Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Staircase construction

Any house built on more than one level has at least one staircase that serves as its vertical thoroughfare. There are, of course, many different kinds of stairs, differing by their materials, construction methods, general shape, design, and a number of other features.

In most situations, a staircase is an integral part of the home's design and style. Stairs may be steep or gradual, narrow or wide, purely functional, or grand and showy. Some are built in place by woodworkers, finish carpenters, or stairmakers; others are factory manufactured, shipped to a building site, and installed by carpenters.

A stair's design is heavily affected by its function. An entry stairway that handles all up-and-down foot traffic and is placed in a highly visible location is bound to be much more grand than a stairway to a hardly-ever-used basement or where economy is imperative.

Choose your cleaner

All of them have one basic function: to suck the dirt out of your carpet, and hopefully leave it looking the way it did when you first brought it home from the store.

But all vacuum cleaners aren't made equal. This is where you need to do your research when choosing the best vacuum cleaner for your home.
First you need to consider your needs:

How much carpeted space is there in your home to be vacuumed?
How often do you vacuum?
What type of carpet do you have?

When you considered those three(3) questions, decide on how much you're willing to spend. Then start looking.

different brand name vacuum cleaners

There are many different brand name vacuum cleaners, namely


Dyson Vacuum Cleaners,

Eureka Vacuum Cleaners,

Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners,

Kirby Vacuum Cleaners,

Hoover Vacuum Cleaners,

Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners,

Miele Vacuum Cleaners and

Roof cleaning tips

Roof cleaning tips are for certain times of the seasons.

Roof cleaning usually is done in the spring or early summer after the winter snow has melted and all the leaves which fell in the fall season had no way of escaping the packed snow.

At this time of the year the weather is much more agreeable as the sun is shining bright and the threat of snow has left till the following winter.


Here are some roof cleaning tips to help you get the job done...
If the roof shingles are in good shape, power washing also could be very effective when cleaning the roof.


Since there is already a person up on the roof, it is also a good time for shingles to be checked for damage from the winter months. If there are any bent or damaged roofing, before power washing would be the time to change them.

Roof cleaning includes looking for clogged gutters which need to be cleaned out. As the rain and snow drains into these gutters, a back up from leaves could cause big problems for the home internally.

If the roof is not cleaned from season to season, the leaves become stuck in the gutter or down the leaders and a back up could start. Then in the middle of winter, when it is hard to clean the roof because of the cold, ice, and frost sitting on the roof or just the heavy rains, the house