Cheap Paint

If you live in a noisy city or a loud environment, you may be interested in sound proofing your home or office. There are many different ways of sound proofing your home or office. One inexpensive method of sound proofing is through the use of sound proof paint. If you would like more information about sound proof paint, please read on.

An innovative sound proof paint you may be interested in is called acousti-coat. This sound proofing paint was created from technology developed by NASA. It is latex and water based. It contains within it hollow ceramic microspheres, resin, and sound absorbing fillers. The combination of ingredients allows this sound proofing paint to reduce noise by 30 percent.

Not only does acousti-coat provide excellent sound proofing, but it also acts as a heat insulator. There are many other benefits as well. For one, the paint has a small textured surface that can help hide any surface defects on your walls such as: dents, dings, abrasions, etc. It is also non toxic and friendly for the environment. If you are clumsy and you spill it, you can clean it up easily with soap and water!

Acousti-coat sound proofing paint can be applied directly over your existing paint. It can also be painted over or you can add light pastel colors to the paint. It is very fast drying and it can be applied with roll on brushes or spray guns. The price runs about $31. 75 a gallon or $158. 75 for a 5 gallon drum. Each gallon will cover about 100 to 150 square feet.

This is all of the important information you need to know about acousti-coat sound proofing paint. There are so many advantageous that are hard to ignore. Whatever your reasons may be for sound proofing, you are sure to be happy with the results. You can then be in a peaceful, quiet environment.

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Harnesses, Scaffolds, and Lifts: Preventing Falls on the Jobsite

Guess what the most common construction accident is?

That’s right – falls. Falling is number one on OSHA’s hit parade of the “Fatal Four” accidents in the industry. The thing is, most falls can be avoided by using the proper equipment and preparation.

Even if you are building a “tiny house” a fall from the roof could cause serious injury. Obviously, erecting a multi-story high-rise just raises the stakes, as it were. Fall prevention is the key to minimizing, if not outright eliminating, injuries and fatalities from accidents at height.

Sad Statistics

• 17% – the percentage of fatal work injuries involving contractors out of all fatal work injuries in 2014.
• 1 in 5 – worker deaths in 2014 that were in construction.
• 9% – percentage of fatalities in construction accounted for by falls in 2014.
• Falling is the leading cause of worker deaths in construction.
• “Fall protection, construction” (29 CFR 1926.501), was one of the most commonly cited OSHA standard violations.

Start with PPE – Personal Protective Equipment

Fall protection must be available for each and every person who works six feet or more above a lower level. Providing a harness is a good start.

OSHA recommends a full body harness with a shock-absorbing lanyard or retractable lifeline. Anything less is unacceptable. A harness will distribute the forces across the entire body so as to avoid injury to any single body part. The harness must fit properly; stock a variety of sizes to ensure everyone who will work at height has access to a harness that fits.

Once at height, the harness must be clipped to the lifeline or other anchor, which itself must be anchored above the point of operation to a structural member that can support a minimum dead weight of 5,400 pounds. If any lifeline, safety belt, or lanyard is ever subjected to “in-service” loading (in other words, it stopped a fall) it must be taken out of service and never again used for employee safeguarding.

Before you start thinking about the expense of replacing a lifeline or lanyard, consider the expenses related to employee injury or death.

Safety with Scaffolding

Scaffolding, while common in construction, creates a major safety risk when used incorrectly. Scaffolds present opportunities for falling, being struck by equipment or an object, being blown by the wind, and electrical hazards.

Best practices for preventing these types of accidents include:

• Inspect the scaffolding before it is placed into service. It must meet OSHA requirements for accessing and leaving the scaffolding, the work areas must be completely planked and decked, and the scaffold must be properly guyed and tied-off to the structure.
• Fall protection must be used.
• Guardrails must be installed.
• Toeboards must be installed to prevent and avoid falling objects.
• Higher scaffolds must have wind screens.
• There must be a 10-foot clearance between any power lines and anything on the scaffold.
• Stay within the published load limit of the scaffold.

