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The Weirs Times Presents the Official Guide to the

2017 Lakes Region Home Show

Get a Jump on Spring Home Improvements! Whether you’re just looking to spruce up your home or planning for a major renovation project the Lakes Region Home Show is a great place to meet professionals face-to-face, see product samples and find out about industry innovations.

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DEAR TIM: A neighbor and his wife got into a big fight about their outdoor deck and fire pit. I couldn’t help but overhear. The husband thought he was building the deck a good size with the fire pit in the center of the deck. The wife told him it was all wrong. Long story short, the wife was right and now he’s tearing it all apart. Can you share some tips about building an outdoor fire pit? What are the top things to consider, especially if it’s going to be part of a wood deck? --Ron S., Seymour, Ind. DEAR RON: I hate to say this, but I’ve been your neighbor -- minus the scream fest. H e r e ’ s a true story. Years ago, when I built a dream house for my wife, I insisted that my office be on the first floor so subcontractors could come into the house and just turn left into my office. In our previous home, they had to walk through the house. The problem was that it made the room on the other side of the wall, our family room with a fireplace, too small. My wife kept saying: “The family room is too small. Hardly any furniture will fit.� When I insisted on building it my way, she said, “Well, I can guarantee you one day you’ll be remodeling the two rooms and moving the fireplace to the outside wall.� Those words replayed in my head when I was up on my roof taking the first swing of a 4-pound

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You have witnessed the fledging stage of your backyard birds. The babies have left the nest box on your property. You listened to our advice and placed it at the correct location, at the proper height. More importantly, the hole was facing in the right direction so that the prevailing New England winds didn’t create havoc with the eggs. Did you know that most cavity nesting birds have more than one brood each year? Would you like to see the same birds reuse your nest box immediately after the baby birds have “flown the coup?� Should you remove the old nest or leave it so that the adults do not waste energy building another one? What if the birds do not like you touching their home? If you do remove the nest, how can you be sure when to take action? What if the birds return and see an empty nest box? These are the most common questions our customers have in regards to bird houses or nest boxes, as we prefer to call them. Birds only use a box to lay eggs and raise the young. After baby birds leave the nest for the first time, they do not return. The nest box has accomplished its task. It is time for this box to assist the adults in another brood immediately after the fledgling stage has been completed.

First, how do you know if the babies have left? If you have ever witnessed a nest in action, the activity of the parents raising and feeding the young is a constant, daily commotion. Every ten minutes or so, birds will be leaving and entering the hole. When the babies are big enough, the tiny heads will always be sticking out of the entrance. After the birds fledge, all activity around this nest box ceases to exist. The difference is very noticeable. You will know the day the nest is no longer being used. At this time, you should remove the old nest and properly dispose of it. Do not simply brush it to the ground as the birds will use the old material to build a second nest. Old nesting materials such as grasses contain mites and other harmful microbes that will harm newborn hatchlings. Farme r s w h o store hay in barns have to be careful to rotate old stock with new to ensure that contamination does not occur for the same reason. Usually, most people can remove the first nest around the end of June. Birds that started the first nesting at the beginning of spring are usually ready for the second nest building stage at that time. So, give your birds a helpin g h a n d now so you can relive the moment when new life emerges from your backyard. Enjoy your birds! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve White is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conven-

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think about any view beyond the fire pit. It’s not always going to be pitch dark when a fire is roaring, so make the view beyond something nice if possible. Believe it or not, when I sit at my own fire pit my back is turned to the third largest lake in New Hampshire. The idiot who built my fire pit (not me!) has you looking away from the lake. Second, it’s very important to consider prevailing winds. Some backyards have a particular direction the wind typically blows. (Note: The wind may not blow that direction all the time.) You don’t want the seating area around the fire pit to be downwind of

the fire or everyone will be rubbing their eyes or dodging flying embers. Third, think about how hot fires get. If you have a roaring fire, you often can’t be any closer than 4 or 5 feet to the edge of the fire or you will roast. This means that the seating area needs to be at least 10 feet deep from the edge of the fire pit so there’s enough room in front of any chairs and room to walk behind the chairs. I’ll bet if you talk with your local fire captain she or he will tell you a story about a deck that caught on fire from an ember or leaves under a deck that ignited. It’s very bad when these fires erupt after everyone has left the deck and the fire is in the

smoldering stage. I would create a masonry hearth around the fire pit that’s at least 18 inches deep. You want no wood or decking within 18 inches of the edge of the fire pit. Your local code may call for a greater distance, so refer to it for guidance. Think about leaf debris and anything else that’s combustible that could accumulate near or around the fire pit. Keep an 8-foot ring of safety, possibly more. If you can afford it and are willing to do the work, I’d run a seasonal water line, even if it’s just a great garden hose in an underground large conduit pipe, so you have running water right next to the fire pit in case something goes See builder on HOME 9

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