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Harsh environmental elements including sun and rain can cause damage to wood over time. Many homeowners turn to power washing as an option to clean their wood siding or decks. Renew Crew warns against the typical power washing option as this can actually cause more damage to wood. To return exterior wood to like-new condition, Renew Crew experts apply a 3-step wood cleaning process that instantly revives most decks and exteriors. The process gently removes dirt build up, mold, and mildew that over time can destroy the finish and compromise the wood.

Step 1 of the Renew Crew wood cleaning process soaks the wood fibers with a foam wash. Although Chlorine is used by most cleaning services, Renew Crew is committed to using a non-abrasive solution that is safe for children, pet, and plants. While cleaning, the foam wash in this first step also stops the bleaching effects and chemical breakdown of the wood caused by the harsh elements of nature.

Step 2 includes a rinse with a carefully calibrated pressure washer to prevent damaging the wood like the typical water blast from most power washers. The gentle rinse in this second step can be adjusted to ensure the water pressure is enough to rinse away the dirt without cracking the wood or creating crevices.

Step 3, the final step of the wood cleaning process, is a Renew Crew exclusive polymer sealant that creates a protective seal, blocking UV rays from the sun. The sealant creates a barrier that forms a layer of protection from mold, mildew, dirt, and rain in addition to sun damage.

Renew Crew's 3-step wood cleaning process cleans, restores, and protects. And with the exclusive final sealant step, customers enjoy a like-new deck or exterior while relying on years of maintenance-free exposure to the harsh natural elements.

Renew Crew was founded March 1993 in Springfield, Missouri by Stan Krempges, partner in a fence installation business. Stan recognized that his customers desired a better way to keep their fences, decks and other outdoor structures clean and protected and set out to find that better way.After extensive research, Stan developed an environmentally safe cleaner specifically for exterior wood. After that success followed additional steps to seal and protect and then partnerships with other complementary businesses resulting in Renew Crew franchises throughout the United States.

Contact Matt McPherson Bret Sanford http://topeka.renewcrewclean.com

Renew Crew of Topeka/Lawrence 401 N 2100 Rd Lecompton, KS 66050 (785) 887-6100

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Los Angeles is brimming with hidden treasures and at the Hammer Museum's second biennial show, "Made in L.A. 2014," some of the city's best-kept art secrets will be revealed.

Consider the selections from the Los Angeles Museum of Art not to be confused with Wilshire Boulevard's Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Tucked down an alleyway, wedged against the steel siding of an Eagle Rock garage, the LAMOA is a tiny, 9-by-12-foot open-air wooden hut built by the artist Alice Knitz.

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Artworks from LAMOA's permanent collection of local and international artists, including some of Knitz's own sculptural installations, will be on display at the Hammer's ambitious "Made in L.A. 2014."

The exhibition, which opens June 15, features emerging and under-recognized artists from the L.A. area. On Wednesday, the museum announced the lineup of 35 artists and collectives. Among them are emerging artists Marina Pinsky and Devin Kenny; AM radio station KCHUNG, which is also the Hammer's public engagement artist-in-residence; and more widely known artists who include Gabriel Kuri, Wu Tsang and Judy Fiskin.

The inaugural "Made in L.A." show, a 2012 collaboration between the Hammer and the art space LAXART, took place in three locations: the Hammer, LAXART and the Department of Cultural Affairs' Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park. It featured 60 artists.

This year's biennial will feature a greater percentage of midcareer artists, co-curator Michael Ned Holte says, and the exhibition which includes painting, sculpture, video, photography, performance and installation work will take place entirely in the Hammer, utilizing every gallery in the museum.

"We thought about the parameters and expectations of the show a little differently than last time," says Holte, who's organizing the show with Hammer chief curator Connie Butler.

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DENVER - The 55th Colorado Garden & Home Show will blossom in the Colorado Convention Center on Saturday.

Attendees can get garden and home improvement ideas.

The show features the Hot Product Zone that 9NEWS sponsors http://a.pgtb.me/ZWXmLv:

AeroSeal of Colorado, Denver, Colo. Booth #2239 Aeroseal Duct Sealing is a patented technology - developed at U.C. Berkeley with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy - that stops leaks from the inside out. In fact, this breakthrough technology is so effective that the Department of Energy included Aeroseal among the most beneficial energy-related technological advances ever developed. Aeroseal has also been honored with Popular Science Magazine's "Best of What's New" and the Department of Energy's "Energy 100? award.

