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Advice from Angie’s List Ten rules for a home improvement contract

By Angie Hicks Having a contract that clearly spells out the details of the job is crucial for both the homeowner and contractor doing the work for any major home improvement project.

“It’s protection for both the consumer and the contractor,” says Becky Watson, co-owner of Agape Home Services. “If you don’t have a contract, either party can be unprotected.”

A solid contract will spell out the goals, responsibilities, payment terms and penalties if the contract details are not met. Contracts should include the job description, start and completion dates, payment terms, licensing, insurance and permit requirements, details on material and labor costs, change order procedures, penalties for missed completion dates, and a termination clause, which spells out reasons the homeowner or the contractor can end the job without penalty.

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more the homeowner understands what’s to be expected of them and what’s to be expected of the contractors,” says G. Paternostro, owner of GianFranco Contracting Service. “It’s a clear outline stating the scope of work, the materials to be used, the amount of manpower, the number of days. It’s just giving a general idea of what the homeowner

should expect from hiring that particular contractor. There’s no gray area. Everybody knows their responsibility.”

A contract can offer a homeowner protection if fully read and understood, but it can also contain clauses that could lock unsuspecting homeowners in to an agreement they didn’t plan for. According to a nationwide Angie’s List poll, nearly one-third of the respondents admitted they don’t read contracts thoroughly.

Walker says her company requires customers to initial each page, showing they’ve read it, and encourages them to ask questions if there are provisions they don’t understand. Homeowners are not at the mercy of the contractor when it comes to what is or isn’t included in the contract.

Both parties should discuss and agree upon the terms before beginning any project.

“The more details in the contract, the better,” Walker says. “If there’s any doubt or anything they don’t understand in their contract, I think it’s really important they be

The more information that is in the contract, the more the homeowner understands what’s to be expected of them and what’s to be expected of the contractors.

G. Paternostro owner of GianFranco Contracting Service able to call their contractor and go over it with them.”

Here are 10 rules for a home improvement contract: 1) Job description. It spells out the project and who is responsible for what.

2) Start and completion dates. They set dates to give a framework of time the project should take and outline how and when contractors can access your home. Be prepared to amend completion for good cause, but don’t accept unreasonable, unnecessary delays.

3) Payment terms. Tie payment dates to job completion. Most contractors will ask for at least 30 percent down.

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4) Local authorization.

Specify that your contractor is responsible for securing necessary regulatory permits for your project. Walk away from a contractor who can’t or won’t approach local licensing or permitting agencies.

5) Penalties for missed completion dates. Give yourself options to deduct or delay payment if completion dates are missed to encourage the contractor to meet your time frame.

Be specific about amounts, and clearly define terms.

6) Procedure for work orders/changes to initial agreement. Outline a process to follow for project changes or additions. Large-scale projects often uncover hidden problems that must be addressed before work can continue, so change orders are not uncommon; but a well-defined project should not have several of them. Be wary if your contractor routinely seeks changes.

7) Detailed outline of costs and materials. Require an itemized list of materials, labor and any other costs you will incur. Spell out whether you want specific materials, brands, colors, etc.

8) Proof of licensure, insurance and bonding. Ask for proof of licensure if applicable, worker’s compensation insurance, liability insurance and bonding to protect you from liability for property or jobrelated injuries.

9) Termination clause.

Spell out reasons you or the contractor can leave the job without penalty (e.g., failure to pay the contractor, no reasonable explanation for delay, poor work quality or failure to adequately communicate).

10) Other protection.

Ask the contractor to provide a lien release, which protects you from liability should the contractor fail to pay his or her subcontractors who worked on your project.

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Since the times of ancient Rome, baths have been a great place for cleanliness and also for establishing a connection among body, mind and spirit.

Baths were a refuge for one to go and think clearly and even, in some cultures, to negotiate the finer points of a business deal. In our world today, bathrooms are more private but, nonetheless, just as important.

