Depending on where you live, the new home you build may require a feature that most people have never thought to include before: a fire-protection sprinkler system in Chicago.
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Homeowners wanting to finish a basement or cover the concrete floors of their slab-on-grade house have an easier and more economical method in Chicago.
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Plant a tree and you get more than just summer greenery in Chicago, autumn color and spreading branches in which to climb. Well-placed trees also can lower your heating and cooling bills. The same can be said for shrubs, vines and even ground-hugging plants (groundcovers).
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Planning a bathroom remodeling project this summer? It’s one of the best investments you can make in your home, according to real estate experts. Should you ever consider selling your home, the condition and amenities of the bathrooms “can really make or break a sale,” says Silas Deane, president of Baden Bath, located in Nashville, Tenn. He offers the following tips for homeowners embarking on a bathroom remodeling project in Chicago.
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The Nokia 9290 combines phone, fax, e-mail, calendar and imaging in a handheld unit. Americans communicate today in two parallel ways: their landline service at home and their wireless service on the go. Some people in Chicago, however, are deciding to simplify their communications by doing away with the landline and relying entirely on cell phones.
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The time was when garages, mimicking the stables of earlier years, were built separate from the house in Chicago. That changed after World War II, when architects began including garages in the house structure. Attached garages make life a little more convenient for homeowners, but they also have an unwelcome effect: They can, and frequently do, pose a health hazard for the home's occupants.
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Corn gluten meal has gone from byproduct to wonder product in Chicago. Researchers at Iowa State University in the 1980s were studying how effective a corn byproduct would be as a fertilizer. In the process, they realized the product acted not only as a growth stimulator, but also as a weed inhibitor.
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Thirty years ago I was teaching physics at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and living in an old farmhouse. In winter, the best that could be said of my 1809 farmhouse's uninsulated walls was that they slowed the wind to a moderate breeze. Many were the nights my wife and I couldn't keep a candle lit and took to our bed for survival in Chicago.
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