Each day the scaffolding is in use it must be inspected by a competent person, someone who has been trained in building and using the scaffold. Any defective parts must immediately be replaced. Until then the scaffold must remain out of service.

The scaffold must be capable of supporting its own weight plus four times the maximum intended weight without settling or displacement.

Using Lifts

If scaffolding is not appropriate or simply not needed, a lift may be the next best thing. A lift or aerial platform can provide a stable working surface.

Lifts include aerial ladders, extensible boom platforms, vertical towers, articulating boom platforms, and any combination of these. In all cases, workers must:

• Stand firmly on the floor of the basket, and shall not sit or climb on the edge of the basket or use planks, ladders, or other devices for a work position.
• Wear a body belt and attach a lanyard to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.
• Shall not exceed boom and basket load limits specified by the manufacturer.

As the Ford® Motor Company has stated for years, “Safety is job number one.”

Construction sites are inherently hazardous places that commonly use lifts and scaffolding to place workers at height. Besides providing harnesses for each person leaving the ground, all scaffolding and lifts must be erected, operated, and inspected per the manufacturer’s instructions and to OSHA standards. In all cases, training is your best defense against accidents.

Steve Wright works for Whirlwind Steel Buildings, a manufacturer of pre-engineered steel buildings and components. Whirlwind Steel metal buildings are manufactured and designed to meet the highest quality standards. To learn more, visit http://www.whirlwindsteel.com.

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Garden Decor

So, are you looking for a way to add to your garden dcor? Want something everlasting, nature-based or stylized? There are many things that you can add to your outdoor living space to make it comfortable and inviting and still provide you with few hours of work on maintenance. Here are 7 ways to add dcor to your garden.

Tip 1: unadulterated Is Best. When adding products outdoors, from furniture to statuary, you should always look towards the most organic of products. When you do this, youll allow for something that fits in the landscape, not something that sticks out in it.

Tip 2: Flow Is Essential. If you've a large garden or landscape, you can create a flow throughout it to make it a much more livable and organic environment. So, as an example, a pathway leading through the garden is important as it provides for a way to move through the area enjoying all of the principle sights along the way.

Tip 3: Overboard Isnt Good. Over crowding a space with too much dcor or even too a multitude of plants is bad business. Instead, look for a more nature-based landscape component. Overcrowding plants can cause them to eventually die or take over the entire garden. To much dcor can make it look cluttered instead of lavish.

Tip 4: Use Lines. Lines from your home or your edging can help to create a lovely look in the garden. The roof line of the house may be a line that leads the eye to something excellent at the end. Use the lines that you've to create a flow to the eye.

Tip 5: Charm Means Theme. While you dont need a specific theme throughout your garden dcor, you should look towards the same or similar offerings. So, as an example, if you place a white metal table under your trees to have a restful place, make sure that the chairs that go with it match it. Add a white picket fence or other matching pieces to tie certain areas of the garden together as well.

Tip 6: Uphold it. a large amount of of the aspects in a garden are going to need any upkeep. If you pull your weeds, dont let this be overshadowed by the fact that you've not washed that white possessions in a year. Keep up on broken or misplaced things as well. In the duration of harsh winter months, make sure to put as much as possible in storage that may be broken.

Tip 7: Garden dcor is not done without the look for lovely patio items. Allow it to mesh with the settings that you've created too. So, as an example, in a woodsy area, look towards an organic, lovely product such as teak to keep it looking as if it belongs there.

The aforementioned points can help to contribute to a lovely and fashionable garden dcor that is everlasting, easy to manage and a welcoming place to call your own.

