All wet areas in your home, such as the kitchen and bathrooms, should be protected by Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs). You’ve seen them. They’re the big square looking plugs with the light and two buttons in the middle. Anyone that has ever overloaded a bathroom circuit by using a hair dryer too long has […]

In September, my sewage drain backed up into my basement. That was a nice little surprise one morning. Luckily, there wasn’t much water damage since the room with the sewer drains is off to the side.
My first course of action was to vacuum up as much of the water with my Shop Vac and […]

So one Sunday out of the blue, my water heater decided to die. There weren’t really any warning signs, I just noticed there wasn’t any hot water in the morning. After going down into the basement, there was water everywhere. 40 gallons! It looked like the bottom of my water heater just gave out.

That’s my […]

Putting mortar on old loose bricks on a couple basement walls.

Follow-up on the Foundation and House Jacking.

Replacing 30 out of 32 windows.

Paying to improve foundation and correct sagging floors.

Getting new insulation blown into the attic.

Replacing a 1954 toilet with a new Gerber.

Fun with cracks on the basement floor.