Alma Fletcher

  • Why Spray Sealing Is So Important On Your Driveway

    Driveways get a lot of punishment from the weather as well as the many vehicles that drive over them, and they often get little to no maintenance until there are serious structural flaws. If you don't want to let it get that bad and are willing to spend a bit of money now to save a lot later on, then you need a driveway spray sealing treatment. There are many reasons why driveway spray sealing is a good idea, but here are the three most crucial that show just how important it can be.
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  • What You Should Look Out For in a Commercial Scaffolding Company

    Taken at face value, there is not a great deal of difference between a domestic scaffolding company and one providing commercial scaffolding services. Indeed, many such businesses exist that cater to the needs of both commercial property owners as well as homeowners in Australia. That said, not every domestic scaffolding company can offer the types of specialised industrial scaffolding services that businesses might need. Therefore, when you are hiring a commercial scaffolding firm, you should look out for the following traits before making your final decision.
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  • The Three Rooms You Should Consider Installing Acoustic Panelling In

    When planning how to decorate the interior of your home there are some obvious factors to choose from: art, furniture, appliances and so on. What many people fail to consider are more functional additions that could make life at home so much easier and more private. Acoustic panelling is one of those features that when you have it you wonder how you ever lived without it before. Not only does it make your home feel more secure from any neighbours, but it also keeps the noise down between people living under the same roof.
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  • 2 Ways To Focus Residential Building Design On Sustainable Living

    When making a residential building design for your custom home, you could be under the impression that sustainable living is merely about enhancing the energy efficiency of the property. While energy-efficient housing is crucial in managing your overall costs once you move into your custom build, sustainability goes much further than that. When the construction of your house is guided by sustainability, it is a step towards the conservation of the environment.
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  • The Two Main Types of New Home Builders

    Owning a home is an intrinsic part of the Australian dream. For many people, building a brand-new home is a great way to achieve this ideal. It's an exciting and rewarding project and a great way to ensure that your new home looks beautiful and meets your household's functional needs. After finding a suitable block of land or a suburb where you'd like to live, the next step is to find the right home builder.
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  • Understanding the Benefits Of Hiring Emergency Plumbing Services

    A water pipe can burst suddenly without warning. Your water heater can malfunction and pose an immediate threat to you and your loved ones' wellbeing. There's a near endless list of plumbing issues that can occur inside your home.  Sometimes, the timing can be convenient, but often, these issues can occur at the most inconvenient moments. It could be right in the deep of the night, during an important house event or when you're busy trying to attend to other key duties.
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  • What Factors Determine the Cost of Operating a Walk-In Freezer?

    Are you building a walk-in freezer in your restaurant? If so, it's essential to understand what it will cost you to run the cooler. These rooms are used to store foods that would go bad when left under room temperature; thus, they run 24/7 as long as your restaurant is in operation. This can translate into high annual energy costs. However, by analysing the factors that affect the cost of running a freezer, you can come up with an energy-efficient cooler.
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  • Two tips for those who want to tear down and rebuild their house extension after a bout of heavy snow

    If you want to get a demolition contractor to tear down your house extension so that you can rebuild it, but it has been snowing heavily lately, you should follow the advice outlined here. Get the demolition contractor to remove most of the snow and icicles before they tear down the extension After bouts of heavy snowfall, it's common for the roofs of buildings to end up covered in thick blankets of snow, and for icicles to form on the bottom halves of their guttering and fascia.
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  • 3 Reasons to Add Head Restraints to Your Truck Seats

    If you've chosen truck seats without integrated head restraints, then your supplier may give you the option of buying add-on rests to fit the seats. There are some benefits to doing this. What are they? 1. Additional Protection in Accidents If your drivers use seats without head restraints, then they don't have full body protection in some accidents. For example, if a vehicle rear-ends them, then the force of the collision will push their head forward and back quickly.
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  • When And How To Organise Hot Water Repairs

    Having a hot shower or bath is one of life's little pleasures that people across Australia take for granted in the modern age. Unfortunately not everything always goes according to plan, and every now and then, hot water systems can break down. However, distinguishing between what is a hot water fault and what is a problem with other aspects of your plumbing or electrical system is not always so easy. If you don't know what to look out for, you may call the wrong person to fix your problem, so here are the things to look for when establishing what problem you have.
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