Amerimax Windows & Doors, Loveland, Colo. Booth #239 The Amerimax 4500 Series bi-fold door design is a premium solution for spaces that need a wide, unobstructed opening. Whether for residential or commercial applications, this unique door design allows up to seven sash panels to fold to either side, creating a wide opening without any interruption. This design can be easily matched with a variety of window and door configurations.

Pine Bark Beetle Wood Shutter Blind Corners and Curves, Denver, Colo. Booth #1611 The Pine Bark Beetle Wood Shutter is made in Colorado, for Colorado. According to the 2010 aerial survey data from the U.S. Forest Service and Colorado State Forest Service, nearly 3.2 million acres of Colorado forests have been affected by the current mountain pine beetle epidemic. The distinctive coloration and worm holes of this beautiful shutter are not only attractive, they tell a "green" story as well.

CERES Greenhouse Solutions, Boulder, Colo. Booth #1287 CERES greenhouses are designed to be year-round growing environments with minimal need for heating or cooling. Because of their ability to maintain high temperature differences, CERES greenhouses are best suited for temperate environments with moderate to cold winters. In addition, they do not require a permit to build (depending on location); are sturdy, pre-fabricated structures capable of withstanding extremely high wind and snow loads; and are customizable to fit the look and feel of your home.

Colorado Coyote Rollers, Mead, Colo. Booth #1462 Keep dogs in and coyotes out. A Coyote Roller is a patented ribbed roller that mounts to the top of your fence. When a dog, coyote or other predator tries to jump your fence to attack your pets, it requires them to grab hold of the top of a fence. Coyote Rollers make it difficult for dogs, coyotes and other animals to gain the "foothold" they need to pull themselves up and over the top of an enclosure. The Coyote Roller is designed to freely rotate with as little as two ounces of pressure, and yet withstand 250+ lbs. of weight in the center of a 4 ft. roller. The system requires no power source and needs practically no maintenance.

Farm Tub, Boulder, Colo. Booth #581 Enjoy the goodness of farm-grown food at home with Farm Tub's attractive, custom-built planters and growing systems. Say goodbye to unattractive containers, raised planting beds and that utilitarian look. Farm Tubs can be designed to match a home's finish or your particular style - perfect for decks, patios and greenhouses.

Everlast Polymeric Cladding/Siding Prestige Products, Denver, Colo.Booth #568 Everlast is unlike any other siding you've considered. Solid construction means the planks don't bend or bow and align perfectly against the outer walls of your home. Everlast is lightweight and stackable for easy installation, yet durable enough to withstand fierce wind, scorching summer temperatures and subzero winter temperatures. Easy-to-clean, warm, low-gloss surface returns to original luster with a simple hose-down.

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Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) February 13, 2014

The annual Spring Home Improvement Show runs from Thursday, February 13th through Sunday, the 16th at the Wisconsin State Exposition Center, located in State Fair Park. The event brings out in droves, those looking for the right companies and contractors to improve furnishings and create dream homes. Milwaukee NARIs 52nd Spring Home Improvement Show will undoubtedly continue the tradition that the event is known for, and Aluma-Trim of America is proud to have been a part of the NARI Show from its inception in 1962.

The Milwaukee vinyl siding installation contractor has participated in every NARI Home Improvement Show. Michael Grossman, Vice President of Aluma-Trim of America stated We are happy to continue our presence at the show, its very rewarding being one of the companies that has been there from the very beginning.

Aluma-Trim of America has garnered a fantastic reputation throughout Southeast Wisconsin for quality vinyl siding installation in Milwaukee and other home improvement services throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. Year after year, Aluma-Trim has successfully helped countless homeowners with their remodeling and home improvement questions.

The family owned and operated company invites all to visit their booth at the 52nd NARI Spring Home Improvement Show to find out how Aluma-Trim of America transforms homes through replacement windows and siding and other home improvement services.

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"Futon Chair Temple" by Dennis Maher.

