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Vol. 2 | No. 6

IN THIS ISSUE...

The Difference Between
Penetrating Damp and
Rising Damp
Kitchen Renovate &
Refurbishment
Do You Think Bitcoin
Will Reach $100,000?

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The Difference Between Penetrating
Damp and Rising Damp

Penetrating Damp: Rising Damp

Penetrating damp is usually caused by Rising damp is always confined to the lower
roof leaks or water ingress via exterior wall areas of walls. Rising damp is caused by
cracks. ground water “wicking up” through the
Other causes may be leaking plumbing, the masonry due to the lack of, or damaged,
presence of a shower or bath in an adjacent damp proof course (DPC). Depending on the
room, a planter on an external wall or water porosity of the masonry rising damp seldom
penetrating the exterior wall often as a result rises more than 1.2 meters above ground
of incorrect exterior ground levels. levels.
Further investigation of rising damp is
Further investigation is usually recommended.
recommended. Damaged areas should
only be repaired and decorated once there One possible remedy is the installation of a
is certainty that the source of the moisture chemical damp proof barrier.
ingress has been repaired and the damaged Damaged areas should not be redecorated
area has completely dried out. until the source of the water ingress has
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Kitchen Renovate & Refurbishment

It takes more than a mix of trends and a professional kitchen designer to help you
kitchen furniture updates to rejuvenate create a way to get everything you want in
a cramped, and unappealing kitchen your dream kitchen.

space especially when your current kitchen And though we’re not suggesting adding
decor is dark and outdated, and lacking more space, instead think of ways you
personality. can open up and reconfigure your kitchen.

Sometimes there’s just one big impetus Think about removing a wall that separates

behind a kitchen remodel and kitchen your kitchen from your formal dining room,

renovation ideas: maybe your growing followed by custom cabinetry to flow

family can’t fit around your breakfast through both spaces and help blend them

table, or your two-oven family stuck with together seamlessly. And why not spruce

an ineffective one-oven kitchen, or your up your existing eating area to create a

kitchen is simply an eyesore. As often there more sophisticated formal dining room if

are a lot of little factors that add up to the possible.

call for a total kitchen renovation. Though you may have to sacrifice aspects

Maybe you’re dreaming of a kitchen that of your kitchen decor to create room for a

matches your colorful, eclectic tastes, walk-in pantry, or a new breakfast nook,

which may differ from the tastes you may think of ways to create a smarter traffic

have had when you first moved in. Or flow for cooking, entertaining, and dining.

maybe you’re looking to open up your Maybe you want a more colorful, vibrant
kitchen to the rest of the house for an open backsplash, or a complete kitchen remodel
floor plan. featuring a variety of different types of tile

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and done, the possibilities and design
directions are endless so do experiment
and take risks – have fun with your kitchen
remodel ideas, what do you have to lose?

At the start of the design process, create
an extensive questionnaire for yourself to
answer to better understand your kitchen
and living habits.

And since most homeowners frequently
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up capabilities, and to provide plenty of
brilliant firepower for large gatherings.

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Do You Think Bitcoin Will Reach $100,000?

It may, and not because of the reasons people think.

Most people, even “people online,” think treats it like a currency. You treat it like an
the price of Bitcoin will go up because it’s investment.
something people will want to own. They say “if
it replaces 25% of gold it will reach $100,000” Bitcoin is all of that but its value is in its ability
(it would). They say “if every millionaire tried to transfer wealth to anybody, anywhere,
to buy one Bitcoin it will reach $100,000” (it in any amount, anytime, instantly and with
would, but there aren’t enough Bitcoins for certainty that you will receive exactly what you
each millionaire to have one). They say lots of ask for without giving out sensitive personal
things. information, bribing anybody, or risking theft
while your wealth changes hands. There is
The truth is, Bitcoin will reach $100,000 no other way to send and receive money that
because savvy, forward-thinking entrepreneurs accomplishes all those things.
and developers will use it as a payment
network (which it is). At that point, your average You have lots of other projects underway to
person will not care or know the price of an lower costs, increase speed, enable more
actual Bitcoin because they will not use it, own transactions per second, and better regulate
it, or hold it. Only investors will actually own the market. It’s all happening behind the
and hold Bitcoin. scenes. Bitcoin is a living entity with lots
of people excited about its potential and
Your average person will have a service or app working to develop the technology. When you
or business instantly convert their payment into have $200 trillion to $1 quadrillion worth of
Bitcoin, confirm the transaction using Bitcoin, “things” that can get bought or sold at any
and settle the exchange using Bitcoin. The time, the potential is astounding.
usage of the Bitcoin network will drive demand
for Bitcoin, and therefore price. As Andreas Antonopoulos once said, when
Bitcoin goes mainstream you won’t even realize
How Is This Possible? you’re using it. Except, you will soon get to the
point where people will be astounded at how
Because Bitcoin is not a commodity. We much a single Bitcoin will cost.
treat it like a commodity. The US government
regulates it like a commodity, taxes it like an That is, if another cryptocurrency doesn’t
investment, and protects it like property. Japan render Bitcoin obsolete first. •

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