Summer will officially start this coming Friday, June 21st at 12:04am Central time, and the daylight hours will then start becoming shorter. Now is a great time to utilize the extra daylight to catch up on the home maintenance projects
A properly operating water sprinkling system is essential if you want to have a properly maintained landscape around your home. A water sprinkler system is an exact science. If you over water, you have mushy ground with diseases, dying vegetation,
This past weekend, I saw an entertaining TV commercial where the Allstate Insurance Mayhem Guy posed as a water heater, got his pressure relief valve stuck, and turned into what he called a “rocket propelled wrecking ball.” If you haven’t
This week is National Severe Weather Preparedness Week, sponsored by FEMA and NOAA. This is effort is a good one because I remember so many of us getting caught off guard last April when about a dozen tornadoes tore through
I had noticed the rain and warmer temperatures we’ve had the last few weeks had helped some of the grasses and weeds start to grow, and I can’t believe we are seeing flying bugs in mid-January. These are signs that
Happy New Year! Now that January is upon us and we are all contemplating our resolutions for the New Year, I encourage you to consider this one resolution for your home: Resolve to utilize our Home Maintenance Checklist and evaluate
We’ve installed several vinyl sliding-glass patio doors recently, and although I was reluctant at first, I have since become a fan of these doors. My reluctance came from a couple of decades of trying to repair and having to replace
We often get called out to repair, replace and fortify front doors after a home is broken into. It’s always a gut-wrenching feeling, seeing what the homeowner is going through emotionally. Because of these experiences, one of my favorite products
After five weeks of on-site work time, our garage and patio cover project will be complete this week. Check out that interior finish! It’s the ultimate garage finish, painted floor, wood-sheathed walls painted white and a plenty of light. I
Check out the “Home Maintenance Checklist” Elizabeth is putting together for us. We are trying to make the checklist as comprehensive as possible without being overwhelming. The checklist is designed for you to systematically check and maintain the various components
This past Saturday morning, at 2 AM, I was awakened to a man’s voice coming from my hallway, saying with urgency, “Por favor cambie las pilas en el detector de humo! Por favor cambie las pilas en el detector de
A client recently asked me if I had any ideas why his house was so dusty. I stopped by to take a look and figured out the problem right away. The air vent boots in the ceiling weren’t sealed at
