How to fix your haunted house with Clyde Lewis from Ground Zero
We travel to Clyde Lewis’s Studio in Portland to ask some of those questions people have been asking us for years. Questions like “I think my house is haunted… what can I do?” and “I caught my kid playing with a Ouija board in their bedroom… What did they do?” Who is Clyde Lewis? Clyde […]
Home security for summer travel and how to gain privacy in your back yard.
In many areas, crime is headed the wrong direction and we have more tools than ever before as homeowners to combat that. Here are my tricks of the trade to keep those criminals wondering what is going on in your house and hopefully send them to a much easier target. Have a neighbor’s home that […]
Pro Insider: You’ve Got that Burned out Feeling
We have all been pushing ourselves really hard. A busy 2019 trying to street fight through a pandemic… and now we are headed into Memorial Day weekend 2021. Is it time you put down the phone, close up the laptop, set that out of office assistant and do something you enjoy? We talk about that […]
Pro Insider: You’ve Got that Burned out Feeling
We have all been pushing ourselves really hard. A busy 2019 trying to street fight through a pandemic… and now we are headed into Memorial Day weekend 2021. Is it time you put down the phone, close up the laptop, set that out of office assistant and do something you enjoy? We talk about that […]
Mid Week Special: Is the dream of affordable housing being killed by regulation?
The National Association of Home Builders just reported that regulation has added $93,870 to the cost of the average house. In my area….it could be double that. This makes it nearly impossible to build a house for under $400,000 when so much is tied up with red tape. Lets dive into this subject and what […]
NEW! Kevin O’Connor Host of This Old House and Ask This Old House
We sit down and take an inside look at This Old House with Kevin O’Connor and talk about how they are transitioning into the next generation of skilled tradespeople that have been a fixture in your home on PBS for nearly 42 years. Have you noticed a few people have faded away into the background? […]
How to find the right contractor in 2021
Hiring a contractor can be tough if you it your first time. Most contractors are good to work with but what happens if you found the wrong one? How do you know? We dive into what you should be looking for when you hire a contractor in 2021 and what could go wrong if you […]
Pro Insider: Toxic people on the jobsite or business. Is it you?
In construction today there is a massive vacuum of new talent coming into the trades, design and management. That toxic employee, manager, or CEO can trash an organization in just a few months. Even worse…. is it you? We take 10 minutes and discuss what can be done to make changes to fix this and […]
Pro Insider: Toxic people on the jobsite or business. Is it you?
In construction today there is a massive vacuum of new talent coming into the trades, design and management. That toxic employee, manager, or CEO can trash an organization in just a few months. Even worse…. is it you? We take 10 minutes and discuss what can be done to make changes to fix this and […]
Mid Week Special: Is there a light at the end of the tunnel with high lumber prices?
This last week has been promising in the lumber commodity markets. The last week we have seen steep declines in prices for July and beyond. Will this change prices at the Lumberyard tomorrow? Great questions and we talk about it in today’s mid-week special! Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to […]