Our House A2Z

07/04/2025

🏠Air Sealing & Insulating basement rim joist prior to installing shelving on this section of wall. Once the whole perimeter of the house is done the homeowner should see a drop in energy usage! 🥵🥶

12/24/2024

Have a safe and happy Holiday Season! 🔥

Pay attention to the color of the stove flame..

If the flame is blue, this means that the combustion is effective, as the gas and oxygen mix well.

If the flame is red or orange, this indicates that the combustion is incomplete, which may lead to increased gas consumption, blackening of the pan, delayed heating, and accumulation of dangerous gases.

Therefore, it is necessary to open doors and windows and ensure good ventilation during cooking.

The reasons for incomplete combustion are:

- Blockage of fuel passages and ventilation systems.
- Improper installation of the stove.
- Failure to clean the gas stove regularly to remove rust, soot, scales, and dust.
- Insufficient pressure in the cylinder.

07/05/2024

Women in Plumbing and Piping is proud to announce the launch of our Scholarship Program, specifically designed to support and encourage women pursuing careers in the plumbing and piping industries. This program aligns with our commitment to foster diversity, provide educational opportunities, and pr...

03/03/2024

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2024 Let's Build Construction Camp for Girls registration is now OPEN!

Join us from June 17-21 at Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School for this FREE camp for girls ages 12-18.

Explore who you are and who you are meant to be at this empowering camp! Learn all about architecture, engineering, construction, and building product manufacturing and how you belong in this exciting industry!

Learn more and register here: https://www.letsbuildcamp.com/lehighvalley

02/19/2024

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A Mighty Girl's Pick of the Day is in celebration of National Engineers Week: "Girls Who Build: Inspiring Curiosity and Confidence to Make Anything Possible." This empowering guide for girls celebrates the can-do attitude of fierce girls who know how to wield a hammer, fire up a saw, and build everything from a bookshelf to a playhouse! After being the only woman on countless construction sites, carpenter Katie Hughes decided to get more girls excited about building. She started teaching classes for pre-teen girls, showing them how to drill, saw, and weld, and eventually founded her own non-profit organization, Girls Build. Now, in this colorful, photo-filled guide, Hughes features pictures and stories from 45 of her Girls Build alumni, with each girl sharing what she loves about building, what inspires her to keep creating, and what advice she'd have for other budding girl builders. The guide is also packed with tool guides, building tips, and safety techniques, as well as a list of 13 projects to give girls an easy way to get started. This empowering book is sure to inspire young DIY-ers to pick up their tools and build something great! Highly recommended for ages 8 to 13.

"Girls Who Build" is available at https://www.amightygirl.com/girls-who-build

For an excellent guide for teen girls (and adult women), we recommend "Girls Garage: How to Use Any Tool" - filled with 175 illustrated tool guides - for ages 13 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/girls-garage

To get her started on real-life building, we recommend the Build-Your-Own Wooden Birdhouse for ages 4 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/created-by-me-birdhouse), the Stanley Jr. 10-Piece Tool Set for ages 6 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/stanley-jr-10-piece-tool-set), and the 3-Pocket Tool Belt for ages 10 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/3-pocket-tool-belt)

And to encourage your Mighty Girl's interest in using tools and building at every age, visit our blog post "She Can Build It! Books, Building Toys, and Tool Sets to Encourage DIY-Loving Mighty Girls" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=28250

12/19/2023

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09/17/2023

🐲 Soon the wisteria will have something to climb other than the house! ⛩️

01/30/2023

Chessie and Tilly approve of the new tiny bandsaw!

01/30/2023

Installed this fun cat wall furniture today. I did not trust the hardware it came with so reinforced with dowels and toggle bolts. Kitty seems to love it!

09/22/2022

😻 Leatherman Tread bracelet ❤️ each link has 2-3 tools 🛠 so well designed, I may never take it off 🧰

07/02/2022

SOMEONE has to supervise! 🐈‍⬛