When the handyman moves inside to cut and sand wood, a major hazard exists with all the dust that is accumulated in the air and potentially in your lungs.  The Handyguys talk about how to control dust from ruining your day and potentially your life.

In order to protect yourself from dust, consider these strategies:

The Handyguys discuss these tips and their own dust collection and mitigation strategies in this episode.

The Handyguys discuss a somewhat controversial issue regarding residential fire suppression systems or sprinkler systems. The controversy isn’t regarding the benefits of such a system, since yes, they do save lives and property. The controversy is if governments should require them to be installed in new construction or major remodels.

Handyguy Brian thinks it should be an individual’s choice and such an expensive option should not be mandated. Pennsylvania recently repealed the requirement after only a few months in effect. In times when builders are hurting for business and customers are trying to save every dollar they can, it’s not wise to put additional costs on the industry. Listen to the discussion.

Oh, and please no nasty emails if you don’t agree with us. Disagreeing comments are welcome if they are respectful and tasteful.

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In this audio episode, The Handyguys discuss the advantages of a local True Value store and the latest line of Delta faucets.

Mike from “thediygeek” went on a media tour of Delta Faucet in Indianapolis, IN. He reports in on this episode of the Podcast. You can find a detailed report of his trip here. Also discussed is Brian’s installation of a new Delta Kitchen faucet he picked up at True Value. Oh, and Paul, Handyguy Brian’s wife loves it!

Listen to the Handyguys discuss the Delta line of faucets on this podcast!

We were one of the bloggers selected by True Value to work on the DIY Squad. We have been compensated for our time commitment to the program as well as our writing about our experience. We have also been compensated for the materials needed for our DIY project. However, our opinions are entirely our own and we have not been paid to publish positive comments.

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In this audio episode, The Handyguys discuss thatch in your lawn as well as discussing those purple kite looking things that are showing up in trees around many states in the Midwest and Northeast.

The Handyguys discuss thatch in your lawn and dispel many myths regarding thatch. What causes it and what doesn’t cause it. Listen to the podcast for the discussion.

No, those aren’t kites. They are traps used to monitor the potential infection of the Emerald ash borer beetle. Those little suckers are killing ash trees around the country. The Handyguys discuss where they come from and what the effects of them are on our forests.

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In this audio episode of The Handyguys Podcast, we answer a question we get a lot: What gear do we use to make our show? We also announce our participation in the True Value Blog Squad.

Sorry, no home improvement topics this week. We get asked a lot questions like these:

In this show, we try to answer the questions and now we will have a post we can refer people to whom want to know.

Here is a list of the gear:

In the podcast you can hear use discuss why we chose what we did.

We will be participating in the True Value Blog Squad again this year. We will be joined by several other great bloggers, make sure you check them out.

“Veteran” Blog Squad Members

“New” Blog Squad Members

We look forward to this year’s activities as well as seeing what the other bloggers have in store.

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In this audio episode of The Handyguys Podcast, we discuss our impressions of a battery-powered string trimmer and announce a contest to give one away!

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Paul and Brian were a bit skeptical when they were presented with the opportunity to evaluate battery operated string trimmers from Black & Decker. The trimmer is the Black & Decker LST220 12-Inch 20-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless GrassHog Trimmer/Edger

How can you get one of these cordless trimmers for free? Enter the contest! Maybe we made it tooooo complicated. Hopefully not.

Do any one of these things, all of these things, only one of these things and you are entered into our contest! The more times you do these the more entries you get! We will pick a winner the first week of July.

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In this audio episode, The Handyguys talk about eye and ear protection and interview the inventor of Combo Glasses.

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We all know how important eye and ear protection is. Most of us own ear muffs or plugs as well as safety glasses. The problem is we don’t always use them when we should. Jake, the inventor of combo glasses, contacted us and asked if we would like to try out a pair. We get a lot of requests like Jake’s. We said we would try them but made no promises to cover the combo glasses in a show. Believe us when we say we are shielding you from a lot of junk we never mention. Well, these glasses, with built-in ear protection, actually do what they are supposed to do! We liked them so much we brought on the inventor for an interview. Listen to the podcast for the discussion.

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