DEAR TIM: My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my last house. What are the best practices when installing drain tile around a foundation? What materials […]
I'll make this as fast as possible. I've got two pretty important tool / product reviews for you. They're both SHOCKING, but for different reasons. The links to them are below. But first, I want to share a quick story of where I was yesterday. Several days ago, I was hired by a homeowner who […]
Yesterday I had the pleasure, if you want to call it that, of standing next to my open septic tank while it was being pumped. I shot videos of the process looking down on it from my deck. Believe me, you don't necessarily want to see a close-up shot of the inside of a septic […]
I'm back. If you're a new subscriber in the past ten days, I was on a much-needed vacation to California with my youngest daughter. Kelly and I also got to spend four days with my oldest daughter Meghan who you might see just to the right of these words if you have your images turned […]
DEAR TIM: I’ve got an odd problem. I have concrete spalling on a sidewalk that leads from my concrete driveway to my home. The concrete driveway and sidewalk were poured at the same time. The driveway is in great shape, but the sidewalk has all sorts of places where the top surface of the concrete […]
This will be FAST. I'm on vacation in California and am now in Death Valley National Park as you're reading this with very limited Internet access. The Stain Solver SALE is in progress. It lasts until May 9th. You can get 15% off AND FREE SHIPPING using this promo code: Spring2016 You must order at […]
This will be FAST. I'm on vacation in California and am in Yosemite National Park as you're reading this with very limited Internet access. The Stain Solver SALE begins now. It lasts until May 9, 2016. You can get 15% off AND FREE SHIPPING using this promo code: Spring2016 You must order at least $27 […]
How has your past week been? Mine's been insane. I'm leaving my house twelve hours from now for a much-needed vacation. I'm flying west with my youngest daughter to visit my oldest daughter and son-in-law. We'll be visiting three national parks in a little over six days! I'm sorry, but there's absolutely no room in […]
DEAR TIM: My home is less than two months old and I already have a problem with my downspout drainage. Where the sidewalk comes up to my front porch a black corrugated plastic pipe extends through the concrete. The soil under the sidewalk has now eroded and each time it rains I can see water […]
DEAR TIM: I’ve got a walkout basement garage door I want to convert to a gorgeous french door. I realize I need to shrink the size of the opening to create the correct rough opening for the new door. But that’s the extent of what I know. What other installation instructions can you give me […]
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