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2014
People either don't know or aren't proactive about it but whole-house humidifiers are not install-and-forget units! These appliances rank among the most unmaintained items found during home inspections. You will see ads that tout them as "install-and-forget" appliances. THEY ARE FAR, FAR FROM IN...
11/08/2014
The phone rings and a voice says, "The rocks just blew off my house"- A faux stone disaster. I knew what they meant. They were referring to faux stone siding. We had had a very windy day. And this house is WAS JUST MOVED IN TO. The voice went on further, "The builder says it's an easy fix. I'...
11/05/2014
It's simple - air conditioning compressors need clearance all around. This unit is too close to the house on two sides. How close is too close? Manufacturers suggest a rule of thumb of 18" all around. Why? The fan inside the compressor draws air through those long, thin, metal air coil fins to re...
11/04/2014
Free Enterprise Is Founded Upon And Created By Freedom Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Einstein was visiting the United States in 1933 when Hitler came into power. At that time many of the pe...
11/03/2014
In older homes that have been lived in and "fixed up" by different people for a long time, sometimes you seel electrical "stuff" and still can't understand it. This is a working switch. It is a new but old switch. It is wired incorrectly. It is not grounded. The wires aren't protected. It contr...
11/02/2014
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This is the story of a finished basement in an older house and the not so bright light. Oh, the light was bright enough. Very bright. It puts out about 396 candelas, or the equivalent of 11 candles in this small hallway. That's plenty of light. But the installer of the light needed to rethink ...
10/31/2014
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