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...