Lightning may strike your home, but it won't always cause a fire. A cold strike can ruin your appliances. To prevent this, get an electrical grounding system for all electrical outlets. Also, you can install a lightning arrester inside your electrical panel. Transient voltage surge protectors can also protect electronics.
Avoid Change Orders Tim Carter, founder of AsktheBuilder.com, shares tips about change orders in this last video of a four-part series. Change orders are Death on a Stick. Change orders delay jobs. Change orders mean your plans were HORRIBLE. Change orders lead to big arguments. Tim shares how to AVOID change orders in this […]
Paying Contractors Tim Carter, founder of AsktheBuilder.com, discusses MONEY in video number three of a four-part series about finding the best contractor. Money is the only leverage you have in a job. You only want to pay for completed work that's done right. If you pay too much money up front, you can get […]
Contract & Specifications This is video number two of a four-part series. CLICK or TAP HERE for the FIRST video. CLICK or TAP HERE for video #3. CLICK or TAP HERE for video #4. In this video Tim discusses the importance of the contract. In a perfect world, and it happened only once during […]
Finding the best contractor This is video number one of a four-part series. CLICK or TAP HERE for video #2. CLICK or TAP HERE for video #3. CLICK or TAP HERE for video #4. Tim Carter, founder of AsktheBuilder.com and national award-winning builder, discusses how easy it is to locate the true professionals in your […]
Modifying a load bearing wall with the addition of archways or openings is usually possible. Creating the proper support in the weight bearing wall for the shifted load is a task best left to the professional structural engineer. Follow these tips and tricks to craft your desired opening with the proper supports and beams.
Remove a Broken Light Bulb TIPS Turn off power to the light Be SURE power is off - Afraid? GET FREE BIDS BELOW Use a needle nose pliers to remove bulb base from socket Forget about potato trick CLICK HERE to Get Tim's FREE & FUNNY Newsletter Lori Ohaco, who lives in stormy Lincoln, Nebraska, […]
Portable Electric Generator TIPS Small generators can do many things but not all at once Weight similar to 5-gallon bucket of drywall mud Produces clean AC power Smaller generators need more refueling CLICK HERE to Get Tim's FREE & FUNNY Newsletter! DEAR TIM: I've had it with power outages here at my home and I've […]
Backup Battery For Home TIPS Standby generators create power for days if you keep them fueled Massive amounts of batteries required to deliver tens of thousands of kilowatts per hour Battery production is messy and causes pollution Batteries can be enormously expensive CLICK HERE to Get Tim's FREE & FUNNY Newsletter! Malcom's Assault Malcom O'Dell, […]
What Happens if You Wire a Light Fixture WRONG! Did you discover something in this video that prevented you from getting ELECTROCUTED? How about buying me a mocha-chip ice cream cone as a favor? Tim Carter demonstrates how to connect wires to a simple light fixture. Tim received an email on this video FIVE […]
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