11
Jul
Simple Guide to Choosing Laminate Flooring: Getting on the Wide Board
If you are after a quality laminate flooring solution to make your home feel more spacious and aesthetically appealing, wide laminate flooring is a great way to achieve a luxurious finish in almost any space. The extended width and length of these laminate planks allow them to replicate the sleek and imposing appearance of hardwood flooring while creating the feeling of more space in the room. Read More →
15
Jun
A Simple Guide to Cleaning Your Wood Floor
Flooring is one of the basic and most important components of a home, and its interior décor. You can’t have an eye-catching décor if your floor isn’t in perfect shape. Yes, even with the perfect and most luxurious furnishing and art pieces. Despite the many options of flooring, we can all agree wood is the all-time classic. But, same as with any other type of flooring, wood requires particular care and cleaning to be able to be in proper shape for a longer period. We might as well say, a little care goes a long way, so you have to make time to include floor cleaning in your daily chores.
25
May
A Simple Guide to Bilge Pump System
If you’ve ever been on a boat, then you know that ending up with water inside it is pretty much unavoidable. There are many ways water can get into the boat, like a leaky port light, melting ice from the icebox, leaky seams in a wood boat, shaft packing gland and many other sources. While small amounts of water aren’t really problematic, except for making the walking surface slippery and wet, some can have considerably undesirable effects, including lifting spilled fuel, destabilising it and distributing it through the bilge. Oh yeah, it can also sink your boat, so it’s a pretty big deal.
When it comes to dealing with nuisance water, you can always rely on bilge pumps. Why these pumps in particular? Because even if you buy the largest pump that isn’t a bilge pump, you can only buy a little time to delay the inevitable. Moreover, you shouldn’t even rely on a single pump, it’s always advisable to have at least a few bilge pumps.
Worth knowing is that not a single boat has an ideal bilge pump system. No system is also big enough to keep up with a leak caused by excess damage. These pumps are designed for small to medium at best quantities of water and are not to be mistaken for damage control pumps. Moreover, don’t expect your automatic bilge pump to deal with a leak and keep it afloat. Hauling the boat out of the water and fixing it is the way to go in that case.
The capacity of these pumps is measured in gallons per minute or hour. The rule of thumb is to get the biggest model practical for your boat. So you basically have to consider the power limitations and size constraints, but generally you want a 1.000 gallons per hour model, or if possible, larger. However, something worth noting is that small boats also require a large size pump. Less freeboard means you get swamped more easily, you sink more rapidly, and the bilge is smaller, therefore, the water gets to the electrical system and engine sooner.
If you have to replace a pump, make sure the new one fits the wire capacity and hose sizes, unless you want to upgrade that as well. I also briefly mentioned automatic operation in a paragraph above. Automatic operation requires a separate water-sensing switch or an automatic pump. One drawback to automatic operation is that you might be unaware of your pump’s operation if you get a increasing leak. It can also pump cycles off and on without you knowing, so you could be completely unaware of a leak before it becomes dangerous and goes beyond your pump’s capacity. You can prevent that by using a cycle counter to log it, or have a buzzer or lighter that turns on when your pump is functioning.
03
May
Simple Guide to Personalising Your Bathroom
There are things in life we can’t have enough of, and pampering certainly is one of them. Since the typical lifestyle of modern men and women is one making them prone to stressful situations, making time for yourself to actually have some rest and relaxation is more than important. Our homes have a great impact on this, considering they are supposed to be the sanctuary where we recharge our energy which means it’s up to all of us to create oasis that evokes positiveness and makes us look forward to go back to after work. Wallpapers can largely be of help when wanting to spice things up in your home décor and personalise it, considering the vast amount of choices of wallpaper Central Coast NSW shops, and Australia round for that matter, have in store.
When we think of relaxation, we usually have the bedroom in mind, or in some instances the living room as well, but the bathroom also has a huge role in this. It’s time we all started thinking of this part of a home as one that’s not only made for utility, but relaxation as well. This is something wallpapers can help you with as they’re having a great comeback in interior. Bare monotonous walls are no longer in when you have the option of instilling colour with the help of playful prints and patterns. When it comes to unique types of wallpaper Central Coast NSW and Australia wide shops have plenty to offer. Read More →
19
Apr
Simple Guide to Creating a Relaxing Oasis at Home
“Slow, love, slow.” These are the words that start popping in my mind whenever I let my everyday activities and responsibilities leave me exhausted and stressed out. This fast-paced lifestyle of ours comes with a price, and its currency is our health. That’s precisely why today slowing down, taking time for ourselves, and relaxing is a must.
04
Apr
A Simple Guide to Designing Your Hallway
Hallway is the first thing visitors see when they enter a home and the last when they exit. Yet, in terms of design, it is often neglected, and even forgotten part of a house. Yes, its main purpose is storing shoes, coats and other accessories (such as umbrellas, rain coats, etc.) but even storing can be stylish and fun. A cabinet with hangers or a storage ottoman (which you can also use as a chair), are just some hallway furniture pieces that perfectly combine functionality and fashion.
27
Feb
A Simple Guide to 4×4 Exhaust Parts and Accessories
The best way to add to the power and torque of your 4×4’s engine is to make a few easy, long-lasting improvements in the exhaust department. This in turn will result in a performance boost, improved sound and looks. If you want a new growl and an increased fuel efficiency, there’s probably a 4×4 part or 4×4 accessories on the market that will help you achieve your goals.
20
Jan
A Simple Guide to the Most Needed Accessories For Hiking
It’s no lie that many people strive to have the perfect figure and a number on the scale that they won’t be embarrassed to say out loud. And while many are turning into couch potatoes constantly complaining about being overweight and do nothing in particular about it, there are other people who find the time to hike.
Hiking offers many benefits – breathing in fresh air, a better overall health condition, lowered risk of cardiovascular disease, it helps prevent diabetes, increases your energy levels, and the list goes on. It is common knowledge that people who enjoy hiking on a regular basis are less stressed and much happier. So, if you want to give hiking a chance, make sure to have at least the basic accessories for hiking to make the most out of your experience. Read More →
20
Dec
Simple Guide to Buying Your First Set of Scuba Gear
First of all – congratulations for choosing to master the art of scuba diving. This unique water sport not only is exciting, but it also offers many great health benefits. Scuba divers spend much time underwater thanks to their diving equipment, which means they swim a lot. And we all know that swimming is a wonderful workout because we need to move our whole body against the resistance of the water, which helps us keep our heart and lungs healthy and our muscles toned and strong. However, in order to harness these and many more benefits of scuba diving, you need to have a nice set of scuba gear. Read on to find out what the most important items of scuba gear are and what you should pay attention to when looking for them. Read More →
