The front door to a home is an important feature. It's the first thing that visitors will see when entering your home and an attractive, good quality door makes a strong first impression. There is a wide range of sizes, styles and materials available on the market for front doors, and many contemporary designs will add some wow factor and increase the kerb appeal of your home's exterior. An important yet often overlooked feature of the front door is the choice of handle. [Read More]

Whether you're moving house, storing excess inventory for your business or looking for a safe place to store your band's amps, a self-storage space can be an affordable solution to your space shortage. Before you put your goods into storage, though, you'll want to make a few basic preparations.  Pack and wrap Everything you place in storage should be securely wrapped and boxed, not just to protect it while it's in storage but also for the journey to and from the storage centre. [Read More]

As expensive pieces of agricultural machinery, modern tractors are in need of a number of security systems. They are often left unattended, particularly overnight, in rural locations and are consequently a prime target for thieves. Although it is known that tractors are stolen from Australian farms on a regular basis, the true figures for such crimes are unknown because so many agricultural vehicles remain unregistered with the authorities. The first thing to do with your tractor is to make sure that it is registered so that you can report it if it goes missing. [Read More]

When your car's automatic door locks are not working, there are a number of potential causes for this, some of which are actually very quick and affordable fixes. Note a few common reasons for that lock to fail so you can check these yourself, or know what your mechanic might need to address to get them working again quickly. The actuator An actuator is a type of electronic component in a car door that controls remote power locks; when you use the transponder on your key ring to engage or disengage the lock, this actuator conducts electricity from the car's battery and sends commands from the car's computer to the lock. [Read More]