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DIY Disaster Doctor: Tight Squeeze

Wed, 07/21/2010 - 15:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Small Spaces, Living Spaces Photo credit: Brandon Dyles of Picture Perfect Inspections in Bartlett, TN (via The Money Pit). Used with permission of the ASHI Reporter. When you can't fit into your attic hatch, you know it's either time to start that diet or to rethink the size of the...

DIY Disaster Doctor: Coming Down Short

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 09:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Exteriors & Facades, Essential Skills, Know-How, Outdoors Photo: David Grudzinski of Advantage Home Inspections in Cranston, RI (via The Money Pit). Used with permission of the ASHI Reporter. Here's a drainage design that stopped short of an actual downspout. Sure, water is being...

Keep Your Home Cool with These Low-cost to No-cost Tips

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 18:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Home, Family Money, Saving Money Along with summer temperatures, your utility bills are bound to start heating up unless you take steps to help your home create a more efficient cool. According to the EPA's Energy Star program, almost 20% of a typical household's utility bill goes...

Keep your home cool with these low-cost to no-cost tips

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 18:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Home, Family Money, Saving Money Along with summer temperatures, your utility bills are bound to start heating up unless you take steps to help your home create a more efficient cool. According to the EPA's Energy Star program, almost 20% of a typical household's utility bill goes...

Keep Your Home Cool with These Low-cost to No-cost Tips

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 18:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Home, Family Money, Saving Money Along with summer temperatures, your utility bills are bound to start heating up unless you take steps to help your home create a more efficient cool. According to the EPA's Energy Star program, almost 20% of a typical household's utility bill goes...

DIY Disaster Doctor: Short Circuits

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 09:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Small Spaces, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living Spaces

Kevin Hawes of Assured Home Inspections in Calgary, Alberta (via The Money Pit). Used with permission of the ASHI Reporter.

This rudimentary labeling pretty much sums up the homeowner's knowledge of which circuit breaker...

DIY Disaster Doctor: Perplexing Plumbing Repair

Fri, 05/28/2010 - 10:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Kitchen & Bath, Small Projects, Essential Skills, Know-How

Chris W. McDougall of Apex Home Inspection in Santa Cruz, CA (via The Money Pit. Used with permission of the ASHI Reporter You've heard of the term "everything but the kitchen sink"? Well someone seems to have used...

DIY Disaster Doctor: 3 Steps to Bad Driveway Design

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 17:46 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Small Spaces, Exteriors & Facades, Living Spaces, Outdoors

Step right up! Photo: Max Curtis of MaxInspect in Livermore, CA (via The Money Pit). Used with permission of the ASHI Reporter.

This driveway is ideal for the four-wheeling enthusiast who wants to bring his hobby home -- and...

Home Security Systems: Should You Have One?

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 17:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Insurance - Home Insurance Home safety and security is a top concern for most consumers, so it's no surprise the home security industry is booming in this time of economic uncertainty and rising crime statistics. But while new technologies have made home security...

Home security systems: should you have one?

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 17:00 - Tom Kraeutler

Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Insurance - Home Insurance Home safety and security is a top concern for most consumers, so it's no surprise the home security system industry is booming in this time of economic uncertainty and rising crime statistics. But while new technologies have made home...