Just for fun, I want all of you out there to try and picture the following ‘imaginary’ scenario in your mind: You’ve endured a long, problem-laden day both on the job and on the home front; it’s nearing Midnight, you’re beat to like a throw rug, and just as you slink beneath the warm covers of your cozy bed, a waterline ruptures in your basement, ...
While it’s true that Summer is nearly upon us, it’s as good a time as any to make sure that your household/business heating systems are in full working order. The worst time to find out that your heating unit is on the ‘fritz’ is when the mercury starts to plummet right around Halloween. Most areas of the United States experience yearly temperature swings that are pretty wide on both seasonal sides of the coin, hovering near ...
From New Year’s Day to December 31st twelve months later, there’s a whole slew of diverse weather systems that can wreck havoc on your home. Think about all that Mother Nature throws your way throughout the course of a year: with Winter you get snow, sleet, and ice; Spring brings heaps of intense wind mixed with rain, while Summer and early Fall dishes up wave upon wave of blistering heat, followed by the coming freeze ...
A few poorly thought out steps with regard to what type of flooring to use throughout your house, and an otherwise gorgeous home could end-up looking decidedly bland and ‘out of date’ in just a few short years. Recklessly putting in the wrong type of flooring is a BIG mistake, especially given the fact that your home is undoubtedly the most costly investment you’ll probably ever make in your lifetime. That’s reason enough to care, ...
[gallery link="file"]Every room in a home has its own unique and special qualities to it, from the comfort of a well-decorated bedroom to the coziness and warmth of an inviting kitchen. Without a doubt, a bathroom is one of the signature ‘great’ rooms in any house . . . a quiet place for enjoying a few moments of much-needed solitude and the time-honored healing powers that only refreshing water can provide. Originally bathrooms were single cramped ...
As humans, we really love all our ‘stuff’ don’t we? To borrow a phrase from one of comedian George Carlin’s classic routines from back in the 1980s, “a house is nothing more than a pile of stuff with a cover on it.” Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but at the same time, it’s a pretty keen observation that’s not too far from the truth, especially nowadays, right? Thanks to the online shopping craze ...
Roof-top gardens have been around for literally centuries, with men and women from the times of antiquity growing plants, trees, and shrubs of every variety atop structures to help keep their homes cool during the warmer months. These days, the prospect of cultivating and maintaining a full-fledged garden in spots traditionally reserved solely for bulky TV/radio antennas and water towers seems downright odd. But it’s exactly in these types of bustling urban environments where roof-top gardens ...
With the housing market taking a down-turn, more and more home owners are turning to modular house building. And because these modular homes are built in a factory, there's less waste of wood and other materials, making for a much "greener" home in the end. According to this article, modular homes are one of the fastest growing sectors of the residential community: Homebuilders are learning that there is a very 'green' side to modular homes. Factory-built ...
You can usually tell the quality of work your general contractor will give you by how he treats his employees. If he doesn't take even the minimum amount of time to protect them, how much effort will he put into your house? Austin Injury board has a great how-to process on how to buy good worker's comp insurance. A worker's comp policy can generally be purchased in one of two-and-a-half ways. First, the employer that ...
With the current state of the housing industry, many potential home sellers are wondering what to do to make their houses more likely to sell. Should you take on major housing improvements, like installing new siding or finishing your basement? Or should you settle for more minor improvements? According to the Statesman, the smaller improvements are better: Even a minor, mid-range kitchen remodeling project in the D.C. area would cost about $21,000, and a major "upscale" ...