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Maintenance

How to clean heating ducts and vents

Heating ducts carry air all around your house, and vents often get dirty as a result of how much air flows through them. Find out if (and how) you need to clean them.

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Will switching to different globes save you money?

Newer globe types may be cheaper to run, but they're also more expensive to buy. Is switching worth the effort?

How to build a house

Putting in a slab or stumps

Once the building site’s been properly cleared, prepared and secured, it’s finally time to start building your house! This begins with what’s called the ‘subfloor’, which is usually either a concrete slab, or a set of carefully planned stumps or pilings.

Bathroom

Performance considerations for bathroom fittings

Before going wild with the aesthetic choices available in your fittings, you need to know what practical considerations should guide your choices.

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