"Ruin 3" by Julian Montague.

Slipping and sliding over to the West Side, I reached an unassuming corner building with an equally unassuming stencil of black paint on clapboard siding naming the gallery. Once in, the sense of ongoing repurpose engages as the interior fairly breathes transitiona metaphor serving the artists in the exhibit. Each has been selected for significant exposure in other markets, according to gallerist Anna Kaplan, at a price point that reflects their rising status. This is the first time Ive ever referenced price point in writing about art, which indicates a certain nudge in the current paradigm regarding how local artists are represented in commercial galleries. With her gallery Kaplan intends to build on the careers of artists such as these based in Buffalo, and foster for them a base of emerging and seasoned collectors.

The immediate surrounds are set off by a structural installation by Dennis Maher, Futon Chair Temple, a studied conglomeration of woodwork reassembled in a grid of overlaid chair legs, frame molding, finished pieces, and raw lumber, all generously absorbed into the equally raw interior space. Inset at various intervals of elevation are shrine-like miniature temple constructions calling to mind a tiny cliffside kingdom. Lengths of pipe mounted on cinderblocks support the assembled arrangement. The opposite end of the room displays Mahers more formal presentation, composite prints in ink stencil in a palimpsest of silhouetted objects framed in stretcher bars.

Julian Montagues standing vitrine of faux book covers, An Imagined Intellectual History of Animals, Architecture and Man 2010-2914, bisects the room neatly. Working from an aesthetic that astutely references authentic scientific literature, the artist showcases his own restrained graphic designs in digital pigment prints of facsimile cover art and text, complete with authored credentials. The facing wall displays a series of formal photographs of ruined spider webs, isolating in distinct detail the disintegrating webs catching pollen, drops of dew, a blade of grass in a scrawl of entropy caught close-up. Each is framed in black in a field of mustard yellow.

Millie Chens digital prints, 4 a.m. notes on horror, death and lovea four-volume travel-log of her trip to the killing fields of Rwanda, Cambodia, Poland, and Wounded Kneeis another kind of scrawl. Chronicling a six-year journey to long aggrieved sites of genocide, her cramped long-hand diary of observations and interviews bears silent witness to landscapes of atrocityhorrors not long seared into history.

Oil on wood panel sets off four paintings by Amanda Besl, expressing in a kind of baroque enthusiasm with flowing tousled and plaited hairand only hair, except for some equally baroque candlesticks and figurines. In La Sylphe her subject hair is highlighted from above the picture plane, as if seen from underwater. The swirling tresses intimate currents of foreboding depths. Another piece, Adrift, also creates a sense of being out of ones depth in a limitless sea. Besl has in both a literal as well as figurative sense shorn the figure from the picture, leaving her previous teen scenes and horses manes behind to delve into the wispy threads of deeper meaning.

For this accomplished quartet, Blow is the wind of possibility. The gallery is creating a zephyr of its own.

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Dee Jay Bee Inc./D J's Towing has ranked on the Towman 500, "Most Experienced Towmen in America." Compiled by American Towman Magazine, the towing industry's premier trade publication, the Towman 500 is based on the oldest established towing businesses in America. Dee Jay Bee Inc./D J's Towing was established in 1984.

Members of the Towman 500 gathered at the American Towman Exposition in Baltimore, Md. For more information on Dee Jay Bee Inc./D Js Towing, call Donald Blyton at 248-2801.

Lynnrich Seamless Siding, Windows & Doors has been named an Infinity Premier Partner for 2013 by Infinity Replacement Windows from Marvin Windows & Doors. Infinity Replacement Windows monitors customer feedback to identify and recognize partners that share Marvin's goal of complete customer satisfaction. Lynnrich has displayed industry leading expertise in customer education, product installation, customer support and customer satisfaction. Infinity Windows from Marvin Windows & Doors and Lynnrich Seamless Siding, Windows & Doors are both family owned and operated businesses, sharing the same vision of taking care of customers, employees and communities.

Belle en Blanc, a bridal boutique, has opened downtown at 114 N. Broadway. The newly designed space will feature bridal gowns and accessories and accommodate events. Belle en Blancs owner, Taryn Reitz, founded the boutique, which is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Montana State University-Bozeman Extension's Pesticide Education Program is offering a new MontGuide about pesticide performance and water quality. Poor water quality can significantly reduce the efficacy of many pesticide products.

