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Home-renovation seminar well worth the time; Primers on WorkSafeBC regulations, RenoMark program among valuable information dispensed
It amazes me how safety-conscious parents constantly warn their darling children to not run with scissors, jump off furniture or stick straws up their noses, yet they allow some stranger to renovate or repair their houses without checking to see if he is compliant with WorkSafeBC regulations.
Categories: Renovations / Renovating, Affordability, Safety, Using a professional
Four-day Home + Design Show at Vancouver Convention Centre has it all: Celebrities, food, exhibitors, interactive displays and expert advice
Disaster DIY host Bryan Baeumler joins star-studded lineupCategories: Renovations / Renovating, Safety
Trades answer call from homeless society
Aboriginal centre's sagging, leaky roof replaced at no cost thanks to the generosity of big-hearted Vancouver, Portland contractors
Categories: Affordability, Safety, Sustainability
Secure your home against thieves before going on holiday
Secure your home against thieves before going on holiday, a few simple measures will give the bad guys reason to look elsewhere for easy hits, and give you peace of mind
Categories: Safety
No need to fan flames of building code debate, Homebuilding industry has rallied around Richmond project contractor following fire
No need to fan flames of building code debate
Homebuilding industry has rallied around Richmond project contractor following fire
If you are a regular reader of this fine newspaper, you are likely aware of the massive fire that burned to the ground a six-storey woodframe building under construction in Richmond. I mean, there was no way you could have missed the story: it was on the front page, above the fold, two days in a row.
Both stories provided fuel for a firestorm of speculation about the wisdom of permitting changes to the B.C. Building Code that allow the construction of six-storey woodframe buildings. The Sun reporter even included references to the building code in the first paragraph of each of her stories.
Homeowners need to think about asbestos
Homeowners need to think about asbestos
Categories: Renovations / Renovating, Safety
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