening” is Here!Okay! Corny and yes, we are sure this is unoriginal, but you had to know we would use some reference to the ‘spring cleaning’ time of year in a tag line! So for those of you who have incorporated a screened enclosure into their spring, summer, and fall lifestyle, part of your…
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Continue reading →: I Think I Can, I Think I Can…My daughters can do lots of things by themselves. As they have grown up, I can’t count the number of times when I have tried to help, only to be rebuked with “I can do it myself!” Our desire for independence begins at an early age and if you think…
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Continue reading →: DIY Key: Communication
George Bernard Shaw once said, “The greatest problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.” Communication is going to be at the root of any good experience in the world of buy and sell. A company that cannot communicate well will not provide a good buying experience.…
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