It’s sometimes difficult to grasp the truth that there just aren’t unlimited hours in the day. What’s more: things that seem like a good idea, like cleaning the gutters after work or sealing the driveway over the weekend, may actually be exhausting after a long day or a long week at the office. That’s why …
For some home projects, you can get away with hiring the kid down the street who is home from college for the summer. However, when you need someone to analyze a maintenance or repair problem, you need someone who goes beyond the usual handyman duties of fixing and repairing. You need a home maintenance professional …
Spending money on home maintenance isn’t nearly as fun as buying a new flat-screen TV or taking a winter vacation to a tropical island. However, that money you spend on regular, preventative maintenance offers a number of big advantages. Benefits of regular home maintenance 1. Avoiding expensive major repairs. Spending a little on regular maintenance …
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With all of the rain and moisture in our corner of the world, moss on your roof can be a real problem. Forget all of those romantic notions of moss and English country gardens. Moss on your Oregon roof can lead to roof failure and moisture inside of your home. About moss on your roof …
Installing a pet door is a great way to make it easy for your cat and/or dog to go outdoors when he wants to without your having to get up and open the door at his every whim. However, the wrong pet door or an improperly-installed pet door can cause your home to lose energy, …
If you had a burst pipe over the past winter, or if you’ve had any other type of water issue recently in your home, there could be mold growing in your crawl space. Mold and mildew can also form when the moisture from the ground is trapped beneath your house. Such issues can lead to …
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That “drip, drip, drip” from a leaky faucet can be annoying. These minor plumbing problems can also cost you a lot of money is wasted water. Even worse, a leaky faucet can cause water to seep behind your kitchen or bath fixture and allow mildew and mold to grow in the drywall and boards behind …
Bark dust, also called bark mulch, is widely used to spruce up garden beds. It has a lot to recommend it. It not only helps to fight weeds and give your beds a manicured, uniform look, but it keeps your plants from drying out in the sun and actually enriches the soil as it breaks …
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If you own a home, you know that feeling of dread when, after a particularly cold night, you turn on the faucet and nothing happens. Frozen pipes happen frequently here in the Pacific Northwest region, especially where the water pipes lead outdoors to your lawn and in older homes that may not have adequate insulation …
Hose bibs protect your pipes from freezing- but only if you unhook your hose Read More »
Are your closet doors difficult to open and even more difficult to close? You don’t have to struggle every morning or worse, leave the doors open so that all of your clothes and shoes spill into your bedroom. Fixing closet doors that rub on the carpet is an easy thing to do. Planing closet doors …
