About the House: The inside scoop about radon reduction
For those of you familiar with radon gas and its reduction systems, I’m going to guess you probably are familiar with only one type of mitigation system, the one with a pipe poked into the soil under...
View ArticleMarriage Matters: Driving crazy
Have you ever been sitting at a stoplight when another driver comes up behind you with such momentum that you are sure that they will not be able to stop before hitting your car?
View ArticleAbout the House: Time for a lucky day
As it turns out, this week has one of the few days each year that gets the designation Friday the 13th.
View ArticleYardsmart: Pitfalls of gravel
Here in the Southwest, gravel has long been a part of our landscapes. Desert gardeners know the benefits and pitfalls of this natural material, which is available in many colors, sizes and pebble...
View ArticleAbout the House: Take precautions to avoid a water heater blast-off
I recently started reading a book about the early days of the space program.
View ArticleGreen Space: Garlic rewards abuse - plant it in time for frost
If you try to grow garlic with all the effort required to grow tomato and peppers, youll probably fail.Garlic is foolproof but foolish. You must totally abuse the plant to coax it. Really.Ive grown...
View ArticleOn Computers: Little utility solves big junk program problem
Once upon a time, when you added a program to your computer, you had to spend hours configuring it to run. Windows, bless it, ended that pain, but its auto install feature added some others.Every time...
View ArticleAbout the House: Keep water at a safe temperature
Some things are so predicable they get boring very quickly, like plotlines for most network sitcoms or the latest old-movie remake.
View ArticleOn Computers: Shopping by sensor at a store near you
Marketing is taking twists and turns that are surprising and more than a little scary.Example: Some Walmart stores are testing sensors in the ceiling that monitor shoppers who touch products. Touching...
View ArticleHomefix: Replacing a deck
Q: Am trying to decide whether to use pressure-treated decking or composite as a replacement for my deck, which is 11 years old. Being in the elderly class, we do not use the deck with any great...
View ArticleAbout the House: Finding services in a digital world
Many, if not most, of the millennial generation will go to the Internet before picking up an outdated paper phone book.
View ArticleCandice Tells All: Massive reno opens up kitchen, dining and living rooms
Brixton and his son, baby Griffin, live in a gorgeous old heritage home. Although it has a lot of overall space, the house like many other dwellings of yore was challenged by a really choppy...
View ArticleAbout the House: Nest is handy, but expensive
Nest alarms are quite innovative, but at $129 each, they aren't cheap.
View ArticleYardsmart: Bamboo is pernicious and persistent
Bedbugs and bamboo are pernicious and persistent. Theyre both foreign life forms that manage to enter our homes unnoticed, and then make life a living hell. One man in New Jersey discovered that the...
View ArticleAbout the House: Do you need it, or just think you do?
Being the best thing since sliced bread should be only one factor in deciding whether to buy something.
View ArticleAbout the House: Time for winterizing check? Check.
Winterize. Such an easy word to say.
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