Sentences with phrase «than a wood home»

Depending on load factors, Diesel trains can emit more greenhouse gases per passenger mile than autos, and concrete - and - steel high - rise condos can emit more CO2 than wood homes.

For example, a brick home is less expensive to insure than a wood home because it is subject to fewer risks.

Not exact matches

The residents of the wooded manors in Canada's richest neighbourhood are as likely to be found abroad as at home: about a third have made a trip to Europe in the last three years, with a little more than that taking a Caribbean sojourn in the same period.

The extra labour required to install the ICF panels means a concrete house usually costs 7 % to 10 % more than a conventional wood - frame home.

There are many who have made their homes in these woods and many who never leave them because they feel more comfortable with those others who they feel have all the qwestions rather than live with the people who think they have all the answers.

The Fontana Ovens use up to 80 percent less wood than traditional brick ovens, but can still reach cooking temperatures nearly twice that of a standard home oven.

I'm a proper country girl and and I'm never more at home than in a meadow or wood watching the bees and hares.

According to the US Fire Administration, more than one - third of Americans use fireplaces, wood stoves or other fuel fired appliances to heat their homes.

If you are worried about a child safety gate messing up the aesthetics of your home than you should realize that there are plenty of wood child safety gate options available.

Safety gates have changed very much over the years and purchasing more decorative wood baby proofing gates can give them an installed look as if they are part of your home landscape rather than a measure of safety.

No more than 5 centimetres long, it tends to make its home in cool and dry places under branches or other bits of wood, in temperatures that often dip below freezing for hours or days.

Our first day's drive, slightly more than 500 miles, brought us to the woods of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the home of Lauren Bromley and Eric Hodge.

Thanks to the exquisite looking leather and shiny metal the inside of the Speed 6e looks like a much more appealing place to be than the clinical environment of most modern cars; it's the automotive equivalent of a wood panelled study in a grand stately home.

A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys» games on a frozen lake; of «nightcreeping» through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid - fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power - hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jason's search to replace his dead grandfather's irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran Lps, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatcher's recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow - motion divorce in four seasons.

He is the academically underachieving Baby Boomer only child who spends the vast majority of his largely solitary youth more at home in the woods behind his Northern Michigan home than anywhere else.

And I've seen one - liners in inspection reports, like «extensive earth - to - wood contact» result, after further inspection, in foundation repair bids pricier than the whole cost of the home!

Apartment fires happen frequently, and these recent examples point out that you're not necessarily any safer in a large, purpose - built multi-family complex than in a wood frame home converted into a four - plex.

Despite the frigid temperatures in the Greater Toronto Area, my family and I ventured out to the GTA Home & Reno Show and as we strolled the aisles (playing more gatekeeper to my kids than anything else), I was struck by the beauty of one vendor's display: petrified wood - stone sinks.

Home is more than concrete and wood.

The soaring, 20,000 square - foot lobby — home to no less than eight restaurants, and a riot of African verdite columns, parlor palms, and polished cherry - wood paneling — is always abuzz.

Having spent the day sightseeing at the Granada Alhambra, discovering the small white villages in the Alpujarra or searching for that charming elusive Andalucian Holiday Cottage - perfect Retirement Home, where better to relax for the evening than lounging on our comfortable chairs on our shady terrace or under our orange trees with a cool glass of sparkling cava or in the cooler season, in front of our cosy wood burning stove with a glass of Rioja.

This primeval woods is home to overgrown plants and more than a few grouchy dinosaur, which makes for amusing sights when an adult man in full plate armor comes face - to - face with one of them, does an abrupt 180, and runs like a Looney Tunes cartoon.

Her paintings from 2010 - 2013, more representational than the current work, depict the artist's reflections of the nature preserves, seascapes and woods near her home in Port Washington, NY.

Her wood and glass carvings, etchings and serigraphs have become part of art collections in public buildings and private homes across Canada and in more than 20 other countries.

The need is dire: Dependence on wood for cooking and heating has reduced the amount of forest cover from a healthy 25 percent at the beginning of the 1900s to less than 8 percent today, causing flooding, erosion, and landslides that have destroyed homes and arable land.

You'll find that our construction methods with wood frame is different and more modern than most other Tiny Home Builders.

When newlyweds Rita, 37, and Jessa, 35, moved to a tiny home in the woods, they hoped for the best — hell, they hoped for better than the best.

Following the historic Butte Wildfire, which burned more than 7,000 acres and destroyed nearly 575 homes near San Andreas, California, Baron & Budd sent Mr. Sandman into the heart of fire country to meet with those devastated by an apparent failure of Pacific Gas and Electric to properly maintain their electrical wires in thickly wooded areas.

Insurance companies have a valid reason for charging extra when it comes to wood stoves since more than a quarter of home fires are started by such devices annually.

Often, block homes cost less to insure than a wood frame house because they are less susceptible to fires spreading.

All other things being equal, it is possible that an insurance company will charge you more for a wood frame home than some other types of homes that are more fire - resistant.

Homes made of wood, for example, can better withstand the tremors of an earthquake than homes made of brick can.

Generally, brick and stone homes are cheaper to insure than ones constructed of wood.

Homes made of wood, for example, are more flexible and are therefore able to withstand the tremors of an earthquake better than are homes made of brick.

Apartment fires happen frequently, and these recent examples point out that you're not necessarily any safer in a large, purpose - built multi-family complex than in a wood frame home converted into a four - plex.

For instance, wood homes tend to have lower earthquake insurance rates than brick homes, since wood tends to be more flexible than brick.

For example, a mobile home is more risky than a wood frame home, but a brick house is far more durable than even the best - made wood house.

The building materials in your home affect how durable the dwelling is, and wood is more risky to insure than stone or masonry.

These prefabricated homes were deemed to be three times stronger than a conventional, wood frame house.

When furnishing the room, home owners should consider engineered wood or porcelain or carpet tiles, since they stand up better to wetness and are easier to replace than real wood or wall - to - wall carpet.

Modular homes are built with 15 percent more wood than traditionally built homes.

MDF is great for home stagers or interior redesigners and decorators to use for replacing cabinet doors, fireplace mantles and molding since it's way cheaper than real wood and it is very smooth / easy to paint.

Greensburg has a demonstration home made of concrete and another under way using a «wood block» system that's stronger than traditional building methods because the wood interlocks like Legos, he says.

Southerners were more likely to want a home less than five years old and in a wooded lot and placed a higher importance on central air conditioning.

There aren't many things I appreciate more in a home than wood floors — and the Dark Walnut is my favorite stain color on the market.

We just sold our 3000 sq ft home of 21 years and have downsized into a 1920's cottage that is totally stripped inside, other than the wood walls and windows and floors basically.

I know it must be hard to say that final goodbye to something so lovely that you created... Your new home pictures seem a lot different than the old kitchen, but I know you can come up with more fantastic ways to turn the new one into something you'll love... I was so happy to see your wood floors in the picture above because I just finalized my wood choice in my own white kitchen and was worried I might've gone a little to red.

Thanks to the guys at Home Depot that will cut wood to your specs, it went easier than we expected.

And solid wood furniture and antiques are far better built and much more charming than the cheap mdf stuff you can buy right now, so incorporating a variety of good quality pieces definitely will bring a long lasting character to a home.

This tile is definitely more neutral feeling than other tiles you'll find throughout homes in hot climates, but you need to repeat the warmth of natural tones in wood or wicker as shown above.