What Causes a Damp Basement? How to Fix Water Problems at Foundations
In many cases, rising ground water either due to snowmelt or fed by an underground spring accumulates around the foundation and works its way through cracks, joints and porous material. Before you...
How to Achieve a Long-Lasting and Beautiful Wood Floor :: Wood Flooring Care Best Practices
Wood floors do not require meticulous maintenance, but they cannot take care of themselves. You need to be careful and avoid damaging friction, and also adopt wood-safe cleaning practices. Wood floors are...
The Scoop on Shovels :: A Visual Guide to Shovels
Since the beginning of time man has been working in the dirt. From the earliest cave-types, man has been digging holes. Our structures, houses, too maybe only a manipulation of our landscape...
Pro Tips and Tricks for Taking Out a Wall. Oh! & Removing a Pocket Door
While rare in these parts, I happen to know quite a lot about them. One of the nice items for many of them including this one is that none of the interior...
Irrigation 101: A Guide to the Basics of a Residential Irrigation System
With the summer heat closing in on us, your lawn and landscape may need some extra TLC to stay both healthy and thrive throughout the season. Having an irrigation system can give...
Put A Cork In It! :: Using Cork Flooring in a Bathroom || The Blah to Spa Bathroom Makeover
Look no further than the nearest wine bottle. Wine producers have been using cork for thousands of years as their bottle stops because of durability and cork's ability to hold up to...
Installing a Gutter (Half Round) :: Video: After Jacking Up a Porch Roof
Without this gutter on the low hanging roof and with the water just rolling off of it, I’ll admit that my basement, my cellar would take on water in occasional heavy rains....
Replacing Roof Flashing at a SideWall :: On Wood Lap Siding after Jacking Up a Porch Roof
Ironically, when I cut open my ceiling, again earlier in the process of jacking up the roof, there were definitely signs of a roof leak/water damage on the porch's roof deck. So...
Jacking Up a Porch Roof :: Raise the Roof aka Prep for Gutter Installation
So ... I found myself having to jack up one corner of our front, side porch roof. If you count lifting columns as to replace porch boards (on another set of porches),...
Rental Refresh: Big Bangs in Small Projects :: New Faucets and Countertop Paint for a Vanity Redo
Our long time tenant, let’s call her Pam, moved (actually buying a home with the help of real estate agent Mrs Moxie). She had been with us for her second stint of...
Mowing in the Know :: 5 Common Lawn Mowing Mistakes
Last Spring I visited with John Deere - Horicon Works - I learned that Deere, in part, had perfected the art of grass cutting. Here, Deere offers tips for avoiding mistakes that...
5 Remodeling Projects that Pay Off :: Looking at Financial Aspect of Remodeling
Home improvement contractors and remodelers might be wondering what the market’s looking like for jobs. With the housing crash from 2008 in the rearview, contractors have seen a rising real estate market...