If your basement is wet, moldy and frequently flooded, it may not be due to a flaw in your foundation. Often the culprit is leaking basement walls that are saturated from rain run-off. It’s a sadly common occurrence when outdoor landscaping or elevations are sloped to drain toward your exteriors. The long-term damage can be [...]
Home improvement or maintenance projects for historical homes naturally bring up issues that never surface with newer or new retro designs. A major concern among owners of historical homes is retaining the original period look without compromising on the cost and preservation qualities of modern materials. A great many historical homes have wood exteriors that, [...]
Enough complaining about the sad state of affairs. You want to perform a home improvement now and you don’t want to finance it with new debt. Besides, in response to the housing crisis and economy, big lenders are dropping the top end on home loans, reining in most homeowners to projects that simply cost less [...]
As the housing market continues to limp along, and as people downsize home improvement plans to simple tinkering, it’s wise to think in terms of not letting things go to pot around the property.
Even when home construction began to dive five years ago, home remodeling kept going – and even briefly picked up steam as [...]
Those of you following the blog and the opportunity to participate in a Twitter chat with home improvement maven Bob Vila take note:
The chat has been rescheduled for Thursday, June 30, at 10 AM Pacific Time.
Home improvement writers at VinylSidingZone co-host and will join with other experts and participate with Vila in a round [...]
Discussing vinyl siding is a lot like bringing up politics or religion at a family gathering. You’re sure to get an earful of conflicting opinions. I’ll say this: if vinyl siding isn’t in your home improvement conversation, it ought to be. The material has become the first choice among an estimated 32 percent of the [...]
If you suffer from asthma and allergies like I do, you know that there can be more trouble in your home than meets the eye. Often you’ll complete a thorough cleaning of a new or remodeled home only to burst into a fresh spate of sneezing and watery eyes. For most people, home allergies are [...]
Should you consider making home improvements now? “No” is not the right answer. “None that cost more than they’re worth” is closer to the truth. Making wise choices, seeking competitive bids from hard-hit contractors and tackling projects that make sense in light of the economy may be a solid decision in light of today’s circumstances.
Recently I [...]
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