Today’s bathrooms are not just functional rooms of the house, but also extensions of one’s living space, and they are no longer clinical in design. Designs for these spaces have gone in many directions, often including saunas, hot tubs, massage tables and even exercise areas. Gone are many of the materials one used to expect in bathrooms: ceramic tile, traditional fixtures, tones of mint green, cherry pink and sky blue (unless you are involved in a historical restoration). These materials have been replaced with warmer tiles, slates and marbles in a variety of incredible colors.

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By Mark J. Donovan Sealing your driveway is an important part in maintaining an asphalt driveway and extending the life of it. Sealing prevents water from working its way into surface cracks and underneath the asphalt.

Once water gets underneath an asphalt driveway, it can quickly begin to undermine its integrity. The water can cause erosion, which eventually will lead to sinkholes. In addition, during winter months, melting snow and ice water can work its way into the asphalt cracks during the day and then freeze underneath the driveway when the temperatures drop. This situation leads to heaving, settling and eventual crumbling of the driveway.

Sealing your driveway also prevents weeds growth and protects it f rom oil spills.

It also protects the asphalt from the sun’s ultraviolet rays, which break down the binding material in the asphalt.

Although you can pay someone hundreds of dollars to seal your driveway, you can easily seal your own driveway for a fraction of the cost with as little as a half-day’s worth of work. That said, a newly poured asphalt driveway needs three to six months to fully cure prior to sealing it. This allows time for the hydrocarbon oils in the asphalt to evaporate and the asphalt to fully harden.

Prior to sealing your driveway, make sure to repair any cracks or holes in it by using either a cold patch or an asphalt driveway crack sealer.

Asphalt driveway crack fillers are made from a synthetic rubber and come in either a tube that you apply with a caulking gun or in jugs from which you simply pour the filler into the crack or hole.

Once you’ve applied the crack filler, allow several weeks for it to fully cure prior to sealing

your driveway.

To actually seal your own driveway, you’ll need fivegallon containers of coal tar driveway sealer. I recommend buying coal tar driveway sealer over asphalt-based sealers due to the fact that coal tar driveway sealer does a better job of protecting the asphalt from oil and gasoline spills.

The amount of driveway sealer containers required will depend upon the size of your driveway and the amount of square area each container covers. Typically, a five-gallon container will cover 350 to 400 square feet. Calculate the area of your driveway and then divide it by the amount of area each container can cover.

This will determine how many containers of driveway seal you’ll need.

Apply the driveway sealer to your asphalt driveway on a warm day so that it spreads easily. To actually spread the driveway sealer, use a longhandle squeegee or broom that is specifically made for sealing driveways. Prior to actually pouring the driveway sealer onto your driveway, make sure to thoroughly stir each container well. Make sure when applying the driveway sealer that you do not put it on too thick. Otherwise, it might take much longer to cure, and it would be susceptible to peeling.

After sealing your driveway, make sure not to walk or drive on it for a few days. Typically, a driveway sealer needs a couple of warm dry days prior to driving a vehicle on it. If the weather is less than perfect, you may need several more days to allow it to properly dry and harden.

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There were many things that Erin Lang Norris and her husband were looking forward to when they moved out of an apartment and into their own house in Massachusetts. Top on that list was having a yard for building big fires to enjoy during the summer and winter months. But the property they purchased didn’t have a fire pit, so Lang Norris had to take things into her own hands, literally.

“I don’t know how many bottles of ibuprofen I went through,” she says, noting that building the 5-foot-wide fire pit was a feat of will and physical strength.

Lang Norris couldn’t afford a landscape designer, so she went to the first place most people do to get more information on any do-it-yourself project: the Internet. She was sorely disappointed at the lack of concise and helpful material and instead decided to give it a go herself.

The first step was mapping out the space for her fire pit.

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Lindgren suggests that any fire pit be made with masonry blocks veneered with bricks, fake stones or real stones on the outside. This gives the pit the strong structure it needs to withstand the heat of a fire and leaves an aesthetically pleasing view for the homeowner.

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You’ve seen it on HGTV home remodels: the transformation of a basic backyard into a jaw-dropping outdoor room with an arched-roof pergola housing a flame-flickering fire pit table, fabulous couches and tables, a state-of-the-art outdoor kitchen and magical lighting illuminating the cozy and chic space for gathering family and friends. Now, more homeowners are designing their own outdoor rooms to give themselves a fabulous open-air space in top design style.

