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​Pests in the home present a big challenge.  In many homes and apartments, cockroaches are a huge problem.  These are a very resilient pest that can live on little food, produce alarming amounts of offspring and can even live submerged in water for periods of up to 30...

​If you are planning to buy a home in the near future and will be applying for a loan there are some things to prepare for ahead of time.  One of those things is working to improve your credit.  Why is that important?  Well, a lender usually requires a credit report...

​There is a high demand for lumber in construction so its very common to find green lumber (or wet lumber) being used but, what is it? And, is it good to use?  When trees are cut down, the moisture contained in them starts to evaporate and it will only stop doing so...

​Fixing up an older home can be a very rewarding experience and, when done right, can combine the old charm of the building with modern convenience.  However, a project like this can also bring a number of issues that you would have to deal with.  Are you prepared for...

​Its very important, when buying a home, that you find out all you can about the history of it.  Throughout the years, a house can be subjected to all kinds of things and, on occasion, experience some type of disaster.  For example, a good question to find the answer...

​A garbage disposal system can be a very useful thing to have in a kitchen.  It is intended to grind up food scraps so that they are small enough to drain away into a sewer or septic tank, this, in turn, helps to reduce the amount of garbage the household produces...

​Whether you have purchased your home or are renting it, insuring your possessions is an important thing to do.  However, what type of insurance should you have if you are living in a rental property?  This is where renter’s insurance comes in.  Renter’s insurance...

​Perhaps when reading the title of this blog you thought “I didn’t know there were different options for drywall”.  The truth is that drywall manufacturing companies are always looking at different ways to improve.  One of these ways is creating a product that is less...

​For an elderly person or someone with limited mobility, living in the home they’ve lived in for years can start to become a place that is no longer safe.  Thousands of elderly people are injured every year from an at home related accident, usually while they were...

​Its not hard to recognize the terrible odor of sewer gas and, when its leaking into your home, it can be very unpleasant.  But, is the smell the only problem with sewer gas leaks?  Does it present a danger to the home’s occupants? Sewer gas leaking into a home has...