Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Raining in the Guest Bedroom
Posted by Alex
The life and responsibilities of a DIYer definitely do not end with working on new home projects. Maintenance and correction of home-related issues are equally if not more important in many instances, although not nearly as glamorous. This weekend was a particularly rude reminder of this simple yet often forgettable...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
When Incompetent Contractors Do More Harm Than Good
Posted by Alex
Furious, frustrated, fuming...confused! Yep, that about sums up how I'm feeling at the ineptitude of "professionals" after seeing something that I discovered last week while painting our bay window. You know what the strangest thing is? It's not even on our house. Last week, while up on our lower back...
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In keeping with this week's theme of New Year Resolutions, I'm happy to report that we can call one of our goals officially done -- applying the coat of roof paint over the newly patched area. Last week we talked about the work we had done on the roof to stop a...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Don't Let a Leaky Roof Rain On Your Parade
Posted by Alex
Wendy and I have had a problem with our house since the day we moved in. Well, actually it's been a problem since the day of the home inspection, we just didn't realize it. We mentioned this issue in a post about our home inspection back when we started the blog....
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