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...

Here's a house where the gutters have become planters! Cleaning gutters (and anything else done on ladders) is a major cause of death...

Ideally there should be continuous soffit vents and a continuous ridge vent in your attic to allow for a passive air flow over the inside...

Some of those old one-piece dampers just can't be opened and closed easily and sometimes they have fallen out and just aren't there...

This beautiful room doesn't have a conventional attic space. It may still be vented from the eaves to ridge as required in R806.3 of the...

Sorry, not that much fun! Belly board is used as trim at the bottom of siding and Z-bar is the flashing above it. In the photo above...

We all have disposer stories. My mom would fill the sink with vegetable peelings every Thanksgiving and then try to grind them all down...

Those vertical gaps between bricks where there is no mortar let the wall breathe. They're called weep holes but mice and other critters...

Just worked with Jennifer Fang, one of my favorite realtors. I was about to stick my poor battered head into a fireplace when she said,...

This foam cladding system ran into serious problems before drainage was accommodated. Ask what kind is on your house! Click on image...

Ha! That title reminds me of the new grammar I learned while I was a peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines. Interestingly the dialect...

New windows range in price from $250 to $1000 each for a standard sized double-hung model. Unless they are fogged from the inside, which...

4 by 4 railings are almost always loose. These can help! Screw long end to joist and run the top support bolt through short end. Click...

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...

They bring families together and remind us older folks of what we've lost and our current imperfections. Christmas always sent my Jewish...

This is a polyurethane caulk for large gaps in concrete. Note the need for a filler like Battalion Caulk Backer. CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO...

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...

See the circle bottom left? That's the light sensor. Half circles at bottom are LEDs. Just remove old face plate and snap this in for...

Most of us are more worried about waistline expansion than that of our water. Have I said before that home inspection is a lot like...

New shingles can be installed for about $3.50 per square foot. Add $2.00 per square foot if you need new plywood too. Here's how you...