No rinsing required. Click on image for link. #cleaning #HVAC #maintenance

Talk about squeaky wheel! How about dozens of them! This is a lot simpler than getting out the grease gun. Click on image for link....

Water is the main enemy of your house. When water gets into a chimney it degrades the masonry all the way down, including the firebox. ...

Here is drip edge flashing over the eave. If you have a gutter, the bottom edge would go over the gutter so that water couldn't duck...

Just need a spline tool and utility knife. Click on image for video. For pet screen click here. #remodel #exterior #maintenance

Is your condo in DC more than 50 years old? Mold in your bathroom? Many old buildings don't want to start cutting holes in the outside...

You may want to consider this upgrade. My wife says it's more than OK for her birthday present! Just installed this Pelican system...

People often comment on my background as a science teacher during inspections: talking about adiabatic cooling while we're looking at the...

It sure has been hot these days. There was not much clearance in this crawlspace. Crawling only. Did feel kinda free, like in a...

I like my fireworks up close. This is House Party by Black Cat! #misc

OMG, trying to remove that awful caulk which dries as hard as stone but grows mold like a Petri dish from around my second story windows....

Water is the main enemy of your house. We don't want roofs to leak, concrete blocks to show salt deposits, pipes to break, siding to...

I've gotten a number of inquiries from you all about what happens July 1 in Virginia. Up until then you could do a home inspection and...

Well, it certainly affects mood (ergo, "mood lighting") and is the point of argument for couples and their progeny. She does not really...

These new pens have real stain in them, great for touching up any stained surface. Click on image for link. #cleaning #maintenance

I always wondered what those punky little screens could do under your microwave or range hood. Found out yesterday. No grease filter,...

Electric current flows in a circuit from the positive to the negative. It is often portrayed as a flow of electrons but it's more of a...

Just read in my Black and Decker Advanced Home Wiring that we all are supposed to "exercise" our circuit breakers once a year by flipping...

This in 19 years of scalings. This is the right way to do it! Because The gas must take a RIGHT turn so the sediment just doesn't shoot...

Good air, good light: really makes a difference. These are vent ducts leading up from the two bathroom fans in the upper floor bathrooms....