Just installed a new porch light fixture for my mother-in-law. Found these great light bulbs that have an electric eye. Just keep the...

Just saw one of these in SE DC. Sleek design: plenty of room in here! Click on image for link. #remodel

Do we all try to make our jobs sound more exciting than they are? Or does every venturing out provide the opportunity for intrigue and...

Just inspected a house with an outside wall bent inward from the base. Normally the failure is mid-wall. This clever apparatus might...

Just takes a very simple tool: Click on image for link. #exterior #maintenance

A whole month of rain! Record high mold levels! General dreariness... Then a gorgeous fall day and lovely evening at the river. #misc

I use this on stiff windows, reluctant sliding doors and those spring-loaded steel balls used to keep doors closed. Click on image for...

I've seen dog, cat, burrower bee, ant, termite, wood pecker, racoon, squirrel, mice and rat damage but no beaver dams yet! Be sure to...

Whenever you move into a new place I recommend you replace the dryer vent pipe. It is supposed to be cleaned every six months but people...

The filters on your furnace are not there for human health--they are there to prevent relatively large particles from clogging your heat...

I have seen these installed above washer/dryers where they can't be reached for maintenance. They can last for 20 years. Imagine how...

This shows a repair to a damaged well cover in my yard. With Niefarg, which sounds like a disease you don't want. Click on image for link. #concrete

This switch senses humidity and turns on the bathroom fan automatically! Good for basement and top floor bathrooms. If moisture doesn't...

93,000,000 miles a way, a billionth of it's energy hitting the day side of earth, and yet it's mere glancing reflection off a window can...

Just did my second house with a fuel oil leak. Felt loopy after just about 20 minutes in the utility room. If the leak went through the...

Have been in some cold crawlspaces and utility rooms during these hot days. This double reflective attic insulation is clean, easy to...

This time of year it takes me all evening to re-hydrate after a couple of attics. Thank goodness for a working air conditioner at home! ...

The current solution to preventing mold in attics is very low tech: vents along the soffits and a ridge vent. Here's what soffit vents...

Unfortunately fixing this is not easy. The walls need to be cleaned of grime and efflorescence (the white build up of salts leaching...

Replace your old toilet innards with this new dual-flush water saver system for siphon toilets in about 15 minutes—the hard part is...