Over the past 25 years, Murray Anderson has tackled practically every home improvement project imaginable. An avid DIYer, he has upgraded, remodeled, and refurbished his homes all on his own. Now he has turned his focus to sharing that expertise with his DoItYourself.com readers.
In addition to his home improvement articles, Murray's published work includes articles on personal finance, computer maintenance, and small business strategy. His work has appeared in numerous online and print publications in both the United States and Canada, among them, The Consumer Economist, The Almanac for Farmers and City Folk, Garden and Hearth, and The Dollar Stretcher.
Murray's been married for over 30 years, and he and his wife have two children.
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Organizing Cords and Cables
If you've ever been inside a telephone central office or switching center or even just seen pi...
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Concrete Decisions
Before you can actually pour the concrete for your new concrete patio, you still need to figur...
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Estimating the Cost of Your New garage
A new garage is a great addition to a home since it adds resale value as well as providing extr...
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Planning Your New Garage
Most homes built in the last twenty five years have a garage for a good reason – it adds...
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All Garage Doors aren't Created Equal
For most homeowners garage doors aren't an ongoing topic of conversation. However, over ti...
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Clean Gutters Mean Dry Basements
While you may not have thought about it, gutters play an important role in ensuring your baseme...
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Maintaining Garden ToolsOld sayings stay around because there's lots of truth in them. A perfect example is "if you tak...
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Must Have Tools for the Garden
Along with the arrival of spring comes thoughts about spring gardening. Working in a garden is...
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How To Till Your Garden Properly
Early spring is the time to stop just thinking about gardening and actually start to get your g...
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Does a Rain Barrel Make Sense for Me?
Do you spend much time thinking about water supplies? Probably not. If you’re like most o...
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Making and Installing Your Rain Barrel
Rain barrels are an old idea that is coming back into fashion because they just make so much se...
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Level Your Yard with a Retaining Wall
While a sloping yard can look great it isn't always useful or functional. A sloping yard ca...
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Cut the Mowing Habit
Love the idea of having a yard you can be proud of, but hate all the work that it requires? Con...
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Zoysia Grass Is This The Lawn of the Future?
If you’re trying to figure out what to do about your lawn, you’ve probably heard a...
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Fescue to the Rescue
If you’re like the majority of American homeowners you go through the annual struggle wi...
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Maintaining Your Garden Fountain
After going to the trouble and expense of installing your new garden fountain you don’t w...
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Your Own Garden Fountain
Have you ever thought about how nice it would be to have a garden fountain or water feature in...
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Indoor Gardening: Containers
Luckily for most of us gardeners, plants will grow in almost any kind of a container. Unlike so...
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Gardening for Beginners
Have you been thinking about how nice it would be to have some colorful flowers growing in your...
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Growing Vines In Your Garden
Ever wonder if some vines would add a little ‘pizzazz’ to your garden? Well, vines...