The MontGuide, Pesticides and Water Quality, explains why pesticide applicators should always test their water for turbidity, pH and hardness prior to using a pesticide mixture. The guide discusses areas of the state that encounter common water quality issues and solutions to overcome water quality limiting factors.

The MontGuide is free and is available from local MSU Extension offices. It may also be downloaded from the MSU pesticide education website at pesticides.montana.edu by selecting References. Printed copies are available for the cost of shipping from MSU Extension publications. To order a printed copy, call 994-3273, write to P.O. Box 172040, Bozeman, MT, 59717, or email orderpubs@montana.edu.

RaeRaes Bakery has opened in the Heights at 1310 Main St., Suite E. All of the baked good are gluten-free and 100 percent organic. The business is owned by Krista Stetson and is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Stetson may be reached at 406-212-0328.

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. has been named one of the best banks in America by Forbes Magazine. To determine Americas best banks, Forbes ranked the 100 largest publicly traded banks based on the following metrics: return on average equity, net interest margin, nonperforming loans (NPLs) as a percentage of loans, nonperforming assets as a percentage of assets, reserves as a percentage of NPLs, two capital ratios, and leverage ratio.

Following a successful initial campaign in 2013, Tractor Supply Co.has announced the second annual Growing Scholars program in partnership with the National FFA Foundation. Last year, Tractor Supply customers donated $362,324, resulting in 284 scholarships awarded to FFA members in their pursuit of a college degree. From Feb. 14-23, which includes National FFA Week, Tractor Supply customers can donate $1 or more at store registers during the checkout process to support local FFA chapters and their members. Ninety percent of funds raised through Tractor Supplys Growing Scholars program will be utilized to fund scholarships for FFA members. The remaining 10 percent of donations will benefit state FFA organizations.

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WOODBRIDGE, Ontario -- Royal Building Products is proud to introduce its Conceal Trim System - an innovative hidden trim system designed to work with virtually every exterior material.

Royal's Conceal Trim System -- which consists of corner boards, skirt boards and standard trim -- can be used in countless ways to add value, curb appeal and customization to any home.

Made from Royal's successful S4S trim, Conceal has all the aesthetic benefits of milled wood trim and none of the drawbacks. Closed-cell technology keeps board face and edge surfaces clean, ensuring low maintenance for the homeowner, while the "true square" edges allow for faster, cleaner installation. All profiles in the trim system can accommodate traditional siding, Celect Cellular Exteriors and Portsmouth Shake and Shingles. Conceal is paintable, available in smooth and embossed versions, and backed by a never-rot warranty.

Conceal Corner Board provides a clean, seamless appearance to the home's exterior and eliminates exposed fasteners when installed with the Royal Moulding and Trim Cortex Hidden Fastening System. Available in Traditional Square or Rabbeted Corner styles and 10-foot or 20-foot lengths.

Conceal Skirt Board features a built-in drip edge unlike any other competitive trim on the market. This feature is a water management system that prevents rainwater from streaming down a home's siding and reroutes it to drop directly onto the ground. Available in 18-foot lengths.

Conceal Standard Trim is used specifically for windows and doors and allows the siding to tuck behind the trim piece, giving the home's exterior a finished look and eliminating exposed fasteners. Available in 18-foot lengths.

About Royal Building Products Royal Building Products is a division of Axiall Corporation. The company manufactures and distributes leading materials for the home remodeling, building and municipal construction markets. For over 40 years, the company's commitment to quality, innovation and customer relationships has attracted the loyalty of a growing number of building professionals, homeowners, architects, engineers and distributors to its products. With operations throughout North America, Royal Building Products offers the renovation, remodeling and new construction industries a broad range of innovative products including siding, exteriors and shutters, soffit, exterior trim & mouldings, decking, interior mouldings, window profiles & patio doors. Royal Building Products also manufactures pipe and fittings for the plumbing, electrical, municipal, industrial and irrigation markets. For more information, please visit http://www.royalbuildingproducts.com.

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