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2. RH (company) - Wikipedia

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   Stephen Gordon founded Restoration Hardware in Eureka, California, in 1979 while restoring a Victorian home and finding affordable, high-quality hardware and fixtures unavailable. The company expanded slowly in Northern California and Boston before raising outside capital from Cardinal Investments which allowed it to accelerate its expansion. [ 3 ]

3. Save on home remodeling with reclaimed materials, fixtures ...

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   Combine a limited home remodeling budget with a green frame of mind, and you can find great ways to save on your next DIY project. There are a lot of worthwhile, beautiful home materials ready to ...

4. Knob-and-tube wiring - Wikipedia

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   Your Old Wiring. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0071357012. Written for home owners and do-it-yourselfers. Shapiro, David E. (2010). Old Electrical Wiring: Evaluating, Repairing, and Upgrading Dated Systems (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0071663571. Written for professional electricians and advanced property owners.

5. 5 home modifications for older adults looking to age in place

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   Add lighting. Falling is the most common cause of injury for people over 65, in part due to age-related loss of eyesight. Older adults with vision impairment are two times as likely to fall ...

6. First fix and second fix - Wikipedia

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   Second fix work requires a neater finish than first fix. The division of work is a convenient description because electricians, plumbers and carpenters will probably have to make two separate visits to one property under construction, at separate times. Project managers can report "first fix complete" or "second fix 50% done" and others can ...

7. Renovation - Wikipedia

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   The older the home the more likely it is to contain lead-based paint. You should assume that any home built before 1978 contains some lead.” [ 25 ] In April 2010 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) required that all renovators working in homes built before 1978 and disturbing more than 6 square feet (0.56 m 2 ) of lead paint inside ...

8. Dangerous wiring in neglected homes can spark fires. This ...

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   Scott's 16-year-old son, whose bedroom was on the first floor, woke up, grabbed his little brother and woke his parents. Everyone got out safely. About once a year, Scott said, she awakens in the ...

9. Carpentry - Wikipedia

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   Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenters traditionally worked with natural wood and did rougher work such as framing, but today many other materials ...