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eRenovate.com has received a lot of requests from Canadian homeowners for articles on Appliances. We have a good collection currently and are adding more each week. Browse through the articles below or try our Ask eRenovate feature to speed up your search. Or if you have a specific home improvement question, try our Ask the Expert feature at the end of this page and you will get a personalized answer from our expert panel.
 
Your search for 'Appliances' produced 5 results
 
Choosing an Electric Drill

When a new homeowner or aspiring handy person asks me what power tool they should buy first, the answer's easy: an electric drill. What's not so easy is deciding which model offers the best value for the dollar. That depends on situation, expectations and tool budget. Here's some guidance as you wade through all the great choices.....Full Article

Keywords: power tools, electric drill, cordless drills,
 
Central Vacs Made Easy

A central vacuum is one of those household features that adds way more value to a home than the trouble and expense of putting it in. Easy, that is, if you tackle the installation process at the early stages of the building process and with the right knowledge. Necessary know-how is what you’ll get here. If you can cut and fit plastic plumbing drainpipe and make basic, low-voltage wire connections, then your central vac installation will be a breeze.....Full Article

Keywords: central vac, central vacuums, central vac system,
 
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Clean Machines: Pressure washers deliver outstanding value for specific jobs

Pressure washers are great, but probably not in the way you’d imagine. I know because I’ve spent the last ten years conducting long-term tests on more than a dozen different machines as they’ve emerged on the market. I’ve seen how pressure washer technology has advanced substantially while prices have fallen more than anyone could have imagined. I’ve also been surprised by something else. The reasons pressure washers first caught my eye aren’t the reasons I now use them regularly.....Full Article

Keywords: pressure washers, water pressure, spray nozzle plug-up,
 
Central vacs always good, now better

Good marriages change people, and some of my own post-nuptial recalibration involved vacuum cleaners. My wife was raised in a central vacuum household. I came from a strictly hand-push, upright-vac tradition. “Central vacs are overkill”’ I used to preach. “Nobody needs to get that fancy.”....Full Article

Keywords: central vac, central vaccuum, central vacs,
 
Portable air conditioners offer strengths, weaknesses

When I first heard about portable air conditioners four years ago, I was interested enough to keep my eye on the technology. After all, portables offer a pretty compelling promise: convenient, movable, plug-in, localized cooling action without installing anything permanent. Just roll the unit over to a window, plug the power cord into an ordinary outlet, then direct the flexible exhaust hose outdoors. Hassle-free cooling action wherever you need it. ....Full Article

Keywords: air conditioners, portable air conditioners, Enstar KY-32U, A/C,