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property MaintenanceTypes of work that require permits include plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and new structure building. Depending upon project complexity, you might require the services of a professional designer in addition to those of a contractor. Before beginning work, you will need a “material take-off list.” This is a list of materials needed to complete the job. The contractor usually provides the take off list. But if you are handling all or the majority of the renovation work yourself, you will need to prepare one. Be specific when making your list. Instead of just a lavatory, specify the type. Pedestal lavatories can cost over $300, while a simple wall-hung model can cost under $70. Designer toilets can cost over $1,500 while a standard two-piece model will cost under $100. Shop around for the best quality, at the best price for your budget. Plan your project months, instead of just weeks, before renovation work is to begin. This will give you ample time to take advantage of online resources that offer more competitive prices for materials, and qualified professionals to complete the project. Wall Paneling Wall paneling is another popular home improvement project. Paneling nearly any room of the house with quality, real wood paneling improves appearance and increases market value of the home. If you’re a “do-it-yourselfer” the following handy tips will insure perfect paneling results: 1. This season's must-have: Dog-hair jumpers data: 19.03.08 A couple who doted on their two dogs have found an unusual way to keep the pets as close companions forever - by knitting his-and-hers pullovers from their fur. 2. Pernod Ricard buys maker of Absolut vodka data: 07.04.08 The acquisition by the French company combines Vin & Sprit's Absolut with Pernod's brands, which include Seagram's gin, Havana Club rum, Chivas Regal Scotch and Jameson Irish whiskey. 3. Gordon Brown to use Tony Blair election slogan to woo voters data: 07.04.08 Gordon Brown will borrow one of Tony Blair's election slogans as he tries to win back disaffected voters in southern England. 4. 'Post Office Lite' at the village library data: 10.04.08 Royal Mail is to install mini-post office counters in village libraries and church halls across the country after the closure of thousands of traditional post offices 5. Russian artist disappears in Germany data: 07.04.08 A prominent artist who had run-ins with both church and state in her native Russia after taking part in a controversial exhibition has disappeared without a trace from her new home in Berlin. 6. S Asian crises blamed on leaders data: 10.04.08 Oxfam says government failures can turn South Asia's natural disasters into humanitarian crises. 7. Serbia vows to hold elections in Serb-dominated parts of Kosovo data: 07.04.08 Serbia's minister for Kosovo, Slobodan Samardzic, said Serbia's parliamentary and local vote, planned for May 11, would also be held in the Serbian regions of Kosovo. Kosovo's president, Fatmir Sejdiu, called the move an attempt to challenge Kosovo's statehood. 8. Bank rates 'will fall by a point' data: 07.04.08 Interest rates will be cut by a full percentage point by the end of the year as the credit crisis continues to cause turmoil in the mortgage markets and the wider economy, financial experts predicted yesterday. 9. RSPCA investigates The Fall frontman for 'killing' squirrels data: 10.04.08 Mark E Smith, the rock singer, is being investigated by the RSPCA after he boasted of killing two squirrels. 10. Voice of the Mirror: Don't trifle with terror data: 19.03.08 Gordon Brown will be playing a dangerous political game if he exaggerates the security threat posed to Britain. 11. 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Putin invites Bush to confer in move to avoid public clash data: 07.04.08 The meeting is likely to be the last between the two leaders before the Russian president is replaced by his protÄ‚Å gÄ‚Å , Dmitri Medvedev. 17. Major banks promise new guidelines to try to head off further regulation data: 10.04.08 The Institute for International Finance, a banking group, said new strictures are priorities for industry action, not government fiat. 18. British coroner assails Mohammed al-Fayed data: 07.04.08 After six months of sensational testimony, the coroner at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, dismissed the conspiracy theories linking her death in a Paris car crash to a plot by her former father-in-law, the Duke of Edinburgh. 19. Diabetes 'may increase Alzheimer's risk' data: 10.04.08 Developing diabetes in middle age may significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's, scientists claim. 20. 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Extra troops to be sent to fight Taliban data: 07.04.08 Britain is poised to send another 450 troops to Afghanistan and take control of its most war-torn region for at least the next two years following pressure from the United States, The Daily Telegraph has learned. 25. Ken Livingstone plays the race card data: 19.03.08 All those of us who have for years struggled to bring the shy, retiring figure of Boris Johnson before a wider public can at last feel our efforts are starting to bear fruit. 26. Food colourings with link to hyperactivity may be banned data: 10.04.08 Food safety watchdogs are expected to call today for a ban on six artificial food colourings which have been linked to hyperactivity in children. 27. EU set to take cautious step to bolster bank regulation data: 07.04.08 Europe's finance ministers on Friday will set new guidelines on dealing with cross-border banking failures, their first steps since last year's credit crunch to tackle the threat of a systemic financial crisis. 28. Volcker, ex-Fed chairman, chides current one data: 10.04.08 The imposing former Fed chief who felled the runaway inflation of the 1980s chided Ben Bernanke for toeing "the very edge" of the bank's legal authority in orchestrating the bailout of Bear Stearns. 29. Credit crisis forces a German lender to close data: 10.04.08 Weserbank's chief executive blamed market turmoil for the demise of the bank, the first European banking fatality of the global financial crunch. 30. Anthony Minghella, Oscar winner, dies at 54 data: 19.03.08 Anthony Minghella, the British film director who won an Oscar for The English Patient, has died aged 54. --- --- --- -x- |