Articles filed under Home Improvement
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Home inspector: Tenant gets bedroom with no windowMay 02, 2013 4:28 pm - Q. I just rented a bedroom in a 5-bedroom apartment. I initially put down a deposit for one of the larger bedrooms, one that had windows and a closet. But when I moved i...
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Laundry rooms are moving up in the worldApr 28, 2013 4:01 am - Q. To my wife’s amazement, I’m moving our laundry station from the basement and building a laundry room in the area that used to be an open mudroom. I have water and dra...
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Gurgling is a possible drain-trap problemApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - Q. Every time I use a sink or flush a toilet it takes forever for the water to drain and then there is a gurgling sound like the water is being sucked out of the drain. ...
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Inspector should support findings with photos of defectApr 26, 2013 3:05 am - Q. We’re selling our house after spending $150,000 on a complete remodel. The place is in excellent shape, but the buyers’ home inspection report was hideous! The inspec...
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Deadline to enter Extreme Garage Makeover contest is ThursdayApr 23, 2013 11:00 am - Time is running out to enter the Daily Herald's Extreme Garage Makeover contest, sponsored by Junk Remedy and Garage Store. You have until midnight Thursday to register ...
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An HVAC upgrade makes sense if you plan to stay in homeApr 20, 2013 5:00 am - Q. Late last summer, our air conditioner was not doing a good job of cooling, but we decided to save through the winter and have a new air conditioner installed this spr...
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Feelin' groovy in a home made of foamApr 20, 2013 1:00 am - “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere,” wrote Dr. Seuss in the classic “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.” In Minnetrista, Minn., th...
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Aluminum wiring connections tend to come looseApr 17, 2013 3:00 pm - Q The condo I'm buying has aluminum wiring. According to my home inspector this is a fire hazard. But he says correcting the problem in the unit I'm buying doesn't elimi...
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Illuminate storage spaces to make finding items easierApr 14, 2013 1:00 am - Even the most organized people can misplace things. That’s because the places we put our stuff — closets, drawers, cabinets — usually are some of the darkest in the hous...
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Old wiring a concern in century-old homeApr 13, 2013 5:00 am - Q. The house we bought in 2005 was built in 1900. We have done our best to update the electricity by removing knob and tube wiring in the basement and all that is access...