Garage remodel enhances home

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Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Sep 22, 2008 by Ann Robinson

 

For some, garages are among the least exciting home-renovation projects. But for others, the garage is the only exciting home renovation project.

The truth is, because a garage is one of the most useful and practical elements of your home, it holds a great deal of potential for making your home function at its best.

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Wiring new home construction: getting in on the ground floor

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Rural Telecommunications, Nov-Dec, 2007 by Rachel Brown

Talk to the tech guys at any telco, and they will have the funniest stories about wiring homes. Like the time one tech was crawling around the attic, fell through the ceiling and landed on the couch next to the homeowner who was reading the newspaper. Or the time a tech drilled through a wall … and into the leg of a baby grand piano. Or when another tech drilled a hole only to find butter on the end of the drill bit … because he’d drilled into the refrigerator and hit the butter dish. And the time the cat/dog/hamster followed the tech and got stuck in a wall.

Comparatively, wiring new home construction is a breeze because the walls are not up, and there are no homeowners, furniture, appliances or pets to worry about.

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