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This Old House Weather-Proofing

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With new windows, siding, and roof shingles, This Old House‘s Timeless Home takes cover from the weather. Published in This Old House magazine At the Timeless Home job site in Atlanta, the air is clacking and buzzing with the sounds of staple guns and electric drills as general contractor Jason Yowell eagerly unwraps the latest delivery: a 500-pound cardboard package wrapped …

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Down to the Wire

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The information superhighway looks a whole lot better at 1.5Mbps. Published in This Old House magazine Home Technology Section In the early days of surfing the Net from home, many of us were so wowed by the technology that we didn’t care how many times the dial-up connection failed or how slowly Web pages loaded. We’d wait as long as it …