This shows how to do the shell and some of the interiors: no plumbing, electrical, HVAC. Even though it covers only some of the scope of...

As teachers we called it The Februaries, students taken over by gloom and glum, not a month to decide you want to be a teacher. That's...

Within a month of each other I filled two spas and tested them. But then I drained them and one leaked into the dining room and the...

OK, OLD GUY ALERT! But, I hope you know by now I'm just trying to share the benefit of my long experience. Most home projects take a...

They are also a good argument for having a pre-sale home inspection. I would add that a dirty HVAC filter is a dead giveaway for...

Extensive or mysterious water damage is one of them! Click on image for article from Trulia which gives guidance on items you may want...

If you don't know what these things are click on them and be taken to Home Depot's new aggregation of all things Internet of Things,...

I live down near George Washington's old house. There is a bottle brush cell tower there that doesn't really look like a spruce tree. ...

Is this heaven? Or did someone forget to put sheathing on the sides of the house? Vinyl siding is kinda like putting on fingernail...

A well-lived door. Opened countless times to sustain a life. A long shadow. How much of a difference have I made here? #misc

Ah! How important to find beauty wherever we are, however mundane the task...documententing a missing light bulb. A keen eye, steady...

When I write I must have my yellow legal pads and the perfcet pencil: low friction, strong lead and great eraser. For my inspections I...

As a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines I had two water jugs, two kerosene lanterns a few metal dishes, a bicycle and my plants and...

Do you walk into your house and feel like it's serving you, or is the stuff in charge? Have trouble uncluttering? Click on image for 10...

As a home inspector I'm always getting asked what it costs to fix and renovate problem areas in the home. The only easy one is asphalt...

OK, tried everthing else. Either you lose vegetables through the grate or they get stuck to whatever you put on the grill to prevent...

The sneakiest way is to paint the end walls a slightly LIGHTER shade of the color of the walls...we did different shades of yellow in our...

I have looked far and wide for a belt without a buckle that hurts me when I bend over or go through a window. Found it from Duluth...

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