10 Home Theater Room Essentials For The Do-It-Yourselfer
Have you ever thought about converting that extra room into a home theater room or doing the… [MORE]
How To Choose The Best Air Filter
Have you ever found yourself scratching your head at all of the different types of furnace… [MORE]
How To Repair Screeching Faucet Problems
Do you have a water faucet that whines, screeches or squeals when you turn it on? There are… [MORE]
7 Awesome Custom Garages
Having a really cool garage with tons of space for your 2 and 4-wheeled, prized possessions… [MORE]
7 Reasons To Install Radiant Barrier Roof Sheathing
Radiant barrier roof sheathing is a great product that will reduce your power bill. There are… [MORE]
Maintenance & Decor
10 Home Theater Room Essentials For The Do-It-Yourselfer
Have you ever thought about converting that extra room into a home theater room or doing the same with part of the basement or attic? It’s not like the room has to be rebuilt from scratch or needs movie house chairs, a slanted floor, a projector popping out of the ceiling, or little blue hued … [Read More...]
How To Choose The Best Air Filter
Have you ever found yourself scratching your head at all of the different types of furnace filters to choose from at the home improvement store? If so, you have lots of company wondering and staring at the shelves along with you. In an ideal world you'd like to see an apple-to-apples … [Read More...]
How To Repair Screeching Faucet Problems
Do you have a water faucet that whines, screeches or squeals when you turn it on? There are a few reasons why this annoying little problem occurs. By the way, I love that my son is such a willing participant in front of and behind the camera. The photo you see is him, while the angle and … [Read More...]
Home Styles & Trends
7 Awesome Custom Garages
Having a really cool garage with tons of space for your 2 and 4-wheeled, prized possessions is the stuff dreams are made of for many a guy out there...and many of you girls, too. I was surfing around for cool garage ideas and found a great Forbes article about amazing custom garages and knew it … [Read More...]
Swap Out Your Boring Doorbell Buttons For Some Style
Are you trying to think of ways to add a little pizazz to your entryway by installing a new doorbell button? Okay...maybe not. But, if by chance you were thinking about it or you're gathering ideas like we like to do, then read on happy homeowner. Even if you're not thinking about doorbell … [Read More...]
Safe Rooms Become Mainstream
One of the coolest products that was being shown at the 2011 Fall Atlanta Home Show was a safe room. Safe rooms seem to be getting more press these days because of advances in their design and also because the weather here in the U.S. has been quite severe in recent years. The safe room we saw … [Read More...]
Homebuilding Basics
What Is A Home Energy Audit?
What is a home energy audit? A home energy audit, also known as a home energy assessment, is a series of specific tests and inspections performed by a certified professional to determine where your house could be more energy efficient. We recently had a free home energy review, not the same thing … [Read More...]
Great Gifts For Dad For Christmas
What are some great gifts for dad for Christmas? I'm a dad with decent handyman skills and I can give you some ideas that you may not have thought of before. Yes...socks, underwear and slippers are decent stand-by's, but it's never at the top of our list. Deerfoams are comfortable (I'm guessing) … [Read More...]
Choosing the Best Types of Insulation For Your Home
Are you trying to decide on the best types of insulation that you might want to add to your house to save energy and money? The market is full of all types from simple to uniquely engineered, and it pays to know the difference between all of them. According to the U.S. Dept of Energy … [Read More...]
Green Homebuilding
7 Reasons To Install Radiant Barrier Roof Sheathing
Radiant barrier roof sheathing is a great product that will reduce your power bill. There are just a few manufacturers that make this unusual type of roof sheathing that has a shiny, perforated aluminum foil/craft paper laminated to one side of it. For simplicity's sake, I'm focusing my attention … [Read More...]
Are Radiant Barriers Right For Your Home?
Radiant barriers have been around for decades but they are starting to gain momentum. This is in large part due to advances in design and the sales potential to existing homeowners that are upside-down on their mortgages. I touched on the subject of radiant barriers in a recent post regarding … [Read More...]
Atlanta Home Show Cool Homebuilding Products
One of my biggest reasons for attending home shows is to see interesting, cool homebuilding products and services, with the occasional celebrity to meet to keep things interesting. The 2011 Fall Atlanta Home Show didn't disappoint, although, I had hoped that there would be more products to wow … [Read More...]
Outdoors / Landscaping
The House That Bush Ate!
This is "the house that bush ate" (in a booming, echoing voice). I firmly believe that tree pruning tools are in order for this job rather than your basic pruning shears. It is way past minor trimming and pruning. If you hadn't guessed already, this house is for sale (Kennesaw, GA). So, if you … [Read More...]
A French Drain System Made Easy
If you're about to install a French drain system on your property, you might want to consider a product manufactured by NDS called EZflow. It's also called EZ-Drain. I took notice of it during a visit to Home Depot recently and it piqued my interest. A French drain system allows water to flow … [Read More...]
Why You Should Seek Out Conservation Subdivisions
Once upon a time, everywhere I looked housing developers were clearing land to make room for houses and subdivisions. And when I say "clearing land", that's exactly what they were doing. Developers were felling practically all of the trees on a lot before the building process began, no matter the … [Read More...]