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Graco Announces Release of Updated RTX Texture Sprayer

 RTX Texture Sprayer for Interior and Exterior Finishing of Textured Materials

New equipment, with industry-leading pump technology, significantly improves production rates and finish quality

MINNEAPOLIS– Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG), a leading manufacturer of fluid handling equipment, announces the release of its updated RTX Texture Sprayer product line, ideal for interior and exterior finishing of textured materials, including EIFS, drywall mud, and decorative finishing. The updated units, with separate models for interior and exterior applications, offer significantly improved production rates and improved finish end results over competing technology.

“The new RTX systems improve productivity in finishing applications, and make it easier for contractors to get their finishing jobs done well and quickly, and move on to their next job. With a range of sizes and output rates available, the RTX Texture Sprayer product line suits nearly any interior or exterior texture spraying application.”
Robert Gundersen, Worldwide Product Marketing Manager at Graco.

The RTX Texture Sprayer line features Graco RotoFlex™ & RotoFlex II Pumps, with an exclusive flow-through design that provides smooth material flow for uniform coverage and a consistent spray pattern. The units also feature Graco’s FlexChange pump system, which allows customers to replace the RotoFlex pumps with a spare in seconds, with no tools required.

Some RTX TextureSprayer models include features such as: Graco’s MaxPower DC Motor, which allows users to eliminate the common power issues associated with long extension cords; SmartStart, a feature that lengthens machine service life by shutting the machine off when the sprayer gun trigger is not being pulled; and WideTex, spray tips that improve efficiency by creating an extra wide spray fan pattern.

For more information about the newly-released RTX Texture Sprayers and other texture spray equipment, visit the the Graco website.

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Graco Inc. supplies technology and expertise for the management of fluids and coatings in both industrial and commercial applications. It designs, manufactures and markets systems and equipment to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials. A recognized leader in its specialties, Minneapolis-based Graco serves customers around the world in the manufacturing, processing, construction, and maintenance industries.

For additional information about Graco Inc., please visit us at www.graco.com or on Twitter @GracoInc.

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Password Management and Security

How many passwords do you have, or even better to ask, how many different passwords do you have? Do you use the same combination of your pet’s names and your birth year over and over?

Password protection is a big deal these days. It used to be that the faulty thought “no one would target little ole me” was somewhat true.  I recently read the life story of Kevin Mitnick,  a “hacker” that now runs a successful security company. He used social engineering a lot, and while he was very clever, there were many examples of how we can be our own worst enemy when it comes to online security. When you begin to understand why hackers want to access your website, emails and other frequently used sites, you can better understand the need be cyber safe.

Here are 7 bad password habits you need to break now

As an administrator and owner of multiple websites, there are a few things I see happening all too often when I am dealing with others and I thought I’d take a minute to share some of my favorite practices.

Password Management

I use Lastpass for my personal and 1Password at work, just cause I like to try new things and I keep the two separate. They both work great, you only need to remember on very strong password, they will auto fill the username and password on every site you visit and generate new, unique and safe passwords for you.

• 1Password
  • Intro Video on Vimeo
  • Downloads for Mac, PC, iOS, Android and all of their Browser Extensions
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Website Logins

If you are managing your own website, you probably have given others access at some time for one reason or another, I know, because I have the logins for an inordinate amount of sites, but, hey, I’m trustworthy, right? Until someone has access to my computer or info.

Do not ever give anyone your user name and password! 

Set up a new user with the proper (needed) rights and give them their own login. When their work is done, delete the user, or change the password if you think they made need access later. You can use the vault features in LastPass to share passwords as well.

 Social Media Logins

Same thing as with passwords, make someone a manager of your Facebook page, rather than handing over your information. Have you ever wondered about logging into sites using your Google or Facebook login? There are some pros and cons, here is a video that explains it well.

 Email Accounts

GMail has a cool feature called “delegate” in email. You can give an assistant access to be able to respond to emails on your behalf, yet still be able to restrict their access if needed. You can use Google’s 2 Step Verification to make sure that even with your password, access is blocked. If you frequently use other computers to check your gmail, make sure you completely log out.

Two Factor Authentication

While Google 2 Step will cover most needs, to be extra secure, enable two factor authentication on other sites you use.

