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What To Do When You have frozen pipes
Take care of your pipes Making sure your pipes are insulated and ready for a cold snap is extremely important. Start early so you are prepared for an early arrival of winter and prevent frozen pipes. If you live in the home full time, when the temperatures are going to dip below freezing you can open your taps to allow a small flow of water through the faucet. Moving water does not freeze as fast. You will also want to protect the pipes with sufficient insulation. If your home or cabin is a vacation home, you will want to take some further steps. When your home is going to be…
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10 A-Frame Kit Homes You Can Buy Online
Affordable and Stylish! These homes are delivered ready to build! In the early part of the 19th century, kit homes were very popular. They were advertised in newspapers and magazines by companies such as Sears and Aladdin Homes. If you’d like to learn more about the history of Kit Homes, check out THIS post. Kit homes are once again gaining popularity for many reasons, affordability, reduced construction time and great designs are a few of them. Here are 10 A-Frame kit homes you can buy online: Backcountry Hut Company A Kit House for the back country or back yard! “We specialize in compact modernist recreational structures, crafted to rigorous standards,…
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New Floors in the A-Frame Cabin
This past weekend we started our first project at the cabin. Seeing as everything else rests on the floors it made sense to start with our cabin flooring. We spent a lot of time looking at different options before finally deciding on luxury vinyl plank (LVP) flooring. Although we love the look and feel of real hardwood it wasn’t the right choice for this project. First, we have plenty of real wood around the A-Frame. More importantly, we need floors that will hold up to anything we throw at them. The 4 Pines Cabin is five minutes away from some of the best skiing in California as well as close…