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“Outdoor lighting is an important element for creating the perfect outdoor living space,” says a staff member at The Outdoor Greatroom Co. French colonial lanterns add elegance to an outdoor room, and the design experts at stores such as Restoration Hardware suggest grouping several different sizes of metal lanterns to add extra visual appeal. Other lighting effects include lights strung throughout the latticework ceiling or wrapped around pergola beams, LED or solar lights in pillar candle form, and lanterns hung from Shooks on tree branches around the structure. Portable lightand-heater fixtures add to the lighting effect while warming up the space on cool evenings.

Speaking of heat, the top trend in outdoor rooms is the gas fire pit table, which is often a low-set round, square or rectangular table with a clean-burning gas fuel feature in the center, creating a fireplace flame effect emerging from center-placed clear or colored stones.

Additional outdoor room features include an outdoor fireplace or footed chiminea, an outdoor kitchen with wet bar, a sound system via hidden speakers, a ledge for an iPod dock and potted flowers coordinating your outdoor room with the landscaping around it, creating a magical and gorgeous space for your family’s enjoyment.

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Lang Norris spent many hours chiseling pieces of stone to fit into the puzzle of the expansive fire pit walls. She carefully placed each piece exactly where she wanted it, which oftentimes required her to shift the stones from one space to another, trying to get all of the pieces just right. She then built a top cap of thicker stones that went all the way around the cylinder, giving the structure a nice finished look.

While Lang Norris’ fire pit is wood-burning, Lindgren gets many requests for gas fire pits.

In these cases, his company would install a valve that runs through the exterior of the wall, into the bottom of the pit and capped by a burner system. Lava rocks or glass would cover the burner system, but allow the flames to come up.

“The pros to doing a woodburning fire pit is a real flame, the smell and crackling of a

campfire,” Lindgren says. A gas pit is easy to manage and maintain. Lindgren even installed a fire pit that the owner can light using an iPad app.

Lindgren suggests that homeowners check the local fire codes before they start making decisions on the type of fire pit they want. Some areas don’t allow burning firewood in city limits, and if there is a gas line involved, permits must also be in hand. Messing around with a gas line is no simple undertaking, Lindgren says.

All in all, Lang Norris spent about $450 on her fire pit, while Lindgren’s company, which primarily caters to high-end residential locations, charges between $3,500 and $4,500 for a fire pit. Both options are viable and in the end, people are going to gather around the finished project.

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A style to check out is a popular informal housewares store’s corbel decorative shelf with beveled edges, cutout corners and curved supports that, with its classic profile, adds to the architecture of a space. Decorating consultants suggest using them in rows or with staggered shelves to showcase frames, books and keepsakes.

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Watering essentials The pretty red watering can you keep outside your front door for the deck planters may be faded by the sun. So invest in new watering cans and systems: small watering cans for indoors and outside, large watering cans for outside, watering “showerhead” attachment for your hose, sprinklers, rainwater collection barrel,

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available in trendy colors, including espresso. Matching small ledges above or positioned on either side extend the wood shelving effect in an eye-pleasing upward direction to continue the display of similar items, such as books, collectibles and artwork.

- Gallery-style display. The popular home decor website Casa Sugar lists the gallery wall as one of the top design trends for this year, encourag-

ing the artistic collection of different colors and sizes of framed art arranged randomly on a wall. Narrow-edged shelving pieces or ledges can be used to create this same effect, and it may be your choice to display matching frame colors and styles - in different sizes for visual effect - to show off your kids’ artwork and other prints or creations.

- Mix shelving units with shelves and ledges. Individual shelf and ledge pieces can be hung between two built-in

bookcases, such as above a bed and situated in the middle, or small ledges could be hung next to a bookshelf to make use of staircase space and other awkward empty wall areas.

- Eco-friendly woods. Since green living is a top trend in interior design, choose ecofriendly bamboo, or borrow from prized designers who use reclaimed wood such as railroad ties and pine lengths to customize inventive shelves.

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