How to Clean a Composite Deck
Building a composite deck is one thing. Knowing how to hide screws and such with a pro plug system gets […]
How to Make a Raised Garden Bed to Last 25 Years with Plans!
Making a raised garden bed or flower bed is a great way to grow things when you have poor soil […]
How to Use a Jigsaw on ALL Materials
In this edition of our Training the Apprentice series, we’re looking at how to use a jigsaw. The jigsaw, or […]
How to Board Up Abandoned Houses
Many reasons exist for you to want to know how to board up abandoned houses. An abandoned house presents a […]
Canadian City Considers Banning Concrete
Port Moody Councillor Encourages Mass Timber for New High-Rise Construction Tricitynews.com reports that Port Moody, a city in Metro Vancouver, […]
Using Propane or MAP Gas for Sweating or Soldering Copper Pipe
When sweating or soldering copper pipe, we’ve been asked about using either propane or MAP gas. In truth, both types […]
What are Electrical Measurement Categories (CAT III, Cat IV, etc)?
When shopping for electrical test & measurement tools you will often come across category designations from I – IV. These […]
How Injection Molding Works – Visiting the Stihl Plastic Production Center
Stihl has plastic production facilities in the USA, Germany, and also China. We recently got a chance to visit the […]
7 Things Not Covered by Homeowners Insurance
We were talking with a friend the other day. The topic of conversation quickly turned to a recent claim he […]
5 Tools We Can’t Live Without
Sitting around the water cooler, the PTR guys started thinking… What are the top 5 tools we can’t live without? […]