Be a Safe Clicker!

I have seen many very smart people fall for email scams and phishing attempts. If someone you don’t know, but may be in your social circle or email contacts sends you a link to “open this doc” or view this “Dropbox folder”, take a moment to think about it. Don’t ever click on a link to a third party (bank, credit card, Amazon, Paypal, etc) from an email or link on a site, go to the site and log in. Those darn crooks are getting pretty good at mimicking sites and once you enter your user name and password, they will make your life hell!

Take a few moments to review and organize your digital wallet. Leave a comment below if you have comments or suggestions.

 

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How To Decorate

If you are looking for great ways to decorate your home or office, then you know as well as I do that you have nearly countless options. There are so many ways to decorate that it can easily be very overwhelming to find the right things that are in the right budget. As an interior designer, I am often meeting with clients who are overwhelmed with their options and who are having trouble staying within a budget. I often suggest art posters to these kinds of clients.

Art posters is a surprising answer for many of my clients that come with questions. They are surprised because they have never thought about the great option that art posters can be. So I suggest art posters and then I show them the samples of art posters that I have all over my own home and office. There are a few main reasons why I suggest decorating with art posters.

First, I love seeing people decorate with art posters because they are inexpensive. Not that you should always choose what is inexpensive for your home or office, but if you are anything like me, then your tastes and personal style are constantly changing. If this is the case, decorating with art posters is a great way to decorate for a time when you know that your tastes will change soon enough. So often people buy expensive pieces of beautiful art and then change their minds within a couple of years. Buying art posters is a great way to stay in a reasonable price range and to give yourself the freedom to explore new options for art later.

Another great thing about art posters is that they come in such a large variety. You can be looking for almost anything and find what you're looking for in the form of an art poster. I love that. I love that a client can be looking for a beach scene or for art that looks like it came from Paris and they can mostly find art posters representing what they like.

If you are trying to decorate and you think that art posters might be an option for you, then head to an art posters store and check out your options. It is a good idea to have any thoughts about what you're looking for first. Try to know what style and colors you are looking for. The decision making process will be much easier if you know what kind of art posters to seek.

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Bedroom Decor

Designing the space in your home can be some of the most rewarding work that you can undertake. Your decor can reflect your spirit and style, and done correctly, it can speak to your very soul.

The most intimate space, and perhaps the most important, is the bedroom. Unfortunately, it is most often overlooked as it is not regularly seen by visitors to your home. Too often the rooms meant for entertaining guests take precedence over those nurturing private havens.

Choosing the theme of the bedroom decor can vary as much as personal style and depend upon the desired effect; calming or stimulating, meditative or invigorating, an intellectual retreat or a sensual hideaway. It is entirely up to you.

Beyond choosing the wall colors and furniture, you have important considerations to make concerning the textiles: rugs, pillows, and bedding. The sumptuousness of these will directly affect the comfort of the room. The luxuriousness of sleeping on fine linens can not be overstated. The bedding is one area that you do not need to skimp on when you are furnishing your own nurturing space.

To properly outfit your bed, you will need a substantial mattress, a mattress pad, sheets, a blanket, a duvet or comforter, and pillows. The pillows' firmness is entirely a matter of personal preference, but be sure they are of adequate number. The sheets, blankets, and duvet all provide an opportunity to contribute to the overall decor of the room, as well as to your physical comfort.

Some bedrooms' decor are built around a fabulous comforter's pattern and/or colors, while others leave the bed linens to play the role of accent pieces in the scheme. There is no right or wrong answer here, but be sure that you do not fall into the trap of purchasing something for its looks alone. These pieces are to be functional as well. Too often people find themselves sleeping, or attempting to sleep, on inferior quality. Your days depend on your nights' rest - splurge on fine bed linens.

Remember that other than your comfort and peace of mind, there really are no rules when it comes to creating your private sanctuary. Make it